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1. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______






2. The most common used size of brick is...






3. Precast is where____






4. Benefits of reinforced masonry






5. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide






6. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.






7. Built-up sections are made by _____






8. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






9. Form liners are used to...






10. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...






11. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____






12. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






13. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______






14. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression






15. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as






16. The Top right hand Beam is called a






17. The use of ______ concrete is customary






18. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






19. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






20. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?






21. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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22. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






23. Most of the cost comes from _____






24. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with






25. Frame Structure is defined by ________






26. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...






27. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______






28. The most water tight joint is ____






29. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system






30. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety






31. In an English-bonded Wall






32. What does TCA stand for?






33. What is the bottom piece called?






34. A bond Beam is provided at ______






35. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____






36. Which type of EIF is most used?






37. Rain screen is...






38. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?






39. Semirigid Connection is also called...






40. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...






41. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as






42. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep






43. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...






44. The material in an arch is primarily in _________






45. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






46. The exposed face of the brick is call _____






47. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____






48. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






49. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?






50. Bond beams are _____






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