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1. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Carbon steel
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

2. 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
Isolation Joints
Metals that contain Iron
Thermal Mass
Bed Joints

3. StiffBacks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Expanded metal lath
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Increase the strength of beam in shear

4. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Vertical reinforcing bars
Two piece wire anchors
Site cast concrete slabs

5. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
3/8
7/8in
Flying forms

6. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
same
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Mildly

7. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Square - rectangular or round
Asymmetry
Molded bricks

8. The most common thickness for mortar is____
True
Drilled pier footing
3/8
Weep holes

9. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
American Standard Shape
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

10. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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11. Bricks that have frogs are...
K-series - LH series - DHL series
More easily constructable.
Molded bricks
Shelf angles

12. What is the 2 arrow?
Steel Grade
Construction Joint
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Base Plate

13. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Thermal Mass
3/8
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
Column Footing

14. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
A Waffle Slab
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

15. Wicks consist of...
Metals that contain Iron
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Immediately above the flashing
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

16. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Tunnel Form
Compression
False
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

17. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
2 to 4 ft
Zero (0)
Elevated Slabs
Depth of the joist in inches

18. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Much lower
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Soft-coat EIFS
2 in

19. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Simple Connection
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Bed Joints
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

20. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
A conventional wood light frame building
30 ft
8 in to 30 in
Structural concrete fill

21. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
I Section
Simple Connection
Steel Grade
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

22. A Simple Connection is...
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Either tension or compression
Bed Joints
Walls with overhangs

23. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
structural frame
Grouted Space
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Providing an impervious barrier to water

24. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Type N
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Steel Grade
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

25. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Sloped toward the interior roof
2in

26. 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...
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Steel
Extruded Bricks
Copper and stainless steel

27. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Zinc
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
4000 psi
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

28. Rain screen is...
Depth of the joist in inches
Column Footing
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Better

29. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
3000 psi
excavation
Hollow structural section
Acrylic polymer-based mix

30. Stirrups are generally made of...
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
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
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
2

31. Weep Holes are...
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Leveling Nut

32. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Scaffolding
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
False
30 ft

33. A Soft story is a _______
Beams
Grouted Space
Each course consists of Strechers
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

34. What is the 2 arrow?
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Base Plate
FBX
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

35. The most water tight joint is ____
Veneer wall
Cranes and rails
That it is welded
Concave

36. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
52-72
Joists
Isolated pad footing
stablize joists

37. A tube is referred to as a ____
Columns
Open-Hearth furnace
Snap Tie
HHS

38. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Stretcher Face
18'
Scaffolding
2in pg 645

39. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Steel
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Better

40. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Steel Joist Institute
Modular
Cranes and rails
90 to 180 degress

41. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Isolation Joints
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Beams

42. In an English-bonded Wall
2 in
Type S
Hollow structural section
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

43. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
90 to 180 degress
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
After World War 2
Flying forms

44. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Beams
Metals that do not contain Metals
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Column Footing

45. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
stress=force/area
FBX
4000 psi
Pile

46. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
1in
Lighter weight
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

47. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Compression

48. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Drainage Walls
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
52-72

49. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Extruded Bricks
3/8
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
24

50. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Compressive strength
2in
annealed glass
3000 psi

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