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ROAD CONSTRUCTION METHODS Flashcards

Quiz

1
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Triangular shape with one side horizontal

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Danger warning signs

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2
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Average dept of embankment material needed to place on top of natural ground

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Fill

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3
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A road by which a job is connected to the highway system, used in connection with borrow pits

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Access Roads

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4
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Lines laid ACROSS the direction of travel

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Transverse

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5
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Lines laid IN the direction of Travel

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Longitudinal

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Employed to inform road users of route, destinations and other pertinent traffic

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Guiding Device

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7
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Marker that are Rectangular w/ series of alternating black & white bands

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Hazards

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8
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Provide space for the expansion of the pavement, preventing compressive stress

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Expansion Joint

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9
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Road Marking should be of ____ and should protrude more than 6mm above level of the carriage way

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Non skid material

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10
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Measure of concrete fluidity

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Consistency

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11
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Brooming should not be more than ___ in depth

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1.5mm

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12
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Used to restrain and guide out of control vehicles that will cause least damage

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Guard Rails

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13
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Concrete Vibrators are not allowed to be operated longer than ____ seconds

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15

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14
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Simplest form of road by shaping and smoothing natural soil

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Earth Road

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15
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Ensure adhesion of the surface course to the binder course

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Tack Coat

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16
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Composed of one part Portland Cement and two parts Aggregate so and water to handle it easily

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Mortar

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17
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Painted sticks placed along the side of the road as guide and reference in elevation

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Blue Tops

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18
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Signs round and in blue colors

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Obligatory

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19
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Located beneath or alongside the roadway collecting surface water

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Drainage structure

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20
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Means by which road users is advised as to detailed requirements affecting road use

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Traffic Control Devices

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21
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Concrete’s ability to be placed in a prepared form w/o honeycomb

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Workability

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22
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Removal of saturated mixtures of soils and organic matter

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Unsuitable Excavation

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23
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Forms should be made of ___ of an approved section

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Steel

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24
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Undertaken after the curing period before the pavement is opened

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Sealing of Joints

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25
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Removing earth from its original position in a cut

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Excavation

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26
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Small rectangle device fixed to the pavement surface supplement pavement markings

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Raised Pavement Markers

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27
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Used for lane control. White in color, 5m in length (urban) 7.5m in high speed road

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Pavement arrow

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28
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Earth fill below the pavement to raise the road

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Embankment

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29
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Excavation of common materials used as embankment fill

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Common Excavation

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30
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Constructed when there’s an interruption of more than 30 mins in concreting

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Construction Joint

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31
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PCCP (Abbrev meaning)

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Portland and Concrete Cement Pavement

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32
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structure that link barangays and cities in the country, serves as medium in transporting goods

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Road

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33
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Philippine Traffic signs conform to the _____ of the United Nations on Road traffic and Road Signs

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1968 Vienna Conventions

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34
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Pressing of soil particles to expel air from the mass and filling the voids to make the material more dense

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Compaction

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35
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Used to inform road users of potentially hazardous roadway conditions

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Warning Devices

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36
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it is sometimes termed as an all weather road

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Gravel Road

37
Q

tool for economic road building, material conservation, investment protection and roadway upgrading

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Soil Stabilization

38
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Conducted on site in order to determine if the required compaction specification has been attained

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Field Density Test

39
Q

A bituminous layer below the surface or wearing course

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Binder Course

40
Q

The uppermost structural component of the roadway, provide resistances to wear and shearing stress

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Surface Course

41
Q

Average depth needed in excavating the natural found to satisfy the designed grade

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Cut / Excavation

42
Q

Serves to provide structural capacity to bituminous concrete slabs

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Base and Subbase courses

43
Q

Signs that are small and rectangular, supplement information on the main sign

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Additional Information

44
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Necessary to divert traffic from any existing roadway whenever the construction operations block the flow of traffic

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Detour Roads

45
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Done within 24 hours after concrete pouring water using cooled diamond edge saw blade

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Concrete Sawing

46
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Signs shall have a yellow background and red border

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Yield

47
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Determines actual position of the road structure based on the plans

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AS-Stake Survey

48
Q

Structural layer which accepts greater compressive stress than the subgrade and reduces the deformation of the pavement

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Subbase Course

49
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Essential ingredient in rigid pavements, most structural concrete

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PC - Portland Cement

50
Q

The upper layer of natural soil which may be undisturbed local materials or soil elsewhere

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Subgrade

51
Q

used to grade concrete in such manner to prevent segregation

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Screeding

52
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Three Elements of the Road System

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The Road
The Vehicle
The Driver

53
Q

Forms for concrete shall remain in place undisturbed within ___ hours after pouring

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24

54
Q

Deformed bars used in construction and longitudinal joints together with keys to tie 2 slabs together

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Tie bars

55
Q

Load transfer devices in joints to transfer loads from one slab to another

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Dowels

56
Q

small reflective panels mounted on guide post as an effective aid for night driving

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Delineators

57
Q

Suitable material from sources outside the roadway

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Borrow

58
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Layer of material placed on an existing surface to eliminate irregularities placing an overlaying course

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Leveling Course

59
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Signs are rectangular with a white or yellow plate with a symbol that stands for service

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Information Sign

60
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Excavation and disposal of materials regardless of its nature

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Unclassified Excavation

61
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Normally consist of lines, patterns words and symbols

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Traffic Markings

62
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After grouting, the surface is cured for a period of at least __ days from installation

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3 days

63
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____ shape shall be used for STOP signs only

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Octagonal

64
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are normally used in expansion joints, and their diameter, spacing and length would be similar to that indicated for contraction joints

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Dowel Bars

65
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Upper level of natural soil which may be undisturbed local materials

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Subgrade

66
Q

After the concrete has been struck off and consolidated, it is further smoothed by means of ________

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Floating

67
Q

______ shape shall be used for regulating traffic

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Round

68
Q

Suitable native material obtained from roadway cuts or borrow areas

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Selected Borrow

69
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Employed more FREQUENTLY than any other devices to regulate, warn or guide road users

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Traffic Signs

70
Q

Suitable materials which can be common or rock which are brought and compacted together to form a stable embankment

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Embankment Fill

71
Q

Means removing and disposing all surface objects including vegetation tress and other objects not designated along the roadway

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Clearing and Grubbing

72
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Substance other than aggregates water and Portland cement that can be added to concrete to improve its properties

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Admixture

73
Q

serves to stabilize the base and bind it to the paving material

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Prime Coat

74
Q

meant to stabilize the foundation bed to avoid possible settlement that impair the function of drainage

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Foundation Fill

75
Q

Are suitable materials excavated along the road traverse which are disposed as excess of embankment

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Surplus Excavation

76
Q

necessary for the hydration to take place so that the concrete may harden properly and prevent loss of moisture during curing

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Concrete Curing

76
Q

Maximum number of words that can be placed as pavement marking

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3

77
Q

should be smooth yet skid resistant, quiet when in contact with tires

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Wearing Course

78
Q

made of mineral aggregate mixed with asphalt laid at high temperature of 275 to 300 deg.

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Asphalt Concrete Pavement

79
Q

Angle of constructed soil plane usually expressed in proportion of length and depth

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Slope

80
Q

Consists of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which cannot be excavated with blasting

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Rock Excavation

81
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Constructed along side the road as protection from erosion

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Slope Protection

82
Q

described as flexible pavement

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Asphalt Road

83
Q

Fill may be obtained by _________ with bulldozer from borrow pits

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Quarrying

84
Q

Describe the compressive strength of concrete mix

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Water-Cement Ratio

85
Q

Compaction Trial of not less than ____ sq.m is done to determine the actual capability of compaction

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500

86
Q

treatment applied to concrete during hardening period to protect against early shrinkage due to lose of moisture

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Curing Agent

87
Q

Raised rim of concrete which forms the edge of the sidewalk

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Curb and Gutter

88
Q

Provided to relieve the tensile stresses due to temperature

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Contraction Joint

HIGHWAY FINALS (Quiz based) (4 decks)

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