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1. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
Shelf angles
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Much lower
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

2. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
Joists
where soil is not strong.
EAF - OHF - BOF
FBX

3. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Vertical reinforcing bars
Elevated Slabs

4. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Footing
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Compression
Stretcher Face

5. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
That it is welded
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

6. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
Base Plate
Water Proofing
4000 psi

7. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Favorably
Shelf angles
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Chairs

8. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
8
Walls with overhangs
Gas or arc
3in

9. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Lug
Veneer wall
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

10. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Portland cement stucco
Pink
Stiff
FBX

11. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Columns
windward face
3/8

12. Compressive Strength Formula
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
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
Immediately above

13. The use of ______ concrete is customary
A36
Water Proofing
4000 psi
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

14. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
same
Parallel - wider
2in
Column Footing

15. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Type N
W16X25
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Pipe Section

16. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
2in

17. The purpose of flashing is to...
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
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
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

18. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Weep holes
Isolation Joints
Live ends

19. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Henry Bessemer in 1855
3/8 in
2

20. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Tension

21. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
cohesive
90 to 180 degress
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Alkali resistant

22. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Compression
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
1in

23. What is an Isolation Joint?

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24. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Capillary break
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Lug
Structural concrete fill

25. Benefits of reinforced masonry
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Columns
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.

26. Formwork is refereed to as
Bearing connection
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
One piece anchors
HHS

27. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
52-72
At each floor level and roof level
0.0025
8 and 30 in

28. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Drainage Walls
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Better
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

29. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Tension

30. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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31. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
False
52-72

32. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Air tight
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Strip Footing
Tension

33. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Compressive strength
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
False
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

34. Wicks consist of...
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
2
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Pink

35. High-strength bolts are made from
At each floor level and roof level
Vertical reinforcing bars
High-treated carbon steel
AISC Type III Connection

36. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Pipe Section
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Mildly
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

37. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
125psi
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

38. What is one of the Empirical rules?
At each floor level and roof level
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Stiff
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

39. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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40. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Head Joints
After World War 2
Less than it's ultimate stress

41. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Angle section (L)
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Peter Zumther

42. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
240 in =20ft
Elastic-plastic
Noncohesive Soils

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

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44. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Pre-tensioned concrete
Shelf angles
One piece anchors
Mock-up

45. 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?
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Stretcher Face
Brick ledge

46. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Drainage Walls
Two piece wire anchors
Drilled pier footing
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

47. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
Basic Oxygen Furnace
2in
Concrete masonry Units
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620

48. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Each course consists of Strechers
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
W16X25

49. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Lateral load support to the veneer
Concave
Residential
Column Footing

50. Z-flashing is effective in...
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Heavier members and spans from column to column
A horizontal butt join in cladding
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it