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1. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
2
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

2. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
4 to 6 ft
Horizontal reinforcement
1in
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

3. Cast Iron is formed when _______
EAF - BOF - OHF
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Mildly
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.

4. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Tube
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Drainage Walls
Composite

5. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
20 ft
Alkali resistant
0.0025
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

6. strongbacks can

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7. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Water Proofing
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Steel Grade

8. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Pink
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Walls with overhangs

9. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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10. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Gravity load support to the veneer
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Noncohesive Soils
Much lower

11. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Dead End
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

12. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
=change in length/original length
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Is embedded in the walls
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

13. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Gravel
EAF - OHF - BOF
8 in to 30 in

14. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
AISC Type II Connection

15. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Grouted Space
A reinforced-masonry frame
structural frame
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

16. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Isolation Joints
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Shores
5000 psi

17. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
3/8
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

18. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Grade 50 steel
Sloped - thinner
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
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

19. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
EAF - OHF - BOF
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Mild

20. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Joists
structural frame
Grouted Space
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

21. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Beams and Columns
7 in
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
By Splitting I sections in half

22. A slip-critical connection is...
every floor
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Rain-screen wall
Plortland cement-based mix

23. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Elevated Slabs
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

24. A Blast Furnace is a ______
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.
Favorably
False
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

25. Slagwool is _____
Structural concrete fill
4000 psi
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

26. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Pre-tensioned concrete
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Shores
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

27. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
3/8
5000 psi
Beams
Cohesive

28. What is the 2 arrow?
Thermal Mass
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Base Plate
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

29. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
windward face
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Barrier walls
2in

30. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Strip Footing
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Pile
SJI

31. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
windward face
True
Compression
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

32. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Scaffolding
Mild
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Electric Arc Furnace

33. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
40 ft

34. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Failure stress / allowable stress
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

35. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Joists
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
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

36. Arch welding is where
1/2 to 3/4 thick
144^2 - 18ft.
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

37. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Steel fabricator
T section
8 and 30 in
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

38. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
structural frame
Elevated Slabs
3/8
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

39. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Molded bricks
Shores

40. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Grouted Space
Heavier members and spans from column to column
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

41. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
A 100% solid unit
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Cranes and rails
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

42. A Soft story is a _______
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
7/8in

43. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Gravity load support to the veneer
field bolting of steel member

44. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
SJI
Columns
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

45. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Brick ledge
Better
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Acrylic polymer-based mix

46. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Is embedded in the walls
4000 psi
Site cast concrete slabs
A325

47. Materials used for Formwork are___
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Live end
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

48. Built-up sections are made by _____
True
Open-Hearth furnace
Steel fabricator
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

49. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Live ends
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Beams

50. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Pipe Section
2in
Rain-screen wall
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

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