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1. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Angle section (L)
Tunnel Form
Steel
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

2. StiffBacks
Pipe Section
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

3. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
Column Footing
excavation
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
SJI

4. PT concrete is Also known as _______
2 1/2 in
Pre-tensioned concrete
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Gravity load support to the veneer

5. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Wide-Flange section
Tube
Plortland cement-based mix

6. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
4 to 6 ft
A325
Concave

7. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
8 and 30 in
240 in =20ft
Drilled pier footing
Stretcher Face

8. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
2in
3000 psi
Width - W - of Unit
Steel Grade

9. W-Shape is also called _____
Wide-Flange section
Sloped toward the interior roof
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
1kip=1000psi

10. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
3/8
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Width - W - of Unit

11. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
Elastic-plastic
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

12. Stirrups are generally made of...
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

13. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Compressive strength
3000 PSI
Tube
Concrete masonry Units

14. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Concave

15. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Either tension or compression
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
A36

16. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
A horizontal butt join in cladding
excavation
True

17. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
2in
tempered glass
EAF - OHF - BOF
That it is welded

18. A typical bond beam is provided with
Modular
Horizontal reinforcement
M -S -N -O
Joists

19. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
I Section
Structural concrete fill

20. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Weep holes
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Tension
High-treated carbon steel

21. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Water Proofing
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

22. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Force / Area
W - S - HP - M
2in

23. 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...
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Cohesive
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Two piece wire anchors

24. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Live end
Control joints in concrete do what?
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

25. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
2 1/2 in
Two flange plates
8 in to 30 in
stress=force/area

26. A wall footing is also called _____
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
The cladding resists all the wind load
Strip Footing
every floor

27. What is the formula for shear force?
shear force=force/area
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
True
Weak in shear

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29. 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.
4
Mock-up
16 in
1kip=1000psi

30. A rigid Connection is also called...
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Residential
AISC Type I Connection
stablize joists

31. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
8 in
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Immediately above

32. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Sloped toward the interior roof
T section
Cranes and rails

33. Walers
field bolting of steel member
Brick ledge
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Providing an impervious barrier to water

34. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
Peter Zumther
shear force=force/area
Wide-Flange section

35. Shores are used for...
excavation
Steel Grade
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
same

36. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
perpendicular
Bearing connection
Lighter member that spans between the girders

37. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Lug
52-72
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

38. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Residential
Tougher pg 617
I Section
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

39. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
tempered glass
Chairs
Zero (0)
Construction Joint

40. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Mild

41. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Isolated pad footing
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Acrylic polymer-based mix

42. Conventional stucco is also called...
Percast at the construction site
Portland cement stucco
FBX
Strip Footing

43. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

44. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
240 in =20ft
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Percast at the construction site
8 in

45. The most common used size of brick is...
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Columns
4 to 6 ft

46. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
1in
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Bed Joints
8 and 30 in

47. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
False
24in
Failure stress / allowable stress
Either tension or compression

48. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
A325
Concrete masonry Units
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

49. Slagwool is _____
Barrier walls
Angle section (L)
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
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

50. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

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