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1. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Pink
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
where soil is not strong.
5 in

2. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
False
240 in =20ft
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Depth of the joist in inches

3. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Each floor level
2
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Gas or arc

4. HSS can be what Shape?
Square - rectangular or round
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
Brick ledge

5. One-way deck is a ______
2 1/2 in
Cohesive
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

6. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Immediately above the flashing
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Base Plate
Pink

7. Camber refers to...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
AISC Type III Connection
Weep holes

8. The purpose of flashing is to...
T section
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Chairs

9. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
8
Carbon steel

10. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
annealed glass
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Favorably
Highly Crosive - Extreme

11. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Live end
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
A36

12. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
Brown coat
Peter Zumther
7/8in
Force / Area

13. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Lighter member that spans between the girders
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
Length - L - of unit
30ft

14. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Snap Tie
T section
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Lintel angle

15. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Leveling Nut
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

16. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
PB pg 703
Hot Rolling
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
20 ft

17. Shelf angles are...
The concrete is cast at the site
Beams and Columns
Residential
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

18. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
One piece anchors
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

19. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Within the plane of the veneer
Brown coat
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

20. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
24in
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Tube
3/8 in

21. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
False
Sloped - thinner
Immediately above the flashing
2in pg 645

22. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Joists
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Lighter weight
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

23. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
General contractor
2in pg 645
Residential
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

24. 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
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Within the plane of the veneer

25. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
True
5000 psi
stablize joists
30 ft

26. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Compressive strength
After World War 2
Grouted Space
Beams

27. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Type S
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
3/8
Alkali resistant

28. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
The concrete is cast at the site
5 in
Pipe Section

29. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Steel Grade
Strip Footing
Column Footing

30. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
1in
Concrete masonry Units
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

31. Pile
Much lower
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Pile

32. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
A36
Live ends

33. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Shelf angles
Reinforced concrete member
2in pg 645

34. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Favorably
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

35. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Beams
SJI
Compressive strength
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

36. W-Shape is also called _____
Isolated pad footing
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Wide-Flange section
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

37. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Stress at the point of failure
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Simple Connection
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

38. What is a construction joint?
Molded bricks
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Much lower
Increase the strength of beam in shear

39. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Gravel
Steel Joist Institute
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

40. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
0.0025
Capillary break
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
A conventional wood light frame building

41. Standard CMU size
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Weak in shear
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
16 in

42. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Some veneer walls
Shelf angles
perpendicular

43. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
8
4 to 6 ft
Joists
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

44. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Carbon steel
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

45. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
2
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Joists

46. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Lighter weight
Metals that do not contain Metals
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.

47. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Surface tension
Expanded metal lath
Electric Arc Furnace

48. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Sloped - thinner
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Hollow structural section
T section

49. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
By Splitting I sections in half
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Elastic

50. What is the formula for strain?
Grouted Space
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
=change in length/original length
Walls with vertical reinforcement

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