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1. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






2. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building






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






4. Compressive Strength Formula






5. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer






6. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






7. 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 ______






8. What does HHS stand for?






9. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.






10. Girder is...






11. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.






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






13. The required color of a stucco surface is...






14. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...






15. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived






16. Flashing material must be impervious to...






17. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material






18. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






19. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point






20. A Soft story is a _______






21. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally






22. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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23. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...






24. Standard CMU size






25. Cold formings is when __






26. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____






27. A two way joist floor is also called...






28. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground






29. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...






30. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately






31. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...






32. What is the Fill Made up of?






33. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally






34. A bond Beam is provided at ______






35. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick






36. Bricks that have core holes are ____






37. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing






38. Shear stress formula






39. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____






40. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.






41. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks






42. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.






43. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






44. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____






45. 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 ______






46. The Very middle one is called _____






47. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal






48. strongbacks can

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49. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible






50. A vapor retarder is required under