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1. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Two piece wire anchors
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Elastic-plastic

2. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Immediately above the flashing
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Is embedded in the walls

3. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
3in
Noncohesive Soils
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

4. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
Drainage Walls
Steel
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

5. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Better
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
By Splitting I sections in half
shear force=force/area

6. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
10-13 feet.
Grade 50 steel
Isolation Joints
2.67 ft

7. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Construction Joint
Actual strength / required strength
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

8. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Immediately above
Snap Tie
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

9. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Zero (0)
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Walls with overhangs

10. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
30ft
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

11. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Lateral load support to the veneer
Concrete masonry Units
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.
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

12. LH series has a depth range of...
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
18 to 48 in
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Horizontal reinforcement

13. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
Lighter weight
W16X25
2in pg 645
cohesive

14. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
A992
24in
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
2

15. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Asymmetry
Thermal Mass
Strands

16. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
Tougher pg 617
Stress / strain = E
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Either tension or compression

17. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Cross bearing Walls plane
G30 - G60 - G120
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

18. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
The concrete is cast at the site
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
connection beam flanges
Isolated pad footing

19. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Live end
T section
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
True

20. What is Core Holes?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Footing
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

21. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Peter Zumther
AISC Type II Connection
excavation
Lighter weight

22. A two way joist floor is also called...
52-72
Width - W - of Unit
A Waffle Slab
Steel

23. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Hot Rolling
2in
Stress / strain = E
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.

24. What is the Fill Made up of?
Henry Bessemer in 1855
2
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Gravel

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

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26. What is the formula for stress?
Failure stress / allowable stress
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
stress=force/area

27. Semirigid Connection is also called...
2
By Splitting I sections in half
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
AISC Type III Connection

28. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
A36
Elastic-plastic
Scaffolding
Dead End

29. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
16 in
Composite

30. In a running-bond wall
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Continuous Stip footing
I Section
Each course consists of Strechers

31. 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
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Barrier walls
Dead End
Isolation Joints

32. The width of an expansion joint is ___
3/8
Either tension or compression
Leveling Nut
Elevated Slabs

33. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
3000 PSI
The Framework
Within the plane of the veneer
8

34. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Copper and stainless steel
Weep holes
8 and 30 in

35. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
A reinforced-masonry frame
Asymmetry
Type S
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

36. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Copper and stainless steel
Pink
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

37. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Thermal Mass
After World War 2
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

38. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
By functioning as a water reservior
A reinforced-masonry frame
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

39. BOF full name is _______
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
3in
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Within the plane of the veneer

40. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
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
Depth of the joist in inches
Head Joints
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

41. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Stretcher Face
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
A36

42. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Strip Footing
2
Each course consists of Strechers
Gravity - wind and surface tension

43. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Thermal Mass

44. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
A Waffle Slab
The Framework
Strands

45. What is the formula for shear force?
shear force=force/area
Lug
annealed glass
Isolation Joints

46. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Gravel
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
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.

47. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
AISC Type I Connection
True
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

48. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
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.
4000 psi
I Section
M -S -N -O

49. 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.
4
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Pipe Section

50. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Weak in shear
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Angle section (L)