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1. Z-flashing is effective in...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Carbon steel
8 and 30 in
Beams and Columns

2. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Extruded Bricks
Soft-coat EIFS
Support Pylons
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

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

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4. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Depth of the joist in inches
7 in
every floor
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

5. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Bearing connection
perpendicular
7 in

6. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
connection beam flanges
18 to 48 in
A reinforced-masonry frame
Expanded metal lath

7. 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.
T section
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
4
Concrete masonry Units

8. 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 ____
Flying forms
4000 psi
More easily constructable.
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

9. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
A36
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Pipe Section

10. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Lateral load support to the veneer
1in
2

11. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
K-series - LH series - DHL series
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

12. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Live end
Tension
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

13. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Either tension or compression
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
3 in
Hot Rolling

14. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Grouted Space
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Cranes and rails

15. Built-up sections are made by _____
Alkali resistant
Barrier walls
Drainage Walls
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

16. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
Fibrous
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Sloped on both sides
125psi

17. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Bed Joints
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
SJI

18. Cold formings is when __
EAF - OHF - BOF
Steel Joist Institute
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
125psi

19. Semirigid Connection is also called...
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
AISC Type III Connection
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
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

20. The most common thickness for mortar is____
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
3/8
2in
Hot Rolling

21. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
2in

22. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Steel Grade
A conventional wood light frame building
Tunnel Form
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

23. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Pipe Section
True
Reservoir
Hard coat EIFS

24. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
3/8
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Lighter weight
Barrier walls

25. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

26. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
3/8 in
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

27. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
True
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Two piece wire anchors
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

28. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
perpendicular
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
2 to 4 ft

29. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Steel
Type N
Zero (0)
True

30. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Compression
Barrier walls
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

31. The width of an expansion joint is ___
3/8
Sloped toward the interior roof
30ft
Gravity - wind and surface tension

32. A material that is weak in tension is...
A325
Sloped - thinner
Weak in shear
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

33. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
False
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
3 in

34. LH series has a depth range of...
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
18 to 48 in
FBX
Walls with overhangs

35. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Steel pipes
Noncohesive Soils
Failure stress / allowable stress

36. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
True
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Immediately about a flashing
36 ksi

37. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
W - S - HP - M
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
M -S -N -O

38. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Expanded metal lath
0.0025
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Beams

39. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
where soil is not strong.
The cladding resists all the wind load
Strands
3/8 in

40. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
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
Live end
Mock-up
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

41. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Pile
Isolated pad footing
Capillary break

42. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Cohesive
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Leveling Nut

43. A snape Tie consits of...
Pile
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Vertical reinforcing bars
Favorably

44. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
Immediately above
7/8in
Bed Joints
Each course consists of Strechers

45. DLH series has a depth range of...
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Weep holes
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
52-72

46. Simple Connection is also called...
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
AISC Type II Connection
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
3000 PSI

47. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Base Plate
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
Water Proofing
General contractor

48. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
Gauge number
CMU backed brick veneer
every floor

49. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
8 and 30 in
every floor
Zinc
2

50. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
I Section
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Mildly