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1. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Solid unit
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Highly Crosive - Extreme
2

2. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Within the plane of the veneer
excavation
CMU backed brick veneer
M -S -N -O

3. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Each floor level
Snap Tie
Simple Connection
Angle section (L)

4. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Mock-up
8 in
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

5. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Elastic-plastic
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
4 to 6 ft
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

6. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Stretcher Face
A continuous closure strip
Live ends
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

7. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Column Footing
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

8. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
field bolting of steel member
3/8
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

9. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
True
2
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
T section

10. Weep Holes are...
Two flange plates
A horizontal butt join in cladding
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

11. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Chairs
Brick ledge
36 ksi
Gravel

12. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
That it is welded
Actual strength / required strength
stablize joists

13. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
A horizontal butt join in cladding
True
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

14. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Structural concrete fill
The cladding resists all the wind load
At each floor level and roof level
Live end

15. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
3000 psi
Cohesive
Scratch coat
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

16. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Pile
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
A 100% solid unit

17. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
3/8 in
Type S

18. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Providing an impervious barrier to water
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Footing

19. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
90 to 180 degress
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Drainage Walls
Width - W - of Unit

20. What is the formula for stress?
Immediately above the flashing
4000 psi
stress=force/area
Adding water to the mortar

21. 1 kip = ____psi
1kip=1000psi
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
2in
4000 psi

22. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
structural frame
Open Headed joint

23. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
connection beam flanges

24. Wicks consist of...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
3/8
Thermal Mass
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

25. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Steel Joist Institute
Chairs
Construction Joint
5 in

26. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Column Footing
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Reservoir

27. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
Lighter weight
Drainage Walls
144^2 - 18ft.

28. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Expanded metal lath
A Waffle Slab
Copper and stainless steel
Walls with overhangs

29. What is Core Holes?
1kip=1000psi
structural frame
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

30. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
=change in length/original length
Beams and Columns
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

31. What does TCA stand for?
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Bearing connection
Tilt-up Concrete Association

32. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Construction Joint
where soil is not strong.
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.

33. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Increase the strength of beam in shear
False
Dead End
Width - W - of Unit

34. Cold formings is when __
4
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Pipe Section
Percast at the construction site

35. What is the bottom piece called?
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Footing
Mock-up
18 to 48 in

36. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Carbon steel
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Henry Bessemer in 1855

37. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Strands
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
tempered glass
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

38. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Within the plane of the veneer
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Hot Rolling
2 to 4 ft

39. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
M -S -N -O
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
18 to 48 in

40. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Shelf angles
Elevated Slabs
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Drilled pier footing

41. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
True
24in
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Tension

42. 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?
Brick ledge
Hard coat EIFS
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Construction Joint

43. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
125psi
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
stablize joists

44. 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
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Leveling Nut
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

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46. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

47. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Strands
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

48. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Chairs
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Metals that do not contain Metals

49. The width of an expansion joint is ___
3/8
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Weak in shear
Lateral load support to the veneer

50. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Alkali resistant
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Adding water to the mortar
Reinforced concrete member