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Construction Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required






2. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






3. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...






4. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






5. In what order are roof componants placed:






6. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






7. 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






8. The Term Tendons includes Strands






9. A pour stop is generally used with






10. A Blast Furnace is a ______






11. The Slag is what?






12. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________






13. Cold formings is when __






14. The Very middle one is called _____






15. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...






16. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____






17. Shear stress formula






18. Modulus of elasticity






19. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret






20. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...






21. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______






22. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when






23. StiffBacks






24. A common type of Form Tie is ____






25. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength






26. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______






27. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth






28. A Soft story is a _______






29. The exposed face of the brick is call _____






30. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...






31. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?






32. Bond beams are _____






33. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






34. The Term Tendons includes Strands






35. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move






36. Pile






37. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...






38. Thermal Mass is _____






39. Precast is where____






40. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?






41. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...






42. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night






43. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____






44. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by






45. A slip-critical connection is...






46. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






47. Stress Formula






48. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.






49. A tube is referred to as a ____






50. The Dark things in the Corner are ____