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1. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
Expanded metal lath
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Pre-tensioned concrete

2. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Dead End
excavation
Is embedded in the walls

3. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Concave
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
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

4. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Zero (0)
2
Lintel angle

5. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
After World War 2
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
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.
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

6. What is the bottom piece called?
Force / Area
True
Footing
90 to 180 degress

7. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
8
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
3/8

8. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
Sloped toward the interior roof
SJI
Spraying the mix over a mold
Force / Area

9. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Pile
Flying forms
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
AISC Type II Connection

10. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Head Joints
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
M -S -N -O
3000 PSI

11. Bond beams are _____
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
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.
Some veneer walls

12. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Pipe Section
4000 psi
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

13. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Carbon steel
3/8
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Tunnel Form

14. the GFRC skin is obtained by
2 1/2 in
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Joists
Spraying the mix over a mold

15. K-series has a depth range of?
8 in to 30 in
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Brick ledge
2 to 4 ft

16. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Construction Joint
1in
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Head Joints

17. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
Actual strength / required strength
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
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
Composite

18. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
3/8
Plortland cement-based mix
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

19. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
52-72
G30 - G60 - G120
Tube
Tilt-up Concrete Association

20. What does TCA stand for?
Tilt-up Concrete Association
High-treated carbon steel
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

21. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
where soil is not strong.
Mild
Grade 50 steel
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

22. A Soft story is a _______
4000 psi
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Chairs
Column Footing

23. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
A conventional wood light frame building
Column Footing
Composite
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

24. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Column Footing
Failure stress / allowable stress
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

25. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
G30 - G60 - G120
Steel Grade
Two piece wire anchors

26. A typical bond beam is provided with
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Pre-tensioned concrete
3 in
Horizontal reinforcement

27. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Bearing connection
36 ksi
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Immediately above

28. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Column Footing
Compressive strength
A continuous closure strip
4000 psi

29. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
HHS
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Portland cement stucco

30. The second coat of stucco is called...
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Concave
Brown coat
Less than it's ultimate stress

31. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Elevated Slabs
Dead End
Continuous Stip footing

32. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
Type N
144^2 - 18ft.
Stretcher Face
Steel fabricator

33. The Very middle one is called _____
Peter Zumther
I Section
structural frame
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

34. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Residential
True
Continuous Stip footing
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

35. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Noncohesive Soils
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
stress=force/area

36. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Grouted Space
Simple Connection
2
Alkali resistant

37. Effloresecence
Zero (0)
Metals that contain Iron
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

38. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Solid unit
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Immediately above the flashing
2in

39. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
Open Headed joint
Columns
Peter Zumther
8 in

40. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Favorably
Veneer wall
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
A 100% solid unit

41. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Some veneer walls
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
2in

42. A slip-critical connection is...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Isolation Joints
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
1/2 to 3/4 thick

43. The width of an expansion joint is ___
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Site cast concrete slabs
True
3/8

44. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Portland cement stucco
3/8
2in
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

45. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
True
Composite
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
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

46. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
2 in
3 in
True
4 to 6 ft

47. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Immediately about a flashing
Reservoir
Column Footing
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

48. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
4000 psi
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
7/8in
5000 psi

49. Clay is _______
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Steel
A reinforced-masonry frame
cohesive

50. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Elevated Slabs
40 ft
Compression