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1. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
Reservoir
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
W16X25
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

2. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
4000 psi
Steel fabricator
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

3. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
G30 - G60 - G120
Rain-screen wall
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

4. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Bearing connection
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Concave
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

5. In what order are roof componants placed:
0.0025
Ground-Supported slabs area____
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Immediately above the flashing

6. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Drilled pier footing

7. 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
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
2in
2in
T section

8. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
True
18'
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

9. A pour stop is generally used with
Gauge number
Floor decks
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Heavier members and spans from column to column

10. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Open Headed joint
3/8
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

11. The Slag is what?
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Pipe Section
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

12. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
annealed glass
4000 psi
Is embedded in the walls
Highly Crosive - Extreme

13. Cold formings is when __
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
That it is welded
A992
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

14. The Very middle one is called _____
One piece anchors
Steel fabricator
I Section
Pipe Section

15. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Bearing connection
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
3/8
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

16. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
8 and 30 in
Cranes and rails
By functioning as a water reservior
Is embedded in the walls

17. Shear stress formula
Force / Area
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
False
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

18. Modulus of elasticity
Stress / strain = E
FBX
Type S
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

19. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Horizontal reinforcement
True
Elastic

20. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
G30 - G60 - G120
Failure stress / allowable stress
Compressive strength
Beams

21. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Flying forms
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Shores
Tension

22. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
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
2
Lighter weight

23. StiffBacks
Columns
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
A36

24. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Snap Tie
Joists
Lighter weight
Leveling Nut

25. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Immediately above the flashing
Head Joints
Column Footing
Flexural and Shear.

26. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Lighter weight
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Joists
Steel Joist Institute

27. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
24
Grade 50 steel
Base Plate

28. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Two flange plates
Concave
By functioning as a water reservior

29. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
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.
Structural concrete fill
Stretcher Face
field bolting of steel member

30. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
A 100% solid unit
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

31. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Peter Zumther
AISC Type III Connection
HHS
24in

32. Bond beams are _____
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Bearing connection
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Surface tension

33. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Shores
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Sloped toward the interior roof
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

34. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Adding water to the mortar
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
True

35. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Pile
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
True
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

36. Pile
M -S -N -O
Beams
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Better

37. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
A36
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Lateral load support to the veneer
3/8 in

38. Thermal Mass is _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Type S
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

39. Precast is where____
A horizontal butt join in cladding
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Solid unit

40. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Lintel angle
Cross bearing Walls plane
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
where soil is not strong.

41. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Plortland cement-based mix
Wide-Flange section
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
I Section

42. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Two piece wire anchors
Thermal Mass
Compressive strength
Carbon steel

43. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
0.0025
Structural concrete fill
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

44. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
At each floor level and roof level
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

45. A slip-critical connection is...
That it is welded
True
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

46. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
stress=force/area
Column Footing
Adding water to the mortar
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

47. Stress Formula
Width - W - of Unit
Square - rectangular or round
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
The Framework

48. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
True
shear force=force/area
Gravel
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

49. A tube is referred to as a ____
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
HHS
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

50. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Columns