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1. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
1in
16'
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
Each floor level

2. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Plortland cement-based mix
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Bed Joints

3. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Extruded Bricks
Ground-Supported slabs area____
False
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

4. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Barrier walls
excavation

5. LH series has a depth range of...
18 to 48 in
Each course consists of Strechers
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

6. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Expanded metal lath
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Steel Grade
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

7. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Angle section (L)
Pipe Section
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Grouted Space

8. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
36 ksi
16 in
Surface tension
2in pg 645

9. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
PB pg 703
16'
True

10. Stripping time is ___
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Cinder Block
Portland cement stucco
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

11. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Zero (0)
Dead End
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

12. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Sloped on both sides
Site cast concrete slabs
5 in
Type N

13. The width of an expansion joint is ___
A 100% solid unit
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
3/8

14. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
18 to 48 in
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
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Zinc

15. Site-cast is when ____
High-treated carbon steel
Pink
The concrete is cast at the site
Leveling Nut

16. Z-flashing is effective in...
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.
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
A horizontal butt join in cladding
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

17. The term FLying form refers to...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
The cladding resists all the wind load
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Compression

18. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
A Waffle Slab
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Some veneer walls

19. A typical bond beam is provided with
Horizontal reinforcement
Construction Joint
Extruded Bricks
W16X25

20. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
=change in length/original length
36 ksi

21. In an English-bonded Wall
Gravel
3/8
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.
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

22. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
5 in
Highly Crosive - Extreme
EAF - BOF - OHF

23. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
3/8 in

24. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
90 to 180 degress
Tilt-up Concrete Association
FBX
Within the plane of the veneer

25. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Open Headed joint
Footing
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

26. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Much lower

27. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
W - S - HP - M
Mildly
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a

28. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
Solid unit
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

29. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Elastic
Lug
A continuous closure strip
The Framework

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31. Cast Iron is formed when _______
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.
Steel
One piece anchors
8

32. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
2in pg 645
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Gravity - wind and surface tension

33. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Snap Tie
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Zero (0)
Thermal Mass

34. Form liners are used to...
More easily constructable.
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
same

35. strongbacks can

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36. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Peter Zumther
EAF - BOF - OHF
Much lower

37. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Tension
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
The Framework

38. A wall footing is also called _____
0.0025
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Strip Footing
True

39. What is one of the Empirical rules?
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Sloped on both sides
Column Footing

40. Conventional stucco is also called...
Scratch coat
Portland cement stucco
Drainage Walls
Live ends

41. What is the formula for strain?
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
=change in length/original length
Grade 50 steel

42. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
4
Site cast concrete slabs
Steel Grade
2

43. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Pipe Section
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Type N

44. Most of the cost comes from _____
stablize joists
Gauge number
Cinder Block
The Framework

45. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Pipe Section
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Actual strength / required strength
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

46. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
4000 psi
Heavier members and spans from column to column
PB pg 703

47. What does TCA stand for?
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
2

48. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
True
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.
Metals that do not contain Metals
2in

49. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Portland cement stucco
False
5000 psi

50. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
52-72
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Metals that do not contain Metals