Military College of Engineering – NUST

Plain and Reinforced Concrete – I (CE 308)

Quiz #1 (CLO-1) Max Marks – 15 Time – 10 minutes
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Mark if statement is True or False. (10 Marks)
• Cement is the building material. (T / F)
• The relation between constituent of concrete is:
➢ Product of hydration of cement as the essential building material and aggregates fulfilling
the role of cheap or cheaper dilutant. (T / F)
➢ Coarse aggregate as sort of mini-masonry joint together by mixture of cement and fine
aggregate. (T / F)
➢ Concrete consist of two phases: hydrated cement paste and aggregate, and, as a result, the
properties of concrete are governed by the properties of two phases and not by presence
of interface between them. (T / F)
• By good concrete we mean a substance with consistence of soup, hardening into a
honeycombed made simply by mixing cement, aggregate and water. (T / F)
• We invariably specify compressive strength of concrete because it is easy to measure and
a measure of the intrinsic strength of concrete in the structure. (T / F)
• Properties of concrete related to its compressive strength includes the shrinkage and
necessarily creep. (T / F)
• Hydraulic cement is a material which hardens under water but does not undergo chemical
changes by water in later concrete life. (T / F)
• Portland cement is combination of limestone, clay or shale ; grinding and mixing
intimately in predetermined proportion and burning at a temperature 2250°F hence
material sinters and partially fuses into clinker. Clinker ground to fine powder added with
some amount of gypsum. (T / F)
• In flash set no appreciable heat is evolved, and remixing the cement paste without
addition of water restores plasticity of the paste until it sets in the normal manner and
without a loss of strength. (T / F)
Augment your answer with reason(s). (5 Marks)
• Suppose you could buy cement alone more cheaply than aggregate – should you use a
mixture of cement and water alone as a building material? (2 Marks)
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• What is the principle reason for the use of Type III cement (ASTM C150)? .(1.5 Marks)
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• What is the role of gypsum in cement hydration age and workability if the quantity of
C3A and availability of sulfate in solution both are HIGH ? .(1.5 Marks)
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