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1. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
field bolting of steel member
HHS

2. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Mildly
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

3. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Bearing connection
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Fibrous

4. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Type S
General contractor
General contractor
Asymmetry

5. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Immediately above
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

6. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Composite
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

7. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Within the plane of the veneer
Molded bricks
Asymmetry
EAF - BOF - OHF

8. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
W16X25
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Strip Footing
8

9. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
That it is welded
Pink

10. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
annealed glass
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Weak in shear
Cinder Block

11. A joint screen is an
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Lintel angle
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

12. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Soft-coat EIFS
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
50

13. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Columns
8 and 30 in
True
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

14. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Walls with overhangs
Barrier walls
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
High-treated carbon steel

15. 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 _____
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Simple Connection
Tube
2.67 ft

16. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Soft-coat EIFS
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Sloped on both sides
Tube

17. 1 kip = ____psi
1kip=1000psi
4 to 6 ft
FBX
Heavier members and spans from column to column

18. Unfinished bolts are made from
Snap Tie
40 ft
Mild
Carbon steel

19. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
A325
A36
Construction Joint
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

20. What is the 2 arrow?
By Splitting I sections in half
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Base Plate
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

21. Twist-off Bolt method is...
3 in
Reinforced concrete member
T section
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

22. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Parallel - wider
4
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Actual strength / required strength

23. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Chairs
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Extruded Bricks

24. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
Chairs
annealed glass
A reinforced-masonry frame
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

25. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Roof and Floor
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
annealed glass
shear force=force/area

26. The GFRC skin is typically
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
4000 psi
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

27. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Cranes and rails
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

28. Bond beams are _____
More easily constructable.
FBX
Force / Area
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

29. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Parallel - wider
Barrier walls
18'
Bearing connection

30. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
8 in
At each floor level and roof level
Pile
Plortland cement-based mix

31. What is the 2 arrow?
2.67 ft
Base Plate
Wide-Flange section
Isolation Joints

32. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
A reinforced-masonry frame
Electric Arc Furnace
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Live end

33. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Drainage Walls
3 in
Copper and stainless steel

34. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
3/8
24in
EAF - OHF - BOF
Some veneer walls

35. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
Zinc
Brick ledge
Asymmetry
Grade 50 steel

36. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Isolation Joints
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
False
Elastic-plastic

37. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Thermal Mass
Is embedded in the walls
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

38. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Vertical reinforcing bars
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Steel fabricator

39. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Barrier walls
Isolated pad footing
Column Footing

40. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
1in
stablize joists
Walls with vertical reinforcement
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

41. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Shores
annealed glass
M -S -N -O
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

42. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Continuous Stip footing
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
3in
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

43. 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
8 and 30 in
Continuous Stip footing
Isolation Joints
Either tension or compression

44. Girder is...
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Site cast concrete slabs
Steel Grade
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

45. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

46. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Grouted Space
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
24

47. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Walls with vertical reinforcement
structural frame
2.67 ft

48. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Flexural and Shear.
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.
False
Continuous Stip footing

49. S section I beam with a nominal depth of 50' and a weight of 60 lbs per 3 feet
Columns
Floor decks
S50X30
Isolation Joints

50. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
Water Proofing
Structural concrete fill
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.