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1. The width of an expansion joint is ___
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Snap Tie
3/8
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

2. Conventional stucco is also called...
3 in
Portland cement stucco
Thermal Mass
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

3. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Asymmetry
5 in
1/2 to 3/4 thick

4. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
Each floor level
24in
Brick ledge
Stiff

5. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
The concrete is cast at the site

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

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7. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
connection beam flanges
By functioning as a water reservior

8. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
FBX
Portland cement stucco
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
24in

9. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Stretcher Face
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Hard coat EIFS
Portland cement stucco

10. NonFerrous Metals are...
Open Headed joint
Metals that do not contain Metals
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
K-series - LH series - DHL series

11. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Hot Rolling
Each course consists of Strechers
Support Pylons

12. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

13. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
A reinforced-masonry frame
3/8
Construction Joint
7/8in

14. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
A reinforced-masonry frame
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
The cladding resists all the wind load

15. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Beams and Columns
Residential
Floor decks
Tilt-up Concrete Association

16. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
3/8
Beams
Mock-up
Brick ledge

17. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
Portland cement stucco
Metals that contain Iron
=change in length/original length

18. a backup wall is required in a...
Open Headed joint
Steel Joist Institute
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Veneer wall

19. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Length - L - of unit
Cohesive
3 in
Zinc

20. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
2
Cross bearing Walls plane
8 in to 30 in

21. What does HHS stand for?
Leveling Nut
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Hollow structural section
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

22. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
windward face

23. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Weak in shear
Leveling Nut
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

24. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
3in
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
10-13 feet.
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

25. Stress Formula
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Steel
field bolting of steel member

26. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Grouted Space
Support Pylons
Each floor level

27. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
3/8
annealed glass
2in
Reinforced concrete member

28. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
CMU backed brick veneer
Dead End
Dead End

29. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Hot Rolling
stablize joists
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Modular

30. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Lighter weight
Tougher pg 617
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
windward face

31. 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
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
stress=force/area
Metals that contain Iron

32. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
True
Dead End
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Compressive strength

33. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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34. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
High-treated carbon steel
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
That it is welded

35. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Chairs
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
0.0025

36. A tube is referred to as a ____
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
HHS

37. Bond beams are _____
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Better
True
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

38. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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39. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Pile
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Elastic

40. What is the formula for strain?
=change in length/original length
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Stiff
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

41. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Support Pylons
Structural concrete fill
Construction Joint
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

42. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Within the plane of the veneer
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Grade 50 steel
At each floor level and roof level

43. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
EAF - OHF - BOF
False
Stress / strain = E
More easily constructable.

44. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
More easily constructable.
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

45. What is an Isolation Joint?

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46. Cold formings is when __
Column Footing
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

47. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
same
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Pink

48. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
Each floor level
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

49. A common type of Form Tie is ____
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
24
16'
Snap Tie

50. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
cohesive
Steel
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Fibrous