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1. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Simple Connection
Support Pylons
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Snap Tie

2. 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 ____
Mock-up
Flying forms
2in
Drilled pier footing

3. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Pink
SJI
3/8
False

4. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Grade 50 steel
Lighter weight
excavation
Pipe Section

5. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Roof and Floor
Lighter weight
3in

6. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Floor decks
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

7. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
I Section
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
A reinforced-masonry frame

8. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Pink
A conventional wood light frame building
Porland cement - lime - and sand
3000 PSI

9. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Footing
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Weep holes

10. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
Strands
Joists

11. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
2in pg 645
Isolation Joints
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

12. K-series has a depth range of?
8 in to 30 in
40 ft
Water Proofing
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

13. 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 ______
Lighter weight
8
Flying forms
Head Joints

14. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Steel Joist Institute
Construction Joint

15. The Top right hand Beam is called a
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Grouted Space
T section
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

16. Shelf angles are...
2
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Type S
4000 psi

17. Conventional stucco is also called...
Portland cement stucco
Base Plate
Construction Joint
3/8

18. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Angle section (L)
Air tight
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

19. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
cohesive
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

20. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
American Standard Shape
Bearing connection
Vertical reinforcing bars

21. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
2in
24in
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

22. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
4 to 6 ft
Stress / strain = E
Steel pipes
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

23. Mechanical couplers are used
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
=change in length/original length
Head Joints

24. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Immediately above

25. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Columns
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Head Joints
8 and 30 in

26. Capillary break is a...
2 in
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Plortland cement-based mix

27. In a Flemish-bonded wall
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Elastic
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

28. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

29. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Tunnel Form
3/8 in
Length - L - of unit
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

30. Capillary break is a...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
False

31. A tube is referred to as a ____
125psi
HHS
False
Reinforced concrete member

32. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
2 to 4 ft
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
1in
W - S - HP - M

33. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Modular
A325
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Mildly

34. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Stretcher Face
Floor decks
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Length - L - of unit

35. strongbacks can

36. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Type S
Open Headed joint
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

37. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
0.0025
structural frame

38. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
Vertical
8 and 30 in
True
3/8

39. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Some veneer walls
30ft
Soft-coat EIFS
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

40. 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
Base Plate
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Footing

41. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
The cladding resists all the wind load
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
One piece anchors
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

42. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Site cast concrete slabs
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Reinforced concrete member

43. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
3000 psi
EAF - BOF - OHF
Two piece wire anchors

44. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
High-treated carbon steel
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Grouted Space
Two piece wire anchors

45. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
True
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
20 ft

46. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Scratch coat
Residential

47. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Increase the strength of beam in shear
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Beams
Support Pylons

48. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
1kip=1000psi
Tension
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

49. Retempering of motar means...
Weep holes
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Chairs
Adding water to the mortar

50. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
T section
True
90 to 180 degress
Beams and Columns