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1. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.






2. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column






3. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?






4. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






5. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing






6. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?






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






8. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick






9. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






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






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






12. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






13. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...






14. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






15. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required






16. What is one of the Empirical rules?






17. Formwork is refereed to as






18. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?






19. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______






20. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible






21. Most of the cost comes from _____






22. 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 ______






23. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...






24. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____






25. The Term Tendons includes Strands






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






27. Strain Formula






28. Bond beams are _____






29. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____






30. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






31. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?






32. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______






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






34. CMU is _____






35. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression






36. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep






37. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...






38. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...






39. 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






40. 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...






41. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall






42. Twist-off Bolt method is...






43. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as






44. The material in an arch is primarily in _________






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






46. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...






47. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by






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






49. What is ultimate stress?






50. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...