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1. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Pile
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

2. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Hard coat EIFS
Modular

3. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
3/8
A ductile material
That it is welded

4. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Cranes and rails
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Better
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

5. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
3/8
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Thermal Mass
Columns

6. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Shelf angles
Tube
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

7. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Angle section (L)

8. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Composite
Walls with vertical reinforcement
I Section

9. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Pre-tensioned concrete
Force / Area
2 1/2 in
Gauge number

10. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
4000 psi
Favorably
Tunnel Form
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

11. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
36 ksi
Footing
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

12. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Tougher pg 617
Beams
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

13. 1 kip = ____psi
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Scaffolding
1kip=1000psi
Flexural and Shear.

14. Bond beams are _____
Lateral load support to the veneer
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
2in pg 645
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

15. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Modular
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
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.
Asymmetry

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17. The Very middle one is called _____
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Sloped on both sides
Steel
I Section

18. A Simple Connection is...
Capillary break
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Pre-tensioned concrete
Beams

19. Modulus of elasticity
where soil is not strong.
Stress / strain = E
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

20. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Shelf angles
A325
EAF - BOF - OHF
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

21. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Live end
Continuous Stip footing
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

22. In what order are roof componants placed:
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Simple Connection
At each floor level and roof level

23. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

24. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
A Waffle Slab

25. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Weak in shear
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

26. 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?
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
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.
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Brick ledge

27. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
4000 psi
8 in

28. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Zinc
More easily constructable.

29. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Steel fabricator
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

30. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

31. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

32. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
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
7 in

33. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
2in pg 645
Metals that contain Iron
Roof and Floor

34. Conventional stucco is also called...
Bed Joints
Portland cement stucco
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

35. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Molded bricks
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Spraying the mix over a mold

36. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
Weak in shear
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Elevated Slabs
Structural concrete fill

37. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
A 100% solid unit
cohesive

38. Precast is where____
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

39. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Asymmetry
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

40. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Lateral load support to the veneer
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
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

41. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
2in
125psi
Pipe Section

42. Working is the process by which____
M -S -N -O
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

43. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
3000 PSI
Hot Rolling
Sloped on both sides
Zinc

44. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Angle section (L)
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Flying forms

45. CMU is _____
3 in
Cinder Block
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Lintel angle

46. The GFRC skin is typically
Immediately about a flashing
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Molded bricks

47. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
True
4000 psi
Footing

48. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
2 in
True
Snap Tie

49. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Isolated pad footing
Tension
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.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

50. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Zinc
Extruded Bricks
Tunnel Form
Either tension or compression