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Construction Basics

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1. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required






2. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension






3. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?






4. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___






5. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






6. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






7. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






8. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________






9. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists






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






11. Benefits of reinforced masonry






12. 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.






13. 1 kip = ____psi






14. Bond beams are _____






15. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.






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17. The Very middle one is called _____






18. A Simple Connection is...






19. Modulus of elasticity






20. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...






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






22. In what order are roof componants placed:






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






24. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______






25. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______






26. 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?






27. What is the 2 arrow?






28. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






29. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?






30. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______






31. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?






32. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...






33. The use of ______ concrete is customary






34. Conventional stucco is also called...






35. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____






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






37. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






38. Precast is where____






39. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____






40. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide






41. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column






42. Working is the process by which____






43. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...






44. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






45. CMU is _____






46. The GFRC skin is typically






47. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...






48. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.






49. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______






50. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures