Earthwork Level 2 Study Guide, Earthworks Level II
Test Questions and Answers|| GRADED A+|| LATEST
UPDATE 2025/26
Compaction is the process used to achieve density, the product. -CORRECTANSWER
What is the difference between compaction and density?
1) Special Provisions
2) Technical Special Provisions
3) Plans (including revisions)
4) Design Standards
5) Developmental Specifications
6) Supplemental Specifications
7) Standard Specifications -CORRECTANSWER List the governing order of
documents.
Wet Density -CORRECTANSWER What kind of density is the weight of soils, solids,
and water occupying a unit volume?
Dry Density -CORRECTANSWER What kind of density is the weight of just soils and
solids occupying a unit volume?
Modified -CORRECTANSWER Which Proctor Test is typically used for base, subgrade,
and MSE wall backfill materials?
,Standard -CORRECTANSWER Which Proctor Test is typically used for embankment
and structure backfill materials?
98% -CORRECTANSWER For the Modified Proctor, what is the required Maximum
Density?
100% -CORRECTANSWER For the Standard Proctor, what is the required Maximum
Density?
Limerock Bearing Ratio Test (LBR) -CORRECTANSWER What is the ratio of the
bearing capacity of the material being tested to the bearing capacity of reference
limerock?
800 psi -CORRECTANSWER The standard penetration resistance for a typical crushed
limerock in Florida has been standardized to what psi?
AASHTO T-99 -CORRECTANSWER What is the method number for the Standard
Proctor?
FM 1 T-180 -CORRECTANSWER What is the method number for the Modified Proctor?
, Yes -CORRECTANSWER Is the LBR value affected by moisture at the time of
compaction?
Select (A-3, A-4) -CORRECTANSWER What material can be used anywhere in the
embankment?
Bridging -CORRECTANSWER What is it called when como active effort does not
penetrate the full thickness of the lift being compacted?
Bleeding -CORRECTANSWER What is it called when moisture is drawn up by capillary
action to the surface of the material being compacted?
1) Code the job
2) One book per Contract number
3) Enter all pertinent information
4) Number pages
5) Check the elevations
6) Split the Records System for convenience, if needed
7) Performed before construction starts -CORRECTANSWER What is included in the
coding of a Density Log Book?
Accepting completed roadway earthwork -CORRECTANSWER The Earthwork Record
Keeping System serves as a basis for what?
Test Questions and Answers|| GRADED A+|| LATEST
UPDATE 2025/26
Compaction is the process used to achieve density, the product. -CORRECTANSWER
What is the difference between compaction and density?
1) Special Provisions
2) Technical Special Provisions
3) Plans (including revisions)
4) Design Standards
5) Developmental Specifications
6) Supplemental Specifications
7) Standard Specifications -CORRECTANSWER List the governing order of
documents.
Wet Density -CORRECTANSWER What kind of density is the weight of soils, solids,
and water occupying a unit volume?
Dry Density -CORRECTANSWER What kind of density is the weight of just soils and
solids occupying a unit volume?
Modified -CORRECTANSWER Which Proctor Test is typically used for base, subgrade,
and MSE wall backfill materials?
,Standard -CORRECTANSWER Which Proctor Test is typically used for embankment
and structure backfill materials?
98% -CORRECTANSWER For the Modified Proctor, what is the required Maximum
Density?
100% -CORRECTANSWER For the Standard Proctor, what is the required Maximum
Density?
Limerock Bearing Ratio Test (LBR) -CORRECTANSWER What is the ratio of the
bearing capacity of the material being tested to the bearing capacity of reference
limerock?
800 psi -CORRECTANSWER The standard penetration resistance for a typical crushed
limerock in Florida has been standardized to what psi?
AASHTO T-99 -CORRECTANSWER What is the method number for the Standard
Proctor?
FM 1 T-180 -CORRECTANSWER What is the method number for the Modified Proctor?
, Yes -CORRECTANSWER Is the LBR value affected by moisture at the time of
compaction?
Select (A-3, A-4) -CORRECTANSWER What material can be used anywhere in the
embankment?
Bridging -CORRECTANSWER What is it called when como active effort does not
penetrate the full thickness of the lift being compacted?
Bleeding -CORRECTANSWER What is it called when moisture is drawn up by capillary
action to the surface of the material being compacted?
1) Code the job
2) One book per Contract number
3) Enter all pertinent information
4) Number pages
5) Check the elevations
6) Split the Records System for convenience, if needed
7) Performed before construction starts -CORRECTANSWER What is included in the
coding of a Density Log Book?
Accepting completed roadway earthwork -CORRECTANSWER The Earthwork Record
Keeping System serves as a basis for what?
