Arkansas Concrete - Residential Exam Practice Exam
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Arkansas Concrete - Residential Practice Exam Guide
What's on the exam
Questions per topic, out of 30This practice exam follows the official content outline for the Arkansas Concrete - Residential exam: Estimating, Layout and Excavation, Formwork, Reinforcing Steel, General Concrete, OSHA Safety.
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Estimating 3 items
Layout and Excavation 6 items
Formwork 4 items
Our study plan for this topic: Formwork safety requirements and failure prevention; Lateral pressure of concrete on forms (temperature, rate of placement, unit weight); Types of formwork systems (job-built, gang, flying table, slipform, jump form, ICF, stay-in-place); Form materials and hardware (plywood grades, lumber, steel, form ties, anchors, liners); Form design considerations and load calculations; Form removal timing and concrete strength requirements; Shoring and reshoring procedures for multistory construction; Formwork tolerances and dimensional accuracy (ACI 117).
Reinforcing Steel 4 items
General Concrete 9 items
OSHA Safety 4 items
Sample 1 — General Concrete
Question: You are a remodeling carpenter preparing to pour a concrete sidewalk that will be exposed to freeze-thaw cycles but will not receive deicing chemicals. You need to determine the appropriate nominal maximum aggregate size. The forms are 4 inches deep, and the narrowest vertical concrete member is 12 inches wide. Based on standard guidelines for aggregate sizing, what is the maximum nominal aggregate size you should use for this slab?
- A. 1-1/3 inches
- B. 3/4 inch
- C. 1-1/2 inches
- D. 1 inch
Correct Answer: A
The nominal maximum size of aggregate should not exceed one-third the depth of a slab. For a 4-inch slab, one-third of 4 inches equals approximately 1-1/3 inches. It must also not exceed one-fifth the narrowest dimension of a vertical member (12 ÷ 5 = 2.4 inches), so the slab depth governs at 1-1/3 inches.
Reference: Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 17th ed., Chapter 13 - Specifying, Designing, and Proportioning Concrete Mixtures, Page 267 (16th ed.: Page 358)
Sample 2 — Layout and Excavation
Question: You are a contractor specifying steel sheet piling for a cofferdam. The panels are available in several gauge thicknesses. Which of the following is a standard gauge thickness offered for steel sheet pile panels?
- A. 7-gauge
- B. 9-gauge
- C. 14-gauge
- D. 5-gauge
Correct Answer: A
The reference states that steel sheet pile panels come in 12-, 10-, 8-, and 7-gauge thicknesses. Of the options listed, only 7-gauge is one of the available standard thicknesses.
Reference: Pipe and Excavation Contracting, Chapter 10 — Dealing with Rock & Groundwater, Page 295
Sample 3 — Formwork
Question: The approximate unit weight of normalweight concrete used for formwork design calculations is ______ lb/ft³.
- A. 100
- B. 125
- C. 150
- D. 175
Correct Answer: C
Concrete is a heavy material, approximately 150 lb/ft³ (2400 kg/m³) for normalweight concrete (more than twice the weight of water). This value is critical for formwork design as it directly affects the loads that forms must support.
Reference: Contractor's Guide to Quality Concrete Construction (4th ed.), Page 70
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- The real exam's passing score: 21 correct answers out of 30 scored questions.
- Keep practicing until you pass consistently, not just once.
- Answer what you know first and bookmark the rest. Our practice exams let you bookmark and come back.
- Work your bookmarks on the second pass.
- Real exam pace: about 2 minutes 30 seconds per question.
- After each attempt, look up every miss in your book.
| Questions | 30 questions |
| Time limit | 75 minutes |
| Passing score | 21 correct answers out of 30 scored questions |
| Books in the exam room | Open book |
Source: Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board – Concrete Residential, 10/17/2220. Check the bulletin before test day: fees and rules can change.