Which performance areas are typically evaluated by the ACI CTI exam?

• A. Transport operations, load management, basic fresh concrete testing, documentation, safety, and QA/inspection practices.
• B. Architectural considerations and color.
• C. Mixing quality and finishing techniques.
• D. Only safety and documentation.

Answer: (A)

A CTI exam tests the practical duties a concrete transportation inspector must perform from loading through delivery. These performance areas reflect the responsibilities of ensuring truck operations and load management, performing or interpreting basic fresh concrete tests at delivery, maintaining documentation, and applying safety and QA/inspection practices to verify the concrete meets project requirements. The other topics mentioned don’t align with the CTI role—architectural considerations or color aren’t relevant to transport inspection, mixing and finishing belong to other stages of production, and focusing only on safety or only on documentation misses the full scope of in-transit quality control and verification.