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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Standard sign shape for STOP sign. | Octagon |
| Standard sign shape for GIVE WAY sign. | Equilateral Triangle |
| The color of No Loading/Unloading Zone markings. | Red |
| Device mounted on a fixed support (permanent signs) or portable support (temporary signs) whereby a specific message is conveyed by means of words or symbols placed or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic. | Traffic Signs |
| Signs which inform and advise road users of directions, distances, routes and the location of services for road users and point of interest. | Guide Signs |
| Signs used to guide drivers through a change in horizontal alignment of the road. | Chevron Signs |
| The design element which is the most affected by the volume of traffic. | Number of Traffic Lanes |
| The primary consideration in the design of geometric cross sections for highways, runways and taxiways is _______. | Drainage |
| Reaction times vary widely. As a result, the usual practice is to use a single, rather conservative value. AASHTO suggests a value of ____ in its Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. | 2.5 seconds |
| It provides the detailed requirements for the materials, equipment and workmanship to be incorporated into the project. | Specifications |
| This refers to drawing, usually accompanied by notes, of various aspects or components of the design. | Plans |
| It include cost estimates for various parts of the project and are used to evaluate the acceptability of bids and the financial feasibility of the project. | Estimates |
| The process where a load is prepared for lifting using a lifting machine. The main part of this process is the tying up of the load with sling and other connecting devices so that the load could be hooked onto a crane | Rigging |
| Complete or partial dismantling of a building or structure by pre-planned and controlled methods or procedures. | Demolition |
| It is capable of spreading, consolidating, and finishing a concrete slab without the use of conventional forms. | Slipform Paver |
| It is a very versatile machine that has the longest reach for digging and dumping of any member of the crane shovel family. | Dragline |
| The bucket volume contained within the bucket when following the outline of the bucket sides. | Plate Line Capacity |
| Assumes a level of material flush with the lowest edge of the bucket. | Water Line Capacity |
| The bucket capacity when the load is struck off flush with the bucket sides. | Struck Capacity |
| It represents those components of cycle time other than travel time. | Fixed Time |
| This represents the travel time required for a unit to haul material to the unloading site and return. | Variable Time |
| The action of flattening poured concrete into a smooth, flat layer prior to finishing the surface. | Screeding |
| Pavement markings shall only be applied and/or removed by | DPWH |
| The time for mixing of ingredients for a concrete cement road should be done for atleast: | 1.5 min. |
| It is defined as the maximum safe speed that can be maintained over a specified section of a highway when conditions are so favorable that the design features of the highway govern. | Design Speed |
| The basic lane width appropriate for national road is _______. | 3.35 m |
| It is advisable for a site plan to contain a large-scale map of the overall area and to indicate where the project is located on the site. | Vicinity Map |
| This drawing has elevation as its vertical axis and horizontal distance as measured along the centerline of the facility as its horizontal axis. | Profile |
| This applies to curved facilities, such as highways or railways only. It consists of a graph with a roadway or railway cross slope versus horizontal distance. | Superelevation Diagram |
| This view has elevation as its vertical axis and horizontal distance, measured perpendicular to the centerline, as its horizontal axis. | Geometric Cross Section |
| It is a violation of an accepted safe procedure which could permit the occurrence of an accident. | Unsafe Act |
| A hazardous physical condition or circumstance which could directly permit the occurrence of an accident. | Unsafe Condition |
| Rule _____ is the guidelines regarding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). | Rule 1080 |
| How do you test the relative consistency of concrete? | Slump Test |
| Most important process to prepare concrete: | Batching |
| The number of days final curing for a concrete cement pavement is done for: | 14 Days |
| Construction workers who are working from unguarded surfaced ____ or more above grade, temporary or permanent floor platform, scaffold or where they are exposed to the possibility of falls hazardous to life or limb, must be provided with safety harnesses | 6 meters |
| Every construction project shall have a suitable _________________, which must be in accordance with these rules, and other orders and issuances issued by the Department of Labor and Employment. | Construction Safety and Health Program |
| This refers to a method of protecting employees from cave-ins, from material that could fall or roll from an excavation face or into an excavation, and from the collapse of adjacent structures. | Protective System |
| This refers to structures such as underpinning, bracing, and shoring that provide support to an adjacent structure or underground installation or to the sides of an excavation or trench. | Support System |
| It is the movement of plastic concrete into its final position (usually within forms). | Placing |
| In general, ________ may be done when the water sheen has disappeared and the concrete will support the weight of the finisher. | Floating |
| This is done on slabs that are to be left exposed or to receive thin finishes, such as resilient flooring, carpet, tile, or paint. | Troweling |
| It is defined as the fraction of time that vehicles are present at a point in space. | Occupancy |
| It is the maximum number of vehicles, passengers, or the like, which can be accommodated by a given facility or system under given conditions at a given level of service. | Service Volume |
| The points at which the cut or fill slopes intersect the existing ground are referred to as _______. | Catch Points |
| A comprehensive list of parts, items, assemblies, subassemblies, intermediate assemblies, documents, drawings, and other materials required to create a product. | Bill of Materials |
| A list of materials and services required to perform a project. The list includes materials, labor, and quantities of each. | Bill of Quantities |
| The amount by which the outer edge of a curve or a railroad is banked above the inner edge to help offset the centripetal force developed as the vehicle goes around a curve. | Superelevation |
| Joints placed in concrete pavements, which are usually placed transversely, at regular intervals, to provide adequate expansion space for the slab to expand when the pavement is subjected to an increase in temperature. | Expansion Joint |
| Joints placed in concrete pavements, which are usually placed transversely regular intervals across the width of the pavement to release some of the tensile stresses that are due to a decrease in temperature. | Contraction Joint |
| Joints placed in concrete pavements, which are usually placed transversely across the pavement width to provide suitable transition between concrete placed at different times or on different days. | Construction Joint |
| Joints placed in concrete pavements at right angles to the center line of the pavement is called: | Transverse |
| It is a type of thermoplastic lane marking designed to aid and provide motorist with visual, audio, and warning on the road. | Rumble Strips |
| Generally, the dry materials used in making quality concrete are heavier than water. Thus, shortly after placement, they have a tendency to settle to the bottom and displace the mixing water to the surface, which is called _____. | Bleeding |
| The bringing of a concrete surface to true grade with enough mortar to produce the desired finish. | Leveling |
| Immediately following or during edging, pre-molded inserts are placed in concrete slabs to control cracking in the concrete as a result of shrinkage. | Jointing |
| When inside the building, one may notice unusual sounds and change in the building. What causes these events? | Temperature |
| Any temporary elevated platform used for supporting employees or materials or both in the course of any construction works. | Scaffold |
| What are the capacity requirement for all scaffoldings? | At least 4 times its own weight |
| Only two polygons can have a smallest interior angle of 1200 with each successive angle of 50 greater than its predecessor. One is the nonagon. What is the other? | Hexadecagon |
| Cracks approximately at right angles to the pavement centerline. These may be caused by shrinkage or differential thermal stress of the asphalt concrete or maybe reflective cracks. | Transverse Cracking |
| Cracks approximately parallel to the pavement centerline. These are caused by poorly constructed construction joints and shrinkage of asphalt concrete surface. | Longitudinal Cracking |
| Wearing way of the pavement surface caused by dislodging of aggregated particles and binder. This is usually a result of insufficient asphalt binder in the mix or stripping of asphalt from particles of aggregate. | Raveling |
| Progressive disintegration of the surface between the wheel paths caused by dripping of gasoline or oil from vehicles. | Drip Track Raveling |
| The extruding of bitumen onto the pavement surface, causing a reduction in skid resistance. It is generally caused by excessive amounts of asphalt in the mix or low air voids content. It occurs when asphalt fills the voids in the mix during hot weather an | Bleeding or Flushing |
| Elevation differences between adjacent slabs at transverse joints. It is usually the result of pumping and is a major source of Portland Concrete pavement structure. | Faulting |
| Localized upward buckling and shattering of the slabs at transverse joint or cracks. They can occur when transverse joints are filled with incompressible solid materials. | Blowups |
| A series of interconnected or interlaced cracks caused by fatigue failure of the asphalt concrete surface under repeated traffic loading. | Alligator Cracking |
| Cracks forming large interconnected polygons, usually with sharp corners or angle. These cracks are generally caused by hardening and shrinkage of the asphalt and or reflection cracking from underlying layers such as cement-treated base. | Block Cracking |
| A method of protecting workers from cave ins by excavating the sides of an excavation to form one or a series of horizontal levels or steps, usually with vertical or near vertical surfaces between levels. | Benching |
| Protects workers by using trench boxes or other types of supports to prevent soil cave-ins. | Shielding |
| This requires installing aluminum hydraulic or other types of supports to prevent soil movement and cave-ins | Shoring |
| It is the basic unit of travel behavior. It also involves movement from a single origin to a single destination and a re described in terms of origins, destinations, purposes, time of occurrence, travel moves and routes. | Trip |
| It is the timing of signals in relationship to one another so that vehicles travelling at a predetermined speed can pass through the greens of successive signals | Signal Coordination |
| The speed at which vehicles are presumed to travel through coordinated signal system is known as: | Speed of Progression |
| The time difference between the beginning and end of through band at any point is known as: | Band |
| The red, yellow, or green light that is displayed to driven in a given movement is called an: | Indication |
| The time required for one complete sequence of signal indication is called | Cycle |
| Three basic ways of resolving crossing conflicts | Time sharing solutions, Space sharing solutions, Grade separation solutions |
| It is the difference between the actual travel time and a given segment of a transportation system and some ideal travel time for that segment. | Delay |
| The time spent in decelerating and accelerating the vehicle in opening and closing doors. | Clearance Time |
| Headways such that the vehicles are just filled at the maximum load point on the route. | Capacity Headway |
| ________ is the process of increasing the density of a soil by mechanically forcing the soil particles closer together, thereby expelling air from the void spaces in the soil. | Compaction |
| ________ is an increase in soil density of a cohesive soil resulting from the expulsion of water from the soil’s void spaces. | Consolidation |
| Compactor production is based on the following data: I. Number of paces required II. Width compacted per pass III. Compactor speed IV. Compacted lift thickness V. Job Efficiency | All of the above |
| The process of giving natural soils enough abrasive resistance and shear strength to accommodate traffic or design loads is called. | Ground Modification |
| It involves dropping a heavy weight from a crane onto the ground surface to achieve soil densification. | Dynamic Compaction |
| ________ or placing additional weight on the soil surface, has long been used to densify cohesive soils. | Surcharging |
| ________ is the process of densifying cohesionless soils by inserting a vibratory probe into the soil. | Vibroflotation |
| Workers in an excavation be protected from cave-ins by one of the following methods: I. Sloping or benching the sides of excavation. II. Supporting the sides of the excavation by shoring. III. Placing a shield between workers and the sides of the excav | I, II, III |
| In highway construction, the process of cutting down high spots and filling in low spots of each roadway layer is called. | Balancing |
| Estimates expected activity times in a PERT network. I. Make use of three estimates II. Puts the greatest weight on the most likely time estimate III. Is motivated by the beta distribution | All of the above |
| Of all paths through the network, the critical path: | has the maximum expected/estimated time |
| The calculation of the probability that the critical path will be completed by time T: I. Assumes that activity times are statistically independent. II. Assumes that total time of the critical path has approximately a beta distribution III. Requires kn | I only |
| The CPM time-cost trade off function A. The cost normal time is 0 B. Within the range of feasible times, the activity cost increases linearly as time increases. C. Cost decreases linearly as time increases D. None of the above. | C. Cost decreases linearly as time increases |
| The marginal cost of crashing a network could change when: A. The activity being crashed reaches its crash time B. The activity being crashed reaches a point where another path is also critical C. Both A and B D. None of the above. | C. Both A and B |
| Fundamental ideas in the LP network models are activity time equals normal time + crash time: I. Earliest start time for an activity leaving a node equals the Max of the earliest finish times for activities leaving that node II. Earliest finish time equ | None of the above |
| The PERT/COST model assumes that: I. Each activity achieves its optimistic time II. The costs are uniformly distributed over the life of the activity III. Activity times are statistically independent. | II only |
| The PERT/Cost control report: I. Requires a budget for each activity II. Requires a report on the percentage of completion of each activity III. Calculate overruns | All of the above |
| The process of bringing each roadway layer to its final grade. | Trimming |
| It is the breaking away of hardened concrete surface of a slab to a depth of about 1.6 to 4.8 mm. It is usually occurs at an early age of slab. | Scaling |
| It is the occurrence of numerous fine hair cracks in the surface of a newly hardened slab to surface shrinkage. | Crazing |
| Appearance of powdery material on the surface of newly hardened concrete slab. | Dusting |
| Bringing of a concrete surface to true grade with enough mortar to produce the desired finish. | Leveling |
| Arrange the following in chronological order: I. Broom Finishing II. Screeding III. Bleeding IV. Leveling V. Jointing VI. Edging VII. Floating VIII. Troweling | III, II, IV, VI, V ,VII, VIII, I |
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