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1. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
Open-Hearth furnace
Lintel angle
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Percast at the construction site

2. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
where soil is not strong.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

3. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Joists
Column Footing
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Columns

4. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
After World War 2
Compression
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

5. Standard CMU size
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Gravity load support to the veneer

6. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
AISC Type II Connection
stablize joists
where soil is not strong.
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

7. In an English-bonded Wall
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
3000 PSI

8. 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.
Mock-up
Tougher pg 617
Tube
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.

9. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
perpendicular
Mock-up
Chairs
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

10. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
7 in
Fibrous
Steel
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

11. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
Mock-up
Walls with vertical reinforcement
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.
Grouted Space

12. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Parallel - wider

13. BOF full name is _______
Width - W - of Unit
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Steel pipes
Basic Oxygen Furnace

14. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Steel fabricator
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
2in
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

15. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
A continuous closure strip
Reservoir
Pile
Column Footing

16. W-Shape is also called _____
Wide-Flange section
2in
Construction Joint
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

17. What is the First arrow point at?
Solid unit
Leveling Nut
Capillary break
I Section

18. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Lighter weight
False

19. What is the First arrow point at?
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Leveling Nut

20. Wicks consist of...
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

21. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
cohesive
Vertical reinforcing bars
By Splitting I sections in half

22. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Flexural and Shear.
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

23. Rain screen is...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Immediately above the flashing

24. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
2in
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
A reinforced-masonry frame

25. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Immediately above
Two piece wire anchors
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

26. 1 kip = ____psi
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
8 in
1kip=1000psi
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

27. Most of the cost comes from _____
The Framework
Horizontal reinforcement
Pile
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

28. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Gauge number
Solid unit
Stress / strain = E
Zinc

29. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Immediately above
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

30. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
field bolting of steel member
8 and 30 in
Construction Joint
every floor

31. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Parallel - wider
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
125psi
same

32. Mechanical couplers are used
True
Hollow structural section
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

33. Precast is where____
Drilled pier footing
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
AISC Type I Connection
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

34. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Steel
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
4
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

35. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Better
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
tempered glass

36. NonFerrous Metals are...
Metals that do not contain Metals
Sloped - thinner
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Henry Bessemer in 1855

37. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Type N
EAF - OHF - BOF
Gauge number
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

38. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
tempered glass
T section
HHS
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

39. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
2in
A conventional wood light frame building
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

40. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Gravel
36 ksi
Mild
Steel

41. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Steel fabricator
Favorably
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Beams

42. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
4000 psi
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Depth of the joist in inches

43. What is the bottom piece called?
Acrylic polymer-based mix
CMU backed brick veneer
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Footing

44. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
False
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Immediately above the flashing
Porland cement - lime - and sand

45. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
10-13 feet.
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Tube

46. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Concave
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

47. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
1in
Leveling Nut
Compression
Steel Joist Institute

48. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
125psi
I Section
Tunnel Form
Alkali resistant

49. a backup wall is required in a...
Elevated Slabs
Veneer wall
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
K-series - LH series - DHL series

50. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
2 to 4 ft
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Beams
Barrier walls