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1. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Mock-up
Shores
40 ft
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.

2. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Noncohesive Soils
Steel Joist Institute
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Pink

3. Stripping time is ___
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
50
Vertical
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

4. A material that is weak in tension is...
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Beams
Weak in shear

5. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

6. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Steel fabricator
Fibrous
Strip Footing
Is embedded in the walls

7. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
3 in
Concrete masonry Units
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Stiff

8. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Mock-up
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

9. 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?
Isolation Joints
Horizontal reinforcement
Brick ledge
Grade 50 steel

10. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
SJI
2 1/2 in
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

11. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
A992
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
50
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

12. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Steel pipes
20 ft
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Veneer wall

13. W-Shape is also called _____
Air tight
Peter Zumther
Wide-Flange section
Alkali resistant

14. Mechanical couplers are used
False
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Drilled pier footing

15. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Reinforced concrete member
Two piece wire anchors
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

16. 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
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
125psi
Columns
Steel Grade

17. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
EAF - OHF - BOF
2.67 ft
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
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

18. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
where soil is not strong.
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
W - S - HP - M

19. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Immediately above the flashing
Steel
Grouted Space
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

20. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
W16X25
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.
8
T section

21. Ferrous Metals are...
40 ft
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Metals that contain Iron

22. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Mildly
Open Headed joint
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

23. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Column Footing
2 in

24. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
General contractor
Adding water to the mortar
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

25. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
144^2 - 18ft.
16'

26. A rigid Connection is also called...
Bearing connection
AISC Type I Connection
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Leveling Nut

27. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Drainage Walls
Compressive strength
3/8

28. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Force / Area
A reinforced-masonry frame

29. What is the First arrow point at?
Hard coat EIFS
Increase the strength of beam in shear
same
Leveling Nut

30. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Noncohesive Soils
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Shores
Length - L - of unit

31. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Water Proofing

32. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Scratch coat
Flying forms
Molded bricks

33. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Type S
Tube
Wide-Flange section

34. CMU is _____
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
where soil is not strong.
Cinder Block
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

35. The most common thickness for mortar is____
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
3/8
Stress / strain = E
Failure stress / allowable stress

36. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
True
2
Scratch coat

37. DLH series has a depth range of...
Metals that contain Iron
Parallel - wider
52-72
Brown coat

38. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
annealed glass

39. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Each floor level
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Pile

40. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Portland cement stucco
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
8 in

41. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
4
24
Tube

42. A two way joist floor is also called...
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
A Waffle Slab
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

43. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Zero (0)
stablize joists
4
Snap Tie

44. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Vertical reinforcing bars
Drainage Walls
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.

45. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Capillary break
True

46. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Tension
18 to 48 in
3000 psi
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

47. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
3/8
Tube

48. S-Shape is also called ____
8
Tube
Acrylic polymer-based mix
American Standard Shape

49. Clay is _______
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Cranes and rails
=change in length/original length
cohesive

50. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
90 to 180 degress
Cohesive
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
24in