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1. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Structural concrete fill

2. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Fibrous
Scaffolding
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

3. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Grouted Space

4. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
EAF - BOF - OHF
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Two piece wire anchors
Capillary break

5. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
AISC Type I Connection
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Grouted Space

6. What does SJI stand for?
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
3/8 in
Steel Joist Institute
2

7. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Two piece wire anchors
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

8. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Weep holes
structural frame
Molded bricks

9. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
General contractor
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
where soil is not strong.

10. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Gravel
High-treated carbon steel
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

11. In an English-bonded Wall
Solid unit
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

12. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Thermal Mass
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
3000 PSI

13. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
tempered glass
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Reservoir
2

14. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Weak in shear
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
M -S -N -O
Compressive strength

15. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Tunnel Form
Peter Zumther
Composite
Joists

16. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
Carbon steel
0.0025
2
3in

17. A joint screen is an
Expanded metal lath
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Drainage Walls

18. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
One piece anchors
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
where soil is not strong.

19. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
FBX
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Cinder Block
Zero (0)

20. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
Scaffolding
Asymmetry
Strands

21. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Drainage Walls
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

22. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Air tight
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Compression
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

23. Cold formings is when __
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
True
Scaffolding
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

24. W-Shape is also called _____
Solid unit
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Type S
Wide-Flange section

25. A Soft story is a _______
Compression
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
A325

26. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Sloped on both sides
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
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
At each floor level and roof level

27. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Reservoir
1in
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Cohesive

28. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
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
W16X25
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

29. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
AISC Type I Connection
Pink
8 and 30 in
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

30. Stripping time is ___
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

31. What does HHS stand for?
3/8
Tension
Hollow structural section
1in

32. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Cranes and rails
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
90 to 180 degress
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

33. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
CMU backed brick veneer
Portland cement stucco
Shelf angles
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

34. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Water Proofing
Grouted Space
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
2

35. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
2
7 in
A continuous closure strip
2in

36. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Column Footing
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
where soil is not strong.

37. Z-flashing is effective in...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
A horizontal butt join in cladding
A continuous closure strip
3/8

38. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Snap Tie
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Grouted Space

39. 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 _____
same
Barrier walls
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
2.67 ft

40. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
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
Metals that contain Iron
Rain-screen wall
Strands

41. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
5 in
8
Columns

42. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
False
Water Proofing
Drainage Walls
Percast at the construction site

43. What is the 2 arrow?
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Acrylic polymer-based mix
stablize joists
Base Plate

44. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Hard coat EIFS
Noncohesive Soils
Beams
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

45. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Lateral load support to the veneer
Lighter weight
Expanded metal lath
Each course consists of Strechers

46. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Barrier walls
Angle section (L)
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Metals that contain Iron

47. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
American Standard Shape
Composite
Asymmetry
General contractor

48. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
3000 PSI
Cross bearing Walls plane
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

49. 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
Grouted Space
Within the plane of the veneer
PB pg 703
Barrier walls

50. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Live ends
Wide-Flange section
True

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