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Construction Basics

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






2. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






3. S-Shape is also called ____






4. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






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






6. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from






7. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?






8. What is the Fill Made up of?






9. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?






10. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?






11. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...






12. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep






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






14. Precast is where____






15. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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16. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep






17. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






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






19. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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20. The Slag is what?






21. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately






22. What is the Fill Made up of?






23. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up






24. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






25. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...






26. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally






27. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...






28. Roof deck is generally topped with _____






29. Roof deck is generally topped with _____






30. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






31. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one






32. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab






33. A vapor retarder is required under






34. In what order are roof componants placed:






35. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.






36. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick






37. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building






38. What is the Fill Made up of?






39. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...






40. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






41. What is a control joint used for?






42. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases






43. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






44. Most of the cost comes from _____






45. The term FLying form refers to...






46. Clay is _______






47. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____






48. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from






49. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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50. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?