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Construction Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Retempering of motar means...






2. What is ultimate stress?






3. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints






4. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...






5. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.






6. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____






7. Plymer based EIFS are also called...






8. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment






9. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...






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






11. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...






12. Stirrups are generally made of...






13. What is the First arrow point at?






14. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______






15. Bricks and Blocks are called ____






16. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building






17. The Very middle one is called _____






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






19. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?






20. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?






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






22. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






23. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______






24. The use of ______ concrete is customary






25. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick






26. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up






27. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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28. 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.






29. What is the bottom piece called?






30. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?






31. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores






32. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.






33. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?






34. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






35. The exposed face of the brick is call _____






36. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.






37. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






38. 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 _____






39. The most common thickness for mortar is____






40. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...






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






42. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?






43. Simple Connection is also called...






44. The exposed face of the brick is call _____






45. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






46. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within






47. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...






48. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...






49. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






50. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______