Conquering Your License Exam

Vermiculite is a mineral that expands, when heated, to about ___________ times its original size

If an ASTM standard reinforcing bar has a diameter of 1.00 inch, then it would be classified a _______ bar.

A _____________ is a bond furnished by the contractor that guarantees they will sign a contract in accordance with their bid and will provide performance and payment bonds.

Some advantages to be realized when a is used to excavate is that it digs straight, vertical side walls (in soil which will stand), it cuts a level floor, and it reduces hand trim to a minimum.

According to Walker's Estimator's Reference Book, modifications issued after contract is signed are called a(n) _________________.

If #3 reinforcement bars are to be lapped a minimum of 30 times the bar diameter, the minimum length of bar lap is inches. Select the closest answer.

Based on the above house plan, the total roof area is ____________________ sqft. Select the closest answer.

Most building departments require that plumbing drawings be submitted in __________________.

Modular face bricks with a nominal brick size of 2 2/3" x 4" x 8" are to be used to face a 2,500 square foot wall without headers. _________bricks will be required for this job. Select the closest answer.

If 450 bank cubic yards of dry sand is to be excavated, the number of loose cubic yards that will be excavated is ________cubic yards. Select the closet answer.

A defect in workmanship is found 18 months after a project is completed. A ________bond would cover the repair.

The type of mortar recommended to be used for stone foundation walls is _________________________ .

A contractor is building a house with a hip roof. The slope of the roof is 5/12. The plan dimensions of the house are 40'x60'. Assuming a 10% waster factor, the contractor should order ___ sheets of plywood.

A pneumatic tamper enables a worker to do nearly ____________ times the work he can do by hand.

A standard, non-modular brick is ____ long.

Each of the following factors must be considered when estimating the costs for the excavation of a project. Generally, the easiest to quantify is the ___________________________.

The principal objective of construction scheduling is to manage all of the following resources used in the construction process except for ______________.

Most working drawings for building construction are based on ____________.

The typical swell factor for an average blasted rock is ____________________ %.

Which one of these is not one of the three traditional methods of construction scheduling?

An activity with zero float is called a _______.

A _________arch has horizontal or nearly horizontal upper and lower surfaces.

In estimating quantities of excavation and concrete, both are measured by the cubic yard. One cubic yard contains _______ cubic feet.

________ is the amount of time for an activity, obtained by subtracting its early start (ES) from its late start (LS) or early finish (EF) from its late finish (LF).

2600 L.F. of 2 x is ____________board feet. Select the closest answer.