AIC EXAM PACKAGE 2026 FINAL PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
◉ [2] Clay is what type of soil?
A. solid rock
B. cohesive soil
C. cohesionless soil
D. organic soil.
Answer: B. cohesive soil
◉ [2] Sand is what type of soil?
A. solid rock
B. cohesive soil
C. cohesionless soil
D. organic soil.
Answer: C. cohesionless soil
,◉ [2] Soil that has been excavated and stockpiled is considered to be
in a ________ state.
A. natural
B. bank
C. loose
D. compacted.
Answer: C. loose
◉ [2] What is the purpose of a visual field soil analysis?
A. see how much work has been completed
B. establish general soil classifications
C. check for the presence of worms in the soil
D. develop an excavation plan.
Answer: B. establish general soil classifications
◉ [2] What is the correct order of subsurface soil exploration?
A. boring, sampling, testing
B. sampling, boring, testing
C. sampling, testing, boring
,D. testing, sampling, boring.
Answer: A. boring, sampling, testing
◉ [2] Fine-grained soils are soils finer than a ___________.
A. No. 60 sieve
B. No. 100 sieve
C. No. 200 sieve
D. No. 400 sieve.
Answer: C. No. 200 sieve
◉ [2] Referencing the example of a boring log in Figure 2-7, at
approximately what depth would you expect to find very stiff gray
sandy clay?
A. 5 ft to 9 ft
B. 10 ft to 14 ft
C. 15 ft to19 ft
D. 20 ft to 22 ft.
Answer: D. 20 ft to 22 ft
◉ [2] Wood, steel, and rigid insulation are all used for_______________.
, A. concrete finishing
B. formwork shoring
C. strengthening concrete
D. concrete formwork.
Answer: D. concrete formwork
◉ [2] Deflection is a result of what type of stress?
A. bending
B. tensile
C. shear
D. axial.
Answer: A. bending
◉ [2] Which of the following is a type of multiuse form?
A. tubular fiber column forms
B. insulated concrete forms (ICFs)
C. panel forms
D. form release.
Answer: C. panel forms
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
◉ [2] Clay is what type of soil?
A. solid rock
B. cohesive soil
C. cohesionless soil
D. organic soil.
Answer: B. cohesive soil
◉ [2] Sand is what type of soil?
A. solid rock
B. cohesive soil
C. cohesionless soil
D. organic soil.
Answer: C. cohesionless soil
,◉ [2] Soil that has been excavated and stockpiled is considered to be
in a ________ state.
A. natural
B. bank
C. loose
D. compacted.
Answer: C. loose
◉ [2] What is the purpose of a visual field soil analysis?
A. see how much work has been completed
B. establish general soil classifications
C. check for the presence of worms in the soil
D. develop an excavation plan.
Answer: B. establish general soil classifications
◉ [2] What is the correct order of subsurface soil exploration?
A. boring, sampling, testing
B. sampling, boring, testing
C. sampling, testing, boring
,D. testing, sampling, boring.
Answer: A. boring, sampling, testing
◉ [2] Fine-grained soils are soils finer than a ___________.
A. No. 60 sieve
B. No. 100 sieve
C. No. 200 sieve
D. No. 400 sieve.
Answer: C. No. 200 sieve
◉ [2] Referencing the example of a boring log in Figure 2-7, at
approximately what depth would you expect to find very stiff gray
sandy clay?
A. 5 ft to 9 ft
B. 10 ft to 14 ft
C. 15 ft to19 ft
D. 20 ft to 22 ft.
Answer: D. 20 ft to 22 ft
◉ [2] Wood, steel, and rigid insulation are all used for_______________.
, A. concrete finishing
B. formwork shoring
C. strengthening concrete
D. concrete formwork.
Answer: D. concrete formwork
◉ [2] Deflection is a result of what type of stress?
A. bending
B. tensile
C. shear
D. axial.
Answer: A. bending
◉ [2] Which of the following is a type of multiuse form?
A. tubular fiber column forms
B. insulated concrete forms (ICFs)
C. panel forms
D. form release.
Answer: C. panel forms
