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Construction Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?






2. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






3. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






4. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.






5. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____






6. A bond Beam is provided at ______






7. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






8. What is the formula for stress?






9. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up






10. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?






11. The GFRC skin is typically






12. The material in an arch is primarily in _________






13. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...






14. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?






15. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints






16. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally






17. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






18. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






19. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...






20. What is the First arrow point at?






21. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...






22. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?






23. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______






24. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?






25. Camber refers to...






26. Ferrous Metals are...






27. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal






28. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.






29. What is the formula for strain?






30. Unfinished bolts are made from






31. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____






32. In a Flemish-bonded wall






33. Bricks that have core holes are ____






34. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...






35. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






36. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?






37. Slagwool is _____






38. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...






39. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within






40. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






41. A tube is referred to as a ____






42. S-Shape is also called ____






43. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____






44. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?






45. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.






46. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?






47. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?






48. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____






49. Mechanical couplers are used






50. Strain Formula