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1. What is the First arrow point at?
Portland cement stucco
Water Proofing
Tube
Leveling Nut

2. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Sloped - thinner
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
The cladding resists all the wind load
Capillary break

3. Thermal Mass is _____
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

4. strongbacks can

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5. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
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
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Air tight
Either tension or compression

6. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
2 to 4 ft
Zero (0)
Percast at the construction site
Zero (0)

7. A typical bond beam is provided with
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Horizontal reinforcement
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
16 in

8. The GFRC skin is typically
1/2 to 3/4 thick
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
A conventional wood light frame building
Either tension or compression

9. What is the 2 arrow?
Columns
Base Plate
G30 - G60 - G120
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

10. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Zero (0)
Column Footing
Wide-Flange section
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

11. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Expanded metal lath
Shelf angles
20 ft
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

12. Shelf angles are...
Sloped - thinner
3in
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

13. LH series has a depth range of...
18 to 48 in
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Elastic

14. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
2in
Cross bearing Walls plane
Reinforced concrete member

15. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Immediately above the flashing
Electric Arc Furnace

16. Site-cast is when ____
Asymmetry
By Splitting I sections in half
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
The concrete is cast at the site

17. A Simple Connection is...
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Is embedded in the walls
2 in

18. A slip-critical connection is...
Hard coat EIFS
Pile
Length - L - of unit
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

19. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Continuous Stip footing
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
7 in

20. Materials used for Formwork are___
Pre-tensioned concrete
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Alkali resistant

21. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Asymmetry
Tougher pg 617
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
stablize joists

22. Precast is where____
3in
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Lighter weight
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

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

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

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25. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
A992

26. The Term Tendons includes Strands
3in
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
True
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

27. 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?
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
FBX
A conventional wood light frame building

28. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Sloped toward the interior roof
Carbon steel
Zero (0)

29. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
4000 psi
Length - L - of unit
Bearing connection
Immediately about a flashing

30. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Percast at the construction site
Pipe Section
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

31. Two-way deck is a ____
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Tilt-up Concrete Association

32. Pile
Lateral load support to the veneer
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Pipe Section
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

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?
2in
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
7/8in
Steel Grade

34. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
That it is welded
2
False
Walls with overhangs

35. The Very middle one is called _____
Sloped toward the interior roof
Scratch coat
Joists
I Section

36. The most common used size of brick is...
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Much lower
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

37. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Simple Connection
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.
Favorably

38. Conventional stucco is also called...
Portland cement stucco
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Stress at the point of failure
W - S - HP - M

39. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Shelf angles
Gravity load support to the veneer
24
2in

40. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
Pile
Gas or arc
Shelf angles

41. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
tempered glass
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
3/8

42. What does HHS stand for?
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
50
Hollow structural section

43. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Henry Bessemer in 1855

44. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
M -S -N -O
10-13 feet.
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

45. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Walls with overhangs
windward face
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.

46. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
Surface tension
FBX
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

47. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Steel
Favorably
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Providing an impervious barrier to water

48. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
EAF - OHF - BOF
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Gauge number

49. A material that is weak in tension is...
Grouted Space
24in
Cohesive
Weak in shear

50. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Angle section (L)
Is embedded in the walls
Structural concrete fill
Sloped on both sides