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1. Unfinished bolts are made from
Tube
Carbon steel
Live end
3/8

2. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Alkali resistant
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
3/8
Drainage Walls

3. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Either tension or compression
4 to 6 ft
2 to 4 ft

4. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
2in
Walls with overhangs
Scratch coat
FBX

5. A snape Tie consits of...
False
2 1/2 in
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Metals that do not contain Metals

6. In an English-bonded Wall
Plortland cement-based mix
Lighter member that spans between the girders
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Drainage Walls

7. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
True
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
52-72

8. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
3000 PSI
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Site cast concrete slabs

9. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Composite
4000 psi
Pile

10. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Reservoir
Gravel
Stiff
A conventional wood light frame building

11. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
30 ft
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

12. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
AISC Type II Connection
Length - L - of unit

13. A wall footing is also called _____
Strip Footing
Gravel
2in
Ground-Supported slabs area____

14. Clay is _______
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
That it is welded
Tube
cohesive

15. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Gravel
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
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16. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
30 ft
True
Steel fabricator
Each floor level

17. Twist-off Bolt method is...
Live end
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Bearing connection
excavation

18. 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
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Construction Joint
125psi
Modular

19. What is a construction joint?
False
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Zero (0)
16 in

20. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
every floor
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

21. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
False
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
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

22. The most water tight joint is ____
24in
EAF - OHF - BOF
Concave
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

23. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
Scaffolding
Steel
True
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

24. What is the formula for strain?
Simple Connection
Air tight
Leveling Nut
=change in length/original length

25. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
Each course consists of Strechers
annealed glass
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
A325

26. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Stress at the point of failure
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
3/8 in
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

27. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Within the plane of the veneer
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

28. A snape Tie consits of...
Shelf angles
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
2in
Much lower

29. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Square - rectangular or round
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Strip Footing

30. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
Steel fabricator
Beams
Stretcher Face
tempered glass

31. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
The cladding resists all the wind load
8 in to 30 in
Better

32. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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33. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Sloped - thinner
Some veneer walls
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Hot Rolling

34. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
True
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Immediately above
Beams

35. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Much lower
Beams

36. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
A continuous closure strip

37. The purpose of flashing is to...
Tube
Cohesive
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Type S

38. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Barrier walls
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Basic Oxygen Furnace

39. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Water Proofing
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

40. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Live end
Isolated pad footing
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Less than it's ultimate stress

41. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
Lighter member that spans between the girders
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
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Grade 50 steel

42. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Scaffolding
Hot Rolling
Stress at the point of failure
90 to 180 degress

43. The most water tight joint is ____
18'
Concave
FBX
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

44. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Heavier members and spans from column to column
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Percast at the construction site

45. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
50
Capillary break
American Standard Shape
Favorably

46. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
True
Weep holes
Elevated Slabs

47. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Weak in shear
Beams
Isolation Joints

48. Stack casting is used when
Flying forms
Strands
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Width - W - of Unit

49. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Construction Joint
Portland cement stucco
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Air tight

50. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Reservoir
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