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1. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Within the plane of the veneer
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Compression

2. Cold formings is when __
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Hot Rolling
Base Plate
Live end

3. K-series has a depth range of?
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
8 in to 30 in
A Waffle Slab
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

4. Where are deep foundations used?
connection beam flanges
where soil is not strong.
A continuous closure strip
Vertical reinforcing bars

5. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
5000 psi
3 in
Shelf angles
Lug

6. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Roof and Floor
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Carbon steel

7. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
At each floor level and roof level
2in
Composite
same

8. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
4000 psi
The Framework
Bed Joints
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

9. The most water tight joint is ____
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Better
30 ft
Concave

10. 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
1in
Open Headed joint
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
125psi

11. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Beams
Angle section (L)
annealed glass
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

12. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Gravity load support to the veneer
Zero (0)
5 in
perpendicular

13. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
Lintel angle
Cohesive
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Construction Joint

14. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
2.67 ft
True
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Gas or arc

15. What is the Fill Made up of?
I Section
5000 psi
Strip Footing
Gravel

16. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Lug
windward face
Lintel angle
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

17. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Construction Joint
A 100% solid unit
Stiff
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

18. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
True
10-13 feet.
Lug
Shores

19. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Scaffolding
True

20. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Live ends
Expanded metal lath
Air tight
Acrylic polymer-based mix

21. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Adding water to the mortar
4000 psi
Gravity - wind and surface tension

22. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Surface tension

23. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
By functioning as a water reservior
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Construction Joint

24. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
8 and 30 in
5000 psi
Gas or arc
Roof and Floor

25. Retempering of motar means...
True
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Adding water to the mortar
Asymmetry

26. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
7 in
Surface tension
Angle section (L)

27. BOF full name is _______
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Floor decks
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations

28. a backup wall is required in a...
Is embedded in the walls
Head Joints
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Veneer wall

29. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
W16X25
True
Construction Joint
16 in

30. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
7/8in
Parallel - wider
A 100% solid unit

31. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Elevated Slabs
Isolation Joints

32. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Steel
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
excavation
Parallel - wider

33. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
EAF - OHF - BOF
Highly Crosive - Extreme
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
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

34. 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
Isolation Joints
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Tension

35. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Lateral load support to the veneer
Steel pipes
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
A ductile material

36. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Carbon steel
Pink
Gravity load support to the veneer
125psi

37. Shear stress formula
Plortland cement-based mix
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Force / Area
True

38. What is the Fill Made up of?
Reservoir
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Lighter weight
Gravel

39. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
3000 psi
36 ksi
Control joints in concrete do what?

40. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
G30 - G60 - G120
shear force=force/area
3000 PSI

41. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Angle section (L)
16 in
Live end

42. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Leveling Nut
Steel
40 ft
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

43. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Extruded Bricks
24in
Floor decks
Flying forms

44. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Angle section (L)
4 to 6 ft
1kip=1000psi
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

45. Which type of EIF is most used?
PB pg 703
A continuous closure strip
Less than it's ultimate stress
Cohesive

46. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Type S
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Barrier walls

47. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Columns
Pipe Section
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

48. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Steel
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
tempered glass

49. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
True
3000 psi
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
After World War 2

50. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
By functioning as a water reservior
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Tube
Soft-coat EIFS