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1. Flashing material must be impervious to...
True
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
CMU backed brick veneer
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

2. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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3. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
After World War 2
True
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Immediately above

4. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Scaffolding
Pink
False
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

5. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Copper and stainless steel
AISC Type I Connection
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

6. 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 ______
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Lighter weight
36 ksi
windward face

7. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
field bolting of steel member
Steel
Steel Grade
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

8. The Top right hand Beam is called a
144^2 - 18ft.
Site cast concrete slabs
T section
4 to 6 ft

9. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
16 in
Metals that contain Iron
8
Elevated Slabs

10. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Rain-screen wall
Steel
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

11. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
2 1/2 in
Vertical reinforcing bars
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

12. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Within the plane of the veneer
Parallel - wider
Sloped on both sides
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

13. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
G30 - G60 - G120
Lug
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Roof and Floor

14. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Providing an impervious barrier to water
3in
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
False

15. Z-flashing is effective in...
Strip Footing
EAF - OHF - BOF
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Lintel angle

16. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Walls with overhangs
Hot Rolling
Bearing connection

17. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
18'
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Each course consists of Strechers
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

18. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Each course consists of Strechers
Two piece wire anchors
3/8 in
2in pg 645

19. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Lateral load support to the veneer
Lighter weight
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

20. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
A36
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

21. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Metals that contain Iron
General contractor
A Waffle Slab

22. Effloresecence
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Stretcher Face
PB pg 703
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

23. What does HHS stand for?
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Hollow structural section
Immediately about a flashing
3/8

24. Wicks consist of...
2.67 ft
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Isolated pad footing
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

25. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
2

26. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Immediately above
Gravel
2in pg 645
Brown coat

27. A wall footing is also called _____
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Stress at the point of failure
1in
Strip Footing

28. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Beams
3/8
One piece anchors
The Framework

29. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Type S
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
SJI

30. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Zinc
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

31. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Open Headed joint
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Isolation Joints
Extruded Bricks

32. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
windward face
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

33. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
4 to 6 ft
A continuous closure strip
8 in to 30 in
Steel

34. Rain screen is...
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
True
50
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

35. Built-up sections are made by _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Snap Tie
True
Actual strength / required strength

36. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Sloped - thinner
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Vertical
Columns

37. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Snap Tie
Tube
By Splitting I sections in half
Gas or arc

38. Shear stress formula
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Is embedded in the walls
Force / Area
Isolation Joints

39. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
16'
The concrete is cast at the site
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Pile

40. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
True
Vertical
Live end
Live ends

41. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Reinforced concrete member
Elastic-plastic
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Beams

42. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
One piece anchors
Either tension or compression
Actual strength / required strength
10-13 feet.

43. A snape Tie consits of...
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Construction Joint
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Joists

44. In a running-bond wall
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Lug
Lintel angle
Each course consists of Strechers

45. Compressive Strength Formula
Gravel
Zinc
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Width - W - of Unit

46. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Shelf angles
Width - W - of Unit
Composite
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

47. Weep Holes are...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Strands
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

48. What is the formula for stress?
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
stress=force/area
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

49. The Top right hand Beam is called a
5 in
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.
A 100% solid unit
T section

50. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Copper and stainless steel