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1. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
Gas or arc
Modular
CMU backed brick veneer
2in

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

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3. Built-up sections are made by _____
18'
Columns
Gravel
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

4. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
perpendicular
Live ends

5. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Beams
A Waffle Slab
K-series - LH series - DHL series

6. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Rain-screen wall
Bearing connection
Strip Footing
Lug

7. A two way joist floor is also called...
HHS
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Gravel
A Waffle Slab

8. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
stablize joists
Beams and Columns
Rain-screen wall
That it is welded

9. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Two flange plates

10. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
More easily constructable.
Peter Zumther
CMU backed brick veneer
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

11. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Extruded Bricks
EAF - BOF - OHF
Two piece wire anchors
Control joints in concrete do what?

12. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Shelf angles
Elastic-plastic
Steel fabricator

13. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Brick ledge
Steel Grade
Steel Joist Institute
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

14. Camber refers to...
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Footing
Percast at the construction site

15. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
A325
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

16. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Stretcher Face
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Dead End
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

17. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
2.67 ft
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
High-treated carbon steel
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

18. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Concave
Failure stress / allowable stress
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

19. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Live end
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Less than it's ultimate stress
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

20. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Parallel - wider
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Actual strength / required strength
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

21. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
4000 psi
Peter Zumther
Footing
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.

22. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Stress at the point of failure
Construction Joint
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

23. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
125psi
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
True
4000 psi

24. What is a control joint used for?
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Cross bearing Walls plane
Acrylic polymer-based mix
2in

25. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
Brick ledge
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
AISC Type II Connection
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

26. Working is the process by which____
Bearing connection
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Tube
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

27. Benefits of reinforced masonry
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Mildly
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.

28. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Open Headed joint
3000 psi
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

29. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Concrete masonry Units
Roof and Floor
Copper and stainless steel
Capillary break

30. What is the First arrow point at?
The cladding resists all the wind load
Leveling Nut
Steel Grade
Alkali resistant

31. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
240 in =20ft
Elevated Slabs
Adding water to the mortar

32. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
20 ft
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Pre-tensioned concrete
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

33. Galvanizing is...
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Veneer wall
125psi
Length - L - of unit

34. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
8 in
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
2in
24in

35. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
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.
FBX
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Water Proofing

36. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Plortland cement-based mix
Leveling Nut
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Continuous Stip footing

37. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Mildly
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Scaffolding

38. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Joists
Much lower
structural frame
5000 psi

39. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
1/2 to 3/4 thick
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Live ends

40. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Simple Connection
Hot Rolling
A325
Gravel

41. The term FLying form refers to...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Tension
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

42. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Flexural and Shear.

43. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
More easily constructable.
High-treated carbon steel
Vertical
18'

44. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
That it is welded
Lateral load support to the veneer
Shelf angles
Head Joints

45. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
1kip=1000psi
Beams
2 1/2 in
Favorably

46. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
perpendicular
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Snap Tie
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

47. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Length - L - of unit
Sloped on both sides
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

48. What is Core Holes?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
False
Fibrous

49. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
That it is welded
Some veneer walls
Force / Area

50. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Cranes and rails
Metals that contain Iron
Scaffolding
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness