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Construction Basics

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1. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.






2. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an






3. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system






4. 1 kip = ____psi






5. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.






6. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall






7. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...






8. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?






9. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...






10. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____






11. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?






12. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment






13. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






14. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water






15. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






16. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?






17. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______






18. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






19. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______






20. Flashing material must be impervious to...






21. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground






22. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____






23. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?






24. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...






25. W-Shape are mostly used for ____






26. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






27. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?






28. A joint screen is an






29. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall






30. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






31. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores






32. Roof deck is generally topped with _____






33. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings






34. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret






35. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






36. The Very middle one is called _____






37. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...






38. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?






39. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...






40. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______






41. A Tunnel form consists of...






42. Mechanical couplers are used






43. Precast is where____






44. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?






45. Two-way deck is a ____






46. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?






47. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...






48. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep






49. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has






50. EAF full name is?