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1. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
same
Grouted Space
Pipe Section
3/8

2. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Weep holes
Steel
True
Either tension or compression

3. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
T section
Steel Grade
Either tension or compression
Columns

4. 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
High-treated carbon steel
Scratch coat
Within the plane of the veneer
Ground-Supported slabs area____

5. What is a control joint used for?
Joists
Chairs
7/8in
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.

6. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Structural concrete fill
Gas or arc

7. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
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
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Tougher pg 617
Construction Joint

8. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Live ends
52-72
2.67 ft
Capillary break

9. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
Favorably
tempered glass
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
Scaffolding

10. Stack casting is used when
4000 psi
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Base Plate

11. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
2 to 4 ft
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
24

12. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
2in
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
2in

13. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
4000 psi
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
One piece anchors

14. Wicks consist of...
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
40 ft
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

15. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
10-13 feet.
2in
FBX
1/2 to 3/4 thick

16. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
3/8
Tube
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Compressive strength

17. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Elastic
Plortland cement-based mix
A992
Less than it's ultimate stress

18. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
Increase the strength of beam in shear
144^2 - 18ft.
Immediately about a flashing

19. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Leveling Nut
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
connection beam flanges
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.

20. What does SJI stand for?
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Steel Joist Institute
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
3/8 in

21. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Flying forms
Lug
Drilled pier footing

22. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

23. What does HHS stand for?
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Support Pylons
8 and 30 in
Hollow structural section

24. 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?
Plortland cement-based mix
FBX
Adding water to the mortar
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

25. A snape Tie consits of...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
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
A reinforced-masonry frame

26. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
4
90 to 180 degress
Tube
Flying forms

27. strongbacks can

28. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Head Joints
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
3/8
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

29. Shelf angles are...
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
Extruded Bricks
By Splitting I sections in half
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

30. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
A992
Live end
Sloped on both sides
Mock-up

31. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Site cast concrete slabs
Construction Joint
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.
240 in =20ft

32. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
cohesive
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
40 ft
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

33. Weep Holes are...
Copper and stainless steel
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
perpendicular
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

34. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
every floor
windward face
Live ends

35. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Width - W - of Unit
Walls with overhangs
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

36. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
Flexural and Shear.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Compressive strength
2in

37. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
2 in
Bed Joints

38. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Type N
W - S - HP - M
Electric Arc Furnace

39. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
Stress / strain = E
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
8 in

40. What is Core Holes?
By Splitting I sections in half
Asymmetry
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

41. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
True
Angle section (L)
1in

42. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Percast at the construction site
Continuous Stip footing
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Base Plate

43. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Bearing connection
Mild
Wide-Flange section

44. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Length - L - of unit
Cohesive
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

45. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Mock-up
Acrylic polymer-based mix
W16X25
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

46. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Angle section (L)
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
False

47. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Some veneer walls
40 ft
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Soft-coat EIFS

48. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Isolated pad footing
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Mock-up
False

49. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
2 to 4 ft
True
A992

50. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Elevated Slabs
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building