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1. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
36 ksi
Angle section (L)
Veneer wall
K-series - LH series - DHL series

2. A snug-Tight condition is _____
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
5 in
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

3. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
The Framework
Dead End
Continuous Stip footing

4. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
4000 psi
AISC Type I Connection
Beams
Sloped - thinner

5. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Lug
Cohesive
Chairs

6. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
A325
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Stiff

7. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
True
3000 psi
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

8. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
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
Cranes and rails
A ductile material
Immediately above

9. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Tube
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.

10. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
2
5000 psi
True
36 ksi

11. Stress Formula
Some veneer walls
The concrete is cast at the site
Expanded metal lath
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

12. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Base Plate
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Each floor level

13. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Base Plate
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
A ductile material
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.

14. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
7 in
3/8
Metals that contain Iron
Grouted Space

15. Formwork is refereed to as
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Strands
PB pg 703

16. The Term Tendons includes Strands
True
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
18'
Isolation Joints

17. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Type S
3 in
Hot Rolling

18. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
every floor
Copper and stainless steel
Steel pipes

19. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
By functioning as a water reservior
Stress / strain = E
Lintel angle
Brick ledge

20. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

21. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
Isolation Joints
Steel fabricator
Mock-up
2in

22. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Live end
False
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

23. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
True
=change in length/original length
Sloped - thinner
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

24. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

25. What is one of the Empirical rules?
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Soft-coat EIFS
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

26. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Brick ledge
Some veneer walls
Isolation Joints
Cranes and rails

27. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
A325
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.
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

28. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
T section
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
SJI
AISC Type II Connection

29. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
4000 psi
18 to 48 in
Pipe Section
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

30. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
Type N
Strands
annealed glass
FBX

31. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Steel Grade
Compressive strength
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

32. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Construction Joint
Bearing connection

33. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Live end
Cross bearing Walls plane
Depth of the joist in inches
8 in

34. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
False
2 to 4 ft
Length - L - of unit

35. What does TCA stand for?
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Joists
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

36. Factor for safety formula
Simple Connection
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Failure stress / allowable stress

37. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
A reinforced-masonry frame
The Framework
True
Steel fabricator

38. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Hot Rolling
Snap Tie
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

39. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Zero (0)
Tunnel Form
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Immediately above the flashing

40. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Weep holes
24in
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

41. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Expanded metal lath
False
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.
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

42. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
PB pg 703
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Zero (0)
Elastic

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

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44. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
4000 psi
Lighter weight
3000 psi
Plortland cement-based mix

45. Precast is where____
Lintel angle
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
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.
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

46. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
3/8
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
2in
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

47. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
Brick ledge
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Asymmetry

48. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Air tight
Steel Grade
Highly Crosive - Extreme

49. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
every floor
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
SJI
Column Footing

50. A wall footing is also called _____
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Strip Footing
18'
True

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