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1. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Head Joints
Concrete masonry Units
True
Angle section (L)

2. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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3. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
40 ft
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
W - S - HP - M

4. 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...
30 ft
Immediately above the flashing
Tunnel Form
Simple Connection

5. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Solid unit
Live ends
EAF - BOF - OHF
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

6. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Sloped - thinner
Strands
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

7. Rain screen is...
G30 - G60 - G120
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Weak in shear

8. CMU is _____
Weak in shear
A conventional wood light frame building
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Cinder Block

9. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
Adding water to the mortar
A reinforced-masonry frame
Portland cement stucco
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

10. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
2in
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Much lower

11. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Capillary break
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
36 ksi
Drilled pier footing

12. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
Wide-Flange section
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Brick ledge
Base Plate

13. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Weak in shear
Simple Connection
Beams
Tension

14. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Weak in shear
FBX
Grouted Space
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

15. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
same
Columns
5 in
Shores

16. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
A36
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Structural concrete fill
40 ft

17. The most common thickness for mortar is____
Open-Hearth furnace
3/8
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Two flange plates

18. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
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
Columns
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

19. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Type S
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
High-treated carbon steel

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

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21. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
stablize joists
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
I Section

22. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Sloped on both sides
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Lug
Drilled pier footing

23. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Mildly
Weep holes
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Peter Zumther

24. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
The Framework
Tension
Ground-Supported slabs area____

25. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Lighter weight
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
10-13 feet.
2

26. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
Column Footing
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Gravel

27. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
cohesive
Base Plate
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

28. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
field bolting of steel member
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

29. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Some veneer walls
Pile
52-72
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.

30. Galvanizing is...
Stiff
0.0025
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
30 ft

31. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Columns
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
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
excavation

32. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Snap Tie
Water Proofing
Soft-coat EIFS
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

33. The purpose of flashing is to...
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

34. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Cohesive
Within the plane of the veneer
Beams
Is embedded in the walls

35. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

36. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Gauge number
Better
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
125psi

37. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
False
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Brick ledge
3/8 in

38. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Pile
AISC Type II Connection

39. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
Concave
Flying forms
Tension
same

40. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
20 ft
Live end
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
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.

41. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Gauge number
That it is welded
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

42. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Tube
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Support Pylons

43. Site-cast is when ____
0.0025
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
50
The concrete is cast at the site

44. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
30ft
Column Footing
16 in
30ft

45. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
Beams
True
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

46. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Tube
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Open-Hearth furnace

47. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Strip Footing
True
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Capillary break

48. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
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
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

49. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
That it is welded
24in
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

50. 1 kip = ____psi
1kip=1000psi
High-treated carbon steel
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Steel fabricator

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