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1. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
At each floor level and roof level
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

2. S-Shape is also called ____
annealed glass
Fibrous
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
American Standard Shape

3. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
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.
One piece anchors
Lug
Concrete masonry Units

4. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Steel Grade
8
24
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

5. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Gauge number
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
The cladding resists all the wind load
Water Proofing

6. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Better
Air tight
Support Pylons
Walls with overhangs

7. 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
Within the plane of the veneer
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Drainage Walls

8. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Chairs
More easily constructable.
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Angle section (L)

9. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Lintel angle
Scratch coat
1kip=1000psi
Cranes and rails

10. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Chairs
structural frame

11. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
40 ft
Drainage Walls
2
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

12. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
144^2 - 18ft.
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
False
50

13. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
excavation

14. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
3/8
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Portland cement stucco
90 to 180 degress

15. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
False
8 and 30 in
Vertical
M -S -N -O

16. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
That it is welded
Henry Bessemer in 1855

17. Clay is _______
Live ends
Stiff
G30 - G60 - G120
cohesive

18. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
American Standard Shape
Column Footing

19. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Barrier walls
Simple Connection
3 in
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

20. A typical bond beam is provided with
Depth of the joist in inches
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Horizontal reinforcement
Lighter weight

21. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Stretcher Face
4
Elastic
same

22. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
7 in
Lintel angle
False
same

23. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
5000 psi
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

24. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Barrier walls
Beams

25. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
I Section
Stress / strain = E
The concrete is cast at the site

26. Effloresecence
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Shores
Live end

27. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Gas or arc
10-13 feet.

28. 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 ______
Lateral load support to the veneer
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
3/8
Lighter weight

29. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Immediately above the flashing
A continuous closure strip
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Modular

30. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Joists
field bolting of steel member
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

31. Camber refers to...
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
EAF - BOF - OHF
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
A reinforced-masonry frame

32. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Strands
Cinder Block
A992
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

33. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
Percast at the construction site
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
A reinforced-masonry frame
Gravity load support to the veneer

34. Modulus of elasticity
Weep holes
Percast at the construction site
Brown coat
Stress / strain = E

35. Stirrups are generally made of...
Leveling Nut
2in
Thermal Mass
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

36. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
True
Zero (0)
2in
Porland cement - lime - and sand

37. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
2in
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

38. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Air tight
Percast at the construction site
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Pink

39. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
240 in =20ft
False
125psi
FBX

40. A Tunnel form consists of...
1in
Tube
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.
Steel fabricator

41. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
2in
Metals that contain Iron
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

42. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

43. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
T section
Beams and Columns
52-72

44. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Weak in shear
A325
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Plortland cement-based mix

45. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
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.
True
Walls with vertical reinforcement

46. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Wide-Flange section
Grade 50 steel
8 in
Steel fabricator

47. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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48. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
2
perpendicular
90 to 180 degress
Flying forms

49. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Structural concrete fill
Capillary break
Adding water to the mortar
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

50. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
S50X30
Live end
Metals that do not contain Metals
2.67 ft