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1. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
8 in
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Lug
Soft-coat EIFS

2. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Thermal Mass
Capillary break
7/8in

3. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Two piece wire anchors
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Weep holes
3/8

4. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Tilt-up Concrete Association
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Gas or arc

5. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Wide-Flange section
The concrete is cast at the site

6. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
True
Highly Crosive - Extreme
8

7. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
perpendicular
8 in
S50X30
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

8. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Steel fabricator
Lighter weight
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

9. Walers
False
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Grouted Space
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

10. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
1kip=1000psi
5 in
90 to 180 degress

11. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Compressive strength
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Grouted Space
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

12. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
shear force=force/area
Elevated Slabs
G30 - G60 - G120
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

13. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Water Proofing
Peter Zumther
After World War 2
3/8

14. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Lateral load support to the veneer
Stiff

15. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Lighter weight
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Gravity load support to the veneer

16. Precast is where____
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
AISC Type III Connection

17. A snape Tie consits of...
Each course consists of Strechers
8 in to 30 in
Horizontal reinforcement
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

18. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Either tension or compression
Each course consists of Strechers
A conventional wood light frame building
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

19. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
Footing
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Residential

20. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Joists
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

21. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
More easily constructable.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Horizontal reinforcement
Beams

22. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Concave
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

23. Pile
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Modular

24. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Steel pipes
16'
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

25. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Shores
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Isolation Joints

26. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Surface tension
1in
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
3 in

27. The most common used size of brick is...
Elastic-plastic
stress=force/area
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

28. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
3/8
A36
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

29. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Walls with overhangs
structural frame
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

30. Most common used Veneer wall is...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
36 ksi
same

31. What is Core Holes?
=change in length/original length
16'
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Tube

32. A rigid Connection is also called...
Failure stress / allowable stress
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
AISC Type I Connection

33. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
The Framework
AISC Type III Connection
W16X25

34. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
A ductile material
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

35. Stack casting is used when
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Joists
Grouted Space

36. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
Gravel
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
2in pg 645
A reinforced-masonry frame

37. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Gauge number
Compression
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

38. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
False
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
90 to 180 degress
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

39. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Stress at the point of failure
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Gravel
Air tight

40. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
4000 psi
30 ft
3in

41. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Scaffolding
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
False
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

42. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
By Splitting I sections in half
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
1kip=1000psi
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

43. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Lintel angle
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Two piece wire anchors

44. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
Bed Joints
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

45. the GFRC skin is obtained by
20 ft
40 ft
Spraying the mix over a mold
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

46. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Lighter weight
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
False
Type S

47. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Immediately about a flashing
Lighter member that spans between the girders
50
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

48. Ferrous Metals are...
At each floor level and roof level
Metals that contain Iron
Grade 50 steel
Open-Hearth furnace

49. Bricks that have frogs are...
Concave
Molded bricks
General contractor
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

50. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A 100% solid unit
Lateral load support to the veneer
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
2