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1. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Mock-up
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

2. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Composite

3. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Porland cement - lime - and sand

4. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
stablize joists
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Shelf angles
Shores

5. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Type S
True

6. K-series has a depth range of?
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
8 in to 30 in
same

7. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
10-13 feet.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
By functioning as a water reservior

8. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Elastic-plastic
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Bearing connection

9. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
1kip=1000psi
Elastic-plastic
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

10. What is the formula for shear force?
A325
shear force=force/area
Support Pylons
30 ft

11. Effloresecence
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

12. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
30ft
A continuous closure strip
Solid unit
Steel pipes

13. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
A reinforced-masonry frame
Copper and stainless steel
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Concave

14. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Shelf angles
M -S -N -O
Grade 50 steel
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

15. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
windward face
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Weep holes
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

16. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Roof and Floor
Actual strength / required strength
True
Pre-tensioned concrete

17. Factor for safety formula
Live end
Failure stress / allowable stress
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
Increase the strength of beam in shear

18. Shelf angles are...
Is embedded in the walls
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Gravity load support to the veneer
4

19. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
1kip=1000psi
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
True

20. 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
24in
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.
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
True

21. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Steel fabricator
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Open-Hearth furnace

22. a backup wall is required in a...
perpendicular
Veneer wall
36 ksi
Immediately above the flashing

23. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Metals that contain Iron
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
144^2 - 18ft.
Zero (0)

24. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
3/8
Thermal Mass
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Bed Joints

25. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Barrier walls
Much lower
every floor
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

26. A vapor retarder is required under
Open-Hearth furnace
Leveling Nut
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

27. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
Steel Joist Institute
Acrylic polymer-based mix
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Walls with vertical reinforcement

28. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
A conventional wood light frame building
Column Footing
Open Headed joint
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

29. Girder is...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Shores
A36
False

30. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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31. Rasping is what?
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Cinder Block
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

32. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
The cladding resists all the wind load
Shores
Structural concrete fill

33. DLH series has a depth range of...
Length - L - of unit
A horizontal butt join in cladding
52-72
Lintel angle

34. Bricks that have frogs are...
The cladding resists all the wind load
Molded bricks
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

35. S-Shape is also called ____
American Standard Shape
A reinforced-masonry frame
Type S
tempered glass

36. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Gravel
Zinc
Composite
Sloped on both sides

37. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
By functioning as a water reservior
Within the plane of the veneer
1kip=1000psi
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

38. 1 kip = ____psi
1kip=1000psi
2in
stablize joists
Angle section (L)

39. Frame Structure is defined by ________
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Zinc
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

40. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
144^2 - 18ft.
Copper and stainless steel
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

41. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
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
M -S -N -O
1in
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

42. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Capillary break
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
One piece anchors
True

43. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Hot Rolling
High-treated carbon steel
Weak in shear
Flexural and Shear.

44. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
After World War 2
Residential
Compression

45. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Reinforced concrete member
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Favorably

46. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Bearing connection
connection beam flanges
Zero (0)
I Section

47. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
16'
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

48. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Noncohesive Soils
After World War 2
Head Joints
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

49. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Cohesive
3/8 in
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

50. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
Reinforced concrete member
30ft
4