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1. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
connection beam flanges
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Lug
Favorably

2. Capillary break is a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Brown coat
High-treated carbon steel

3. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Within the plane of the veneer
Elastic
structural frame

4. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Brick ledge
Chairs
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Grade 50 steel

5. The GFRC skin is typically
Shelf angles
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Pink

6. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
0.0025
More easily constructable.
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

7. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Hot Rolling
Cohesive
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Open Headed joint

8. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
20 ft
36 ksi

9. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Increase the strength of beam in shear
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

10. A material that is weak in tension is...
By Splitting I sections in half
Weak in shear
Immediately about a flashing
PB pg 703

11. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
5000 psi
2
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

12. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Modular
Pre-tensioned concrete
True
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

13. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
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
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
18'

14. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Support Pylons
Sloped - thinner
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

15. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Shelf angles
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

16. Cellular-type plan is ______
Pipe Section
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
where soil is not strong.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

17. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Snap Tie
Favorably
Column Footing

18. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
30ft
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Lighter weight
Henry Bessemer in 1855

19. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
CMU backed brick veneer
Reinforced concrete member
True
Open-Hearth furnace

20. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Cross bearing Walls plane
Gas or arc
Modular
True

21. Arch welding is where
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Site cast concrete slabs
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

22. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Hollow structural section
Steel fabricator
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

23. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
2in pg 645
Vertical
Steel

24. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Compressive strength
Pink
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

25. Shelf angles are...
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

26. The most common used size of brick is...
stress=force/area
Wide-Flange section
125psi
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

27. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Scratch coat
Some veneer walls
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Control joints in concrete do what?

28. What is the formula for strain?
The concrete is cast at the site
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Each course consists of Strechers
=change in length/original length

29. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
5 in
Weep holes
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

30. What does SJI stand for?
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
That it is welded
Steel Joist Institute
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

31. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
5 in
Lateral load support to the veneer
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Grouted Space

32. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

33. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Immediately above
Better
Some veneer walls
Mildly

34. Clay is _______
Shelf angles
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Lighter member that spans between the girders
cohesive

35. Stack casting is used when
Site cast concrete slabs
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
excavation
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

36. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Isolation Joints
4 to 6 ft
2.67 ft

37. A pour stop is generally used with
Isolated pad footing
Floor decks
windward face
Brown coat

38. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Two piece wire anchors
Modular
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

39. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Steel
Brown coat
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

40. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
CMU backed brick veneer
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
16 in
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

41. What is the formula for strain?
=change in length/original length
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Scaffolding
3/8

42. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
240 in =20ft
Isolation Joints
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
tempered glass

43. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
W16X25
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Shores
3in

44. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Leveling Nut
Isolation Joints
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Live ends

45. Modulus of elasticity
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Concrete masonry Units
Brown coat
Stress / strain = E

46. Shear stress formula
2
Snap Tie
Force / Area
Ground-Supported slabs area____

47. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
8
30ft
Noncohesive Soils
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

48. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Residential
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Live end
I Section

49. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
A conventional wood light frame building
0.0025
Rain-screen wall

50. NonFerrous Metals are...
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
144^2 - 18ft.
Metals that do not contain Metals