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Concrete Technology Assignment Questions

This document contains questions about concrete technology. It asks about the constituents of concrete, advantages and disadvantages of concrete, testing unsoundness of cement, admixtures used in concrete, workability of concrete and how it is measured, factors affecting workability, segregation and bleeding in concrete, types of slump, efflorescence, stages of concrete production, mix ratios for different concrete grades, characteristic and target strengths of concrete, durability factors of concrete, exposure conditions, curing of concrete, and reinforcement materials. It also includes multiple choice questions on workability tests, compaction factor, concrete grades, mix proportions, strength factors, testing methods, codes, creep effects, aggregate size effects, cement age, crack prevention

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Concrete Technology Assignment Questions

This document contains questions about concrete technology. It asks about the constituents of concrete, advantages and disadvantages of concrete, testing unsoundness of cement, admixtures used in concrete, workability of concrete and how it is measured, factors affecting workability, segregation and bleeding in concrete, types of slump, efflorescence, stages of concrete production, mix ratios for different concrete grades, characteristic and target strengths of concrete, durability factors of concrete, exposure conditions, curing of concrete, and reinforcement materials. It also includes multiple choice questions on workability tests, compaction factor, concrete grades, mix proportions, strength factors, testing methods, codes, creep effects, aggregate size effects, cement age, crack prevention

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Concrete technology assignment questions

1. What are the different constituents of concrete?


2. What are the seven basic advantages and disadvantages of concrete?
3. What is unsoundness of cement? Explain the testing procedure to determine the
unsoundness of cement with a neat sketch of the apparatus?
4. What are admixtures? Enlist the different admixtures used in concrete construction.
Explain the function and property of any two types of admixtures.
5. Define workability of concrete; enlist the different methods for measuring it in the
laboratory. Explain any one of them.
6. Describe the factors affecting workability of fresh concrete.
7. What do you mean by segregation and bleeding in fresh concrete? How it can be
reduced?
8. Explain different types of slump with sketch only.
9. What do you mean buy efflorescence in concrete structure?
10. What are the different stages of concrete production? Explain them briefly.
11. What are the ratios of cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate to be kept in the nominal
mix for M5, M7.5, M10, M15, M20, and M25 concrete?
12. What do you mean by characteristic strength and target mean strength of concrete?
Write the mathematical expression for measuring it.
13. What do you mean by durability of concrete? Write the factors affecting durability?
14. Explain the type of exposure conditions to concrete structures a/c to IS 456-2000.
15. What do you mean by curing of concrete?
16. What are different types of reinforcement material used in concrete structures?
MCQs on Concrete Technology
1. Which test is used for high workable concretes?

a) Slump test

b) Compacting factor test

c) Flow table test

d) VeBe test

2. What is the compaction factor for a medium degree of workability?

a) .78

b) .85

c) .92

d) .955.

3. __________ has designated the concrete mixes into a number of grades as M10, M15.

a) IS 456-2000

b) IS 456-2010

c) IS 513-1999

d) IS 465-2000

4. What is the approx. mix proportion for M15?

a) 1:3:6

b) 1:2:4

c) 1:1.5:3

d) 1:1:2

5. The lower the w/c ratio ___________ the strength of concrete.

a) Higher

b) Lower
c) Poor

d) Moderate

6. Compressive strength of hardened concrete is done by _________

a) Cube test

b) Tensile splitting test

c) Concrete core test

d) Flexure test

7. IS code for Specification for ordinary Portland cement, 33 grade?

a) IS 269:1989

b) IS 383:197

c) IS 455:1989

d) IS 456:2000

8. The rate of creep rapidly ___________ with time.

a) Increase

b) Decrease

c) Doesn’t affect

d) Depends on the temperature

9. The rate of creep generally ____________ with the ____________ of the size of aggregates.

a) Increase, increase

b) Decrease, decease

c) Increase, decrease

d) 2.5, 12mm

10. Cement not more than ________ months old should be used.

a) 1
b) 1.5

c) 2

d) 3

11. Creep is ____ to the strength of concrete.

a) Equal

b) Similar

c) Directly proportional

d) Inversely proportional

12. How can we prevent cracks in concrete structures?

a) Due to heavy load

b) Low w/c ratio

c) Settlement of structure

d) High water cement ratio

13. What is the percentage of air by volume in Air Entraining Cement?

a) 3-4

b) 10-11

c) 7-8

d) 9

14. Concrete placed in cold weather will take __________ time to gain strength.

a) No

b) Less

c) More

d) Equal to hot weather

15. Which method is the most common and cheaper for water curing?
a) Ponding

b) Sprinkling

c) Mist curing

d) Wet covering

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