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1. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Carbon steel
By functioning as a water reservior

2. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

3. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Pile
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Highly Crosive - Extreme
By functioning as a water reservior

4. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Shelf angles
8 in
30 ft

5. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Grouted Space
Parallel - wider
After World War 2
Better

6. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Grouted Space
Force / Area
windward face
One piece anchors

7. HSS can be what Shape?
Footing
Beams
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Square - rectangular or round

8. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
240 in =20ft
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
A continuous closure strip
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

9. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Continuous Stip footing
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Scaffolding
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

10. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Steel Joist Institute
G30 - G60 - G120
Alkali resistant
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

11. The Slag is what?
PB pg 703
10-13 feet.
Mild
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

12. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Control joints in concrete do what?
perpendicular
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

13. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Thermal Mass
Gravel
perpendicular
0.0025

14. In a running-bond wall
Each course consists of Strechers
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Molded bricks
8 in to 30 in

15. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Tunnel Form
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Depth of the joist in inches
Elastic-plastic

16. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Type N
At each floor level and roof level

17. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Pile
Length - L - of unit
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

18. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
same
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
A325

19. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Length - L - of unit
Copper and stainless steel
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Chairs

20. Z-flashing is effective in...
Veneer wall
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Isolated pad footing
8 and 30 in

21. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Parallel - wider
4000 psi
=change in length/original length
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

22. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
4
Immediately above
Failure stress / allowable stress
Henry Bessemer in 1855

23. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
American Standard Shape
Favorably
A992
Mock-up

24. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Type S
3/8
Carbon steel

25. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Compressive strength
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
40 ft

26. strongbacks can

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27. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
FBX
Roof and Floor
False
Gauge number

28. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Lintel angle
More easily constructable.
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

29. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
AISC Type I Connection
Tunnel Form
Strands
2

30. 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.
False
Sloped toward the interior roof
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

31. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
8 and 30 in
Length - L - of unit
PB pg 703
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

32. A typical bond beam is provided with
Horizontal reinforcement
Capillary break
240 in =20ft
90 to 180 degress

33. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
0.0025
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Column Footing

34. BOF full name is _______
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Continuous Stip footing
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

35. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Peter Zumther
Cohesive
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Joists

36. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
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
Column Footing
AISC Type II Connection
4

37. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
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.
Leveling Nut
Water Proofing
Solid unit

38. Galvanizing is...
Shelf angles
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

39. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Columns
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Joists

40. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Rain-screen wall
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

41. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
perpendicular
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Construction Joint
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

42. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
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.
Horizontal reinforcement
Force / Area

43. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
The cladding resists all the wind load
Floor decks
24
240 in =20ft

44. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Hot Rolling
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

45. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
16 in
Compression
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

46. Bond beams are _____
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Steel fabricator
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Continuous Stip footing

47. Wicks consist of...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Each course consists of Strechers
Head Joints
Pipe Section

48. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
shear force=force/area
Steel

49. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Hot Rolling
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Within the plane of the veneer

50. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Strands
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Mild

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