VIRGINIA HIC EXAM FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLVED QUESTIONS PRACTICE
REVISION PACK EXPERT REVIEW 250 ITEMS
◉ What are the two types of foundations?
Answer: Shallow bearing and deep
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◉ What device is used by form watchers to check elevation, camber,
and plumb of concrete forms?
Answer: Tell tales
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◉ A #5 bar has three specific characteristics. Which of the following
is NOT one of them?
Answer: 0.20 in.² area
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◉ How does a higher water to cementitious materal affect concrete?
Answer: Decreases durability
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◉ What does the main reinforcement wall footing perpendicular to
the length of the wall provide?
Answer: Bending strength
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◉ In pounds per cubic feet, how much does concrete weigh?
Answer: 150
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◉ Which aggregate is recommended when pumping concrete?
,Answer: Rounded
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◉ What type of foundation is uneconomical when the allowable
bearing capacity of the soil is very low to great depths?
Answer: Pile
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◉ Which of the following is not a reason to use an admixture?
Answer: Increase permeability
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◉ What is directly affected by the surface and subsurface conditions
of the building site?
Answer: Foundation
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◉ Which of the following characteristics do control tests NOT
measure?
Answer: Lateral pressure
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◉ When depositing concrete from a mixer truck, what additional
ingredient do most specifications limit?
Answer: Water
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◉ On concrete forms, what is reduced when you pour concrete
slower or reduce your rate per hour?
Answer: Lateral Pressure
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COMPLETE SOLVED QUESTIONS PRACTICE
REVISION PACK EXPERT REVIEW 250 ITEMS
◉ What are the two types of foundations?
Answer: Shallow bearing and deep
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 45
◉ What device is used by form watchers to check elevation, camber,
and plumb of concrete forms?
Answer: Tell tales
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 76
◉ A #5 bar has three specific characteristics. Which of the following
is NOT one of them?
Answer: 0.20 in.² area
,Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 94
◉ How does a higher water to cementitious materal affect concrete?
Answer: Decreases durability
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 17
◉ What does the main reinforcement wall footing perpendicular to
the length of the wall provide?
Answer: Bending strength
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 47
◉ In pounds per cubic feet, how much does concrete weigh?
Answer: 150
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 70
◉ Which aggregate is recommended when pumping concrete?
,Answer: Rounded
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 176
◉ What type of foundation is uneconomical when the allowable
bearing capacity of the soil is very low to great depths?
Answer: Pile
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 48
◉ Which of the following is not a reason to use an admixture?
Answer: Increase permeability
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 19
◉ What is directly affected by the surface and subsurface conditions
of the building site?
Answer: Foundation
, Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 43
◉ Which of the following characteristics do control tests NOT
measure?
Answer: Lateral pressure
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 10
◉ When depositing concrete from a mixer truck, what additional
ingredient do most specifications limit?
Answer: Water
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 174
◉ On concrete forms, what is reduced when you pour concrete
slower or reduce your rate per hour?
Answer: Lateral Pressure
Contractors Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition -
Page 74
