1 – Production & History of Cement – Northern California Cement Masons Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee

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Concrete is an ingredient in cement.
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- False
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2. Question
The term kiln refers to:
- filler material in concrete that adds volume at low cost
- a heated enclosure used to process cement by burning, firing, or drying
- a mixture of air, water, cement, sand, gravel and crushed stone
- a powder made from alumina, silica, lime, iron oxide, and magnesia
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Which of the following is an ingredient in concrete?
- air
- clay
- kiln
- water
- air and water
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Which of the following ingredients is NOT in cement?
- alumina
- gravel
- lime
- magnesia
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Which of the following regulates the setting time of the concrete that will be produced with the cement?
- clinker
- gypsum
- powder
- slurry
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6. Question
Which of the following refers to the stage of mining and processing raw materials used to make portland cement?
- finishing
- grinding and blending
- shipping
- quarrying and crushing
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Which of the following refers to gray-black pellets of cement produced under high temperature in the drying stage?
- aggregate
- alumina
- clinker
- slurry
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Which of the following places the stages of making portland cement in order from beginning to end?
- quarrying and crushing; drying; grinding and blending; finishing; shipping
- grinding and blending; quarrying and crushing; drying; finishing; shipping
- quarrying and crushing; grinding and blending; finishing; drying; shipping
- quarrying and crushing; grinding and blending; drying; finishing; shipping
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Portland cement is a brand name product made on the Isle of Portland, Britain.
- True
- False
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Which of the following is TRUE of hydraulic cement?
- hardens underwater
- invented in the United States
- used by the Egyptians
- the same as portland cement
- hardens underwater and used by the Egyptians
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Who was the British engineer who rediscovered hydraulic cement and used it to build the Eddystone lighthouse in 1756?
- David O. Saylor
- Isaac C. Johnson
- John Smeaton
- Joseph Aspdin
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Who began the cement industry in America by founding the first portland cement plant in Pennsylvania in 1871?
- David O. Saylor
- Isaac C. Johnson
- John Smeaton
- Joseph Aspdin
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Who proposed concrete high-rise construction in 1919?
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Issac C. Johnson
- Mies van der Rohe
- The Portland Cement Association
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