Construction Materials and Testing – Civil Engineering – Complete Practice Questions and Answers for Building Materials and Quality Testing

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-Clay/Earth/Soil -Wood/Timber -Sand/Fine Aggregate -Rock - CORRECT ANSWERS-Naturally
available materials


-Cement -Bricks -Steel -Tiles -Ceramic -Paints and Varnishes -Glass -Plastic -Stone -Lime - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Artificial or industrial materials



-Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks -Stratified, unstratified, foliated -Siliceous, Argillaceous,
Calcareous - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of stone



Siliceous rocks - CORRECT ANSWERS-Hard and durable; not easily affected by weathering actions



Argillaceous rocks - CORRECT ANSWERS-Dense and compact; soft



Calcareous rocks - CORRECT ANSWERS-Its durability depends upon the atmosphere



-Conventional/Traditional -Standard/Modular - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of bricks



-Fat lime -Hydraulic lime -Poor lime - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of lime



-Ordinary Portland Cement -Rapid hardening cement -Quick Setting cement -Pozzuolana portland
cement -Low heat cement -Blast furnace cement -White cement -Sulphate resisting cement -Colored
cement - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of cement



-Ferrous metal -Nonferrous metal - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of metal



-Crystalline -Noncrystalline -Glass bonded - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of ceramic

, -Natural timber -Industrial timber - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of timber



-natural -artificial - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of sand



-fine aggregates -coarse aggregates - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of aggregates



Fine aggregates - CORRECT ANSWERS-The size is 4.75mm or less



Coarse aggregates - CORRECT ANSWERS-The size is 4.75mm to 80mm



-binding material -nature of application -density -special mortar - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of mortar



Concrete - CORRECT ANSWERS-Mixture of cement/lime, sand, crushed rock, water



-plain cement concrete -reinforced cement concrete -precast concrete -prestressed concrete - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Types of concrete



Paint - CORRECT ANSWERS-Coating of fluid materials



Varnishes - CORRECT ANSWERS-Transparent or nearly solution of resinous materials



-aluminum paint -cement paint -asbestos paint -bituminous paint -emulsion paint -oil paint -plastic paint
-synthetic rubber - CORRECT ANSWERS-Types of paint



Glass - CORRECT ANSWERS-Amorphous, inorganic, homogenous, transparent or translucent material