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1. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
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
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
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.
Drilled pier footing

2. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
Two flange plates
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
A ductile material

3. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Pile
Concave
8

4. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
Pile
Construction Joint
Noncohesive Soils

5. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Capillary break
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
4000 psi
18 to 48 in

6. Girder is...
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Strands

7. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Isolation Joints
Tube
True
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

8. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
That it is welded
2 in
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

9. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Brown coat
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Type S
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

10. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
The cladding resists all the wind load
2in

11. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
False
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Flexural and Shear.
Walls with vertical reinforcement

12. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
T section
Molded bricks
Ground-Supported slabs area____

13. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Pink

14. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Reservoir
Cohesive
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Gauge number

15. The use of ______ concrete is customary
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
True
5000 psi
4000 psi

16. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Leveling Nut
Percast at the construction site
Within the plane of the veneer
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

17. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
False
Leveling Nut

18. 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
Head Joints
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

19. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
40 ft
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Ground-Supported slabs area____

20. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Electric Arc Furnace
Sloped - thinner
Steel
Solid unit

21. The required color of a stucco surface is...
I Section
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Floor decks
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

22. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Thermal Mass
3 in
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

23. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Reinforced concrete member
Gravel
Immediately above the flashing
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

24. BOF full name is _______
AISC Type I Connection
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Molded bricks

25. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Less than it's ultimate stress
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Better
Bed Joints

26. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Percast at the construction site
Tunnel Form
Pink
cohesive

27. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
3in
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Footing

28. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Live end
3/8 in

29. A rigid Connection is also called...
8
AISC Type I Connection
Either tension or compression
Steel

30. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
True
Depth of the joist in inches
4000 psi

31. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Horizontal reinforcement
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
10-13 feet.
Providing an impervious barrier to water

32. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Portland cement stucco
1in
Sloped on both sides
Plortland cement-based mix

33. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
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.
Gas or arc
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.

34. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Reinforced concrete member
8 in
4
Live ends

35. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

36. Site-cast is when ____
52-72
The concrete is cast at the site
Immediately about a flashing
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

37. Strain Formula
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Mock-up
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

38. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
2in
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Force / Area

39. Clay is _______
excavation
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
cohesive
Basic Oxygen Furnace

40. Shelf angles are...
3000 psi
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Open-Hearth furnace
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

41. OHF full name is?
Metals that do not contain Metals
Open-Hearth furnace
3000 PSI
Angle section (L)

42. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Mildly
That it is welded
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

43. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Lug
Steel Grade
Live end
Scratch coat

44. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
General contractor
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
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
Brick ledge

45. What is a construction joint?
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
2in pg 645
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Shores

46. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
shear force=force/area
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.
Vertical reinforcing bars

47. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Lintel angle
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
A 100% solid unit
Beams

48. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Gas or arc
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
stablize joists

49. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Favorably
Metals that contain Iron
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

50. Safety Margin formula
Actual strength / required strength
Tunnel Form
connection beam flanges
3000 psi