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1. Fine Grained soles are______ with water






2. What are the 3 types of furnaces?






3. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






4. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...






5. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____






6. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






7. Which type of EIF is most used?






8. Pile






9. Effloresecence






10. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______






11. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground






12. Plain-Masonry walls are _______






13. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression






14. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis






15. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






16. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.






17. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______






18. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...






19. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall






20. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...






21. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






22. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______






23. Plymer based EIFS are also called...






24. In a Flemish-bonded wall






25. Cast Iron is formed when _______






26. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____






27. Z-flashing is effective in...






28. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...






29. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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30. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?






31. The Very middle one is called _____






32. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by






33. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...






34. The coping on a roof parapet is generally






35. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...






36. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system






37. The most common used size of brick is...






38. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material






39. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______






40. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______






41. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____






42. HSS can be what Shape?






43. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within






44. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as






45. Where are deep foundations used?






46. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






47. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot






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






49. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?






50. PT concrete is Also known as _______