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1
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When notching and boring studs in bearing walls, you must not cut more than

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40% when boring 25% when notching

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When notching and boring studs in nonbearing walls, you must not cut more than

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60% when boring 40% notching

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3
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What is a batter board?

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Supports layout strings when building foundations

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4
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What is an underpinning and how often should it be checked?

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Supports foundations during excavations. Daily.

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5
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What is the minimum height of a parapet wall on a commercial building?

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30 inches

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6
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Tree branches over roadways must be trimmed to

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17 feet

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What is the minimum size of lumber that could be used in light duty scaffolding

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2 x 4

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8
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What percent of vertical length can a horizontal vent be?

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75%

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9
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What is a Lanker rod used for?

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Surveying, using electronic distance, measurement machine

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10
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What type of drywall is best used in the bathroom

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Green board 

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11
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What is the first rolling of asphalt called?

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Breakdown rolling

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12
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What is a draft stop used for?

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Restricts the movement of air within open spaces of concealed areas of buildings

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13
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What is the maximum height of a fence before a building permit is required

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6 feet

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14
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How often should fire extinguishers be inspected and serviced

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Inspected monthly. Serviced annually.

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15
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What is the minimum overlap for a floor joist?

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3 inches

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16
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What is a cloud bubble around a portion of a drawing indicate

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That there is a detail or addendum referenced

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17
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How much training is required to work with asbestos?

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Eight hours annually

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18
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In a scaffold type shoring system, the rated safe, working load of a single leg is somewhere in the range of

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4000 to 25,000 pounds

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19
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What is the minimum recommended stripping time at the start of a tunnel concreting job

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12 hours for exposed surfaces, eight hours for construction joints

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20
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When pouring a concrete tunnel lining, where should a scratch test be performed before removing an arch form

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At locations made accessible by access doors

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21
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What is the maximum allowable variation and thickness for a tunnel lining as determined by ACI committee, 347

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-0

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22
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What defects in a public works timber pile are caused for automatic rejection

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Internal checks revealed by sounding with a hammer
Holes more than one half inch in diameter
Sound knots larger than 4 inches or 1/3 diameter

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23
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In Public works projects, splices in steel piles must include all of the following

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Full penetration, but weld of the entire cross-section
No more than two splices total and no splices in the top 10 feet
Splice segment aligned for a straight pile Axis

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24
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A cast in place concrete pile may be poured in a driven shell that is collapsed to a minimum of

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85% of original diameter

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25
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Concrete form grade plywood is

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Edge, sealed, and mill oiled

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26
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Minimum size for collar ties on roof rafters

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1“ x 4“

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27
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What does S1S1E on lumber stand for?

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Surfaced, one side, and one edge

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28
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What is the best material to use for exterior drywall applications?

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Gypsum sheathing

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29
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What could cause drywall joints to shrink?

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Joints filled too heavy

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30
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What thickness drywall is most frequently used for ceilings with framing space 16 inches on center

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1/2 inch drywall

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31
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What is the fire rating of 5/8 inch type X wall board?

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One hour per layer 

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32
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What certification is required for installation removal or modification of an underground water tank?

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Hazardous substance, removal, certification, examination

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33
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Type A soils

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Cohesive soil with compressive strength of 1.5 tons per square foot or greater. Examples include clay, silty clay, Sandy clay, etc.
No soil is type if it is fissured, subject to vibration, Previously disturbed, part of a sloped or layered system, or has seeping water

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Type B soil

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 cohesive soils with compressive strength greater than 0.5 tons per square foot, but less than 1.5. Examples include angular, gravel, silt, Silt loam. Previously disturbed soil, unless otherwise classified as type C. Dry unstable rock.

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35
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Type C soil

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Cohesive soil with unconfined compressive strength of less than 0.5 tons per square foot. Granular soil, such as gravel, sand and loamy sand, submerge soil, soil, from which water is freely, seeping, and submerge rock that is not stable.

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36
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Soil that is cemented cannot be

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Crushed into individual soil particles by finger pressures

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37
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Crushed rock would be classified as which soil category

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Type B

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38
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What is the aggregate grade for type B asphalt concrete?

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Three-quarter inch maximum, medium

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39
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Who is responsible to stake out a construction site when Caltrans is involved?

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Department of transportation

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40
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Electrical code applies to all except

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Underground mines

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41
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A thin asphalt overlay applied to seal and provide a new wearing surface for an existing highway

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Slurry seal

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42
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How do you attach a wood frame to a steel beam?

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Attach a sill

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43
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What is the invert of a pipe

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The elevation of the inside bottom of a pipe

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44
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Bridge piers most typically utilize a

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Bell Caisson

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45
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The first course of asphalt for a median should be how thick?

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2”

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46
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Which is the proper way to install plywood floor sheeting

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But edges tightly together

47
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What code is most commonly adopted for building construction in California?

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International building code

48
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What is the proper nail spacing on a plywood sheer wall?

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6 inches on center

49
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What is the largest size rock permitted in bed excavation Phill within 3 feet of finished grade

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3 inches

50
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Construction using steel and concrete together is called

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Composite construction

51
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The spacing of wall reinforcement may not exceed

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48 inches

52
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Strips of tar and fasteners are used on what type of roof

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Concrete deck

53
Q

What is the maximum load of compacted gravel surface under a building?

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2000 psi

54
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What kind of plane do you use to bevel or chamfer wood corners?

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Block plane

55
Q

The loads placed on the basement of the building from fill and ground pressures are

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Lateral load

56
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In explosives work, what does stemming refer to

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Confining explosives in a blast hole

57
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Open grated asphalt should not be placed when the air temperature drops below

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60°F 

58
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What is the main advantage of using metal framing?

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Ease of assembly

59
Q

What is the purpose of rip rap around a pipe?

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Broken stones used as a sustaining bed to prevent erosion

60
Q

What do ceiling joist rest on?

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Exterior walls

61
Q

What type of fire extinguisher is used to extinguish an electrical fire?

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Carbon dioxide

62
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What type of crane would be used on a high-rise building?

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Guy derrick

63
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Opening in a pipe with Director threw a connecting extension pipe is called a

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Clean out

64
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When placing 4 inch lifts next to a previously placed lane, the correct order for rolling asphalt is

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Transverse joints, longitudinal, joints, breakdown, rolling, second rolling, finish rolling 

65
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What does W 18 X 40 Indicate on a steel erection drawing

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18 inches wide weighing 40 pounds per foot

66
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On a plan, showing the contour lines on the sides of the hill what the symbols X on the lines refer to

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An abrupt change of direction

67
Q

What type of deck has longitudinal ribbing?

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Cellular steel

68
Q

Where do you find seismic records?

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Building code

69
Q

Name three methods for designing asphalt mixes

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Marshal
Hveem
Hubbard-field

70
Q

What is the name of the formula that relates the pressure distribution between a foundation and the underlying soil?

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Boussinesq

71
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What would be associated with the low shrinkage concrete?

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Granite aggregate

72
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What is a roadway crown?

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Area between the centerline of a road and the curb or shoulder that runs parallel

73
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When load testing at concrete structure, how long should the test be conducted?

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24 hours

74
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What is the minimum distance between a structural excavation and a large scale utility excavation?

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The same as the depth of the utility excavation

75
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What degree of band does not allowed in a horizontal bar with a hook in a beam?

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60° not allowed
90, 135, 140 - allowed

76
Q

What is an advantage of steel over Wood?

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Nominal shrinkage

77
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The hardest part of working with concrete forms is

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Locating and placing embedded items

78
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The flanges of steel tea beams should be

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1/2 nominal width

79
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Maximum slope of an excavation to construct on a hillside

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Two to one

80
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In construction of concrete tea beams the width of slab effective as a TB flange may not exceeded

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1/4 of the span length of the beam 

81
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What is the correct moment inside any structure?

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Equal and opposite 

82
Q

What is the colorimetric test

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The sodium hydroxide test is used to detect higher organic content in aggregate

83
Q

What is the typical allowable tolerance when finish grading?

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.08 feet ~1 inch

84
Q

The distance of rebar from the natural ground should be

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3 inches

85
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What is the minimum width of a temporary traffic lane?

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10 feet

86
Q

The standards for highway safety as it relates to flagger signals come from the California

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Department of transportation

87
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When specifications require a sump, how far should the pipe extend into the manhole?

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Only to the inner edge of the manhole wall

88
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What is the minimum slope for trench walls?

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Three-quarter to one
3/4 : 1

89
Q

What is the advantage of a bucket line trencher

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Can get closer to pipe

90
Q

Where do you set a string line before paving with asphalt?

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String line is set at centerline with a 6 inch offset away from the area being paved

91
Q

Type A warning lights are

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Low intensity, flashing warning, lights

92
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What are type B warning lights?

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Hi intensity, flashing warning lights

Steady burn lights are type C

93
Q

What is it called when rocks and an aggregate base come to the top with no fines to bind them

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Bony grade

94
Q

When ripping, extremely hard, and rocky ground with the dozer, which should you do

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Rip from north to south

95
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When breaking up concrete for use in fill what is the maximum dimension allowed for any piece?

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6 inches

96
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What is the correct way of paving a cul-de-sac?

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First pass at the outside edge, second pass should overlap slightly with the first pass 

97
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When you’re paving an asphalt road in one pass, how should you proceed and why?

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Start rolling on low side and progress toward high side 

98
Q

If a contractor breaks a waterline not shown on the plans, who is responsible

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Owner or awarding authority

99
Q

To dispose of concrete how far from the nearest pipeline or tree must you bury it?

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10 feet

100
Q

A builders transit usually does not have a

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Compass

101
Q

Placement of open web joist work is best done by a

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Ironworker

102
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Why is rebar tied?

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To hold it in strength during a poor

103
Q

What is the recommended placement of door hinges on flush doors?

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Middle hinges centered between

104
Q

How long after unloading materials, can you leave them in the street road or highway?

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Five days

105
Q

In surveying, a stake marked with an arrow without a circle through the tail indicates

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Grade has not been reached

106
Q

The break up of a concrete road is also known as

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Spalling 

107
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What is the minimum dimension of a wooden mid rail when a railing is required for a raised floor, ramp or platform?

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2 x 4

108
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What are the minimum dimensions for a toe board?

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4 inches high off the platform with no more than a quarter inch gap between it and the platform

109
Q

Handrails are required on a ramp that exceeds a slope of

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1:15
6%

110
Q

Guard rails are required. The ramp has open sides taller than.

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30 inches
The same applies for unclosed floor and roof openings, porches, stairways, and landings

111
Q

What is the problem with placing a foundation on clay soil?

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Clay expands, when wet

112
Q

What type of foundation is appropriate for a clay base?

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Piles. They bypass the clay, so the instability is less of a problem.

113
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What is the maximum distance between post on a scaffold guard

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8 ft

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