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1. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Site cast concrete slabs
Pipe Section
False
Residential

2. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
Metals that do not contain Metals
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Concrete masonry Units

3. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Thermal Mass
4

4. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
structural frame
I Section
Barrier walls
2in

5. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
Pile
A conventional wood light frame building
50
W16X25

6. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Tougher pg 617
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
W - S - HP - M
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

7. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
stablize joists
Elastic-plastic
3 in
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

8. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Construction Joint
Percast at the construction site
2 to 4 ft

9. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Angle section (L)
windward face
Tube
Mildly

10. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
4 to 6 ft
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Column Footing
Type S

11. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Cross bearing Walls plane
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
field bolting of steel member

12. What is the bottom piece called?
Horizontal reinforcement
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.
Thermal Mass
Footing

13. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
W - S - HP - M
A36
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

14. A snape Tie consits of...
Elastic
T section
Composite
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

15. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
=change in length/original length
Lintel angle
Depth of the joist in inches
Failure stress / allowable stress

16. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Sloped - thinner
Hard coat EIFS
structural frame
Mock-up

17. Stress Formula
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
A ductile material
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

18. Galvanizing is...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Tilt-up Concrete Association

19. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
2in
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Pipe Section
Angle section (L)

20. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
36 ksi
4 to 6 ft
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
T section

21. A Tunnel form consists of...
A992
7 in
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
windward face

22. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Mildly
2
Barrier walls
Cranes and rails

23. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
2 in
1in

24. Stack casting is used when
Soft-coat EIFS
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Surface tension
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

25. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Walls with overhangs
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

26. High-strength bolts are made from
36 ksi
Lintel angle
High-treated carbon steel
I Section

27. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
2
8 in

28. Arch welding is where
2
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

29. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Beams
Pipe Section
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

30. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
field bolting of steel member

31. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Support Pylons
Asymmetry
Tunnel Form

32. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
3/8
Is embedded in the walls
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
Flying forms

33. A pour stop is generally used with
Rain-screen wall
2in
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Floor decks

34. What is ultimate stress?
1in
Stress at the point of failure
Elastic-plastic
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

35. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
At each floor level and roof level
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Flying forms

36. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Type S
Column Footing
Columns
8 in to 30 in

37. Simple Connection is also called...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
AISC Type II Connection
Scaffolding
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

38. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Solid unit
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
3in
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

39. Strain Formula
Construction Joint
Failure stress / allowable stress
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

40. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Lug
3/8
AISC Type III Connection
Isolation Joints

41. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
same
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

42. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
A horizontal butt join in cladding
True
3/8

43. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Solid unit
Mildly
Modular

44. 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.
Tougher pg 617
Chairs
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Lighter weight

45. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Lintel angle
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
where soil is not strong.
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

46. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
CMU backed brick veneer
Cross bearing Walls plane
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Electric Arc Furnace

47. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Isolated pad footing
Strands
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

48. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Base Plate
Elastic-plastic
Tunnel Form
Joists

49. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Pipe Section
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Continuous Stip footing

50. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
52-72
Sloped on both sides