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1. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
125psi
every floor
Shelf angles
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

2. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Site cast concrete slabs
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

3. Stripping time is ___
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Joists
AISC Type I Connection

4. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Isolation Joints

5. What is the formula for shear force?
At each floor level and roof level
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
CMU backed brick veneer
shear force=force/area

6. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Simple Connection
Plortland cement-based mix
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Within the plane of the veneer

7. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Water Proofing
Composite
Within the plane of the veneer
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

8. What is the 2 arrow?
Each floor level
Surface tension
Base Plate
W16X25

9. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
1in
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Strands
Favorably

10. K-series has a depth range of?
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
8 in to 30 in
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Steel pipes

11. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Depth of the joist in inches
Solid unit
Gauge number
Lighter member that spans between the girders

12. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Horizontal reinforcement
Beams

13. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Roof and Floor
Drainage Walls
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

14. In an English-bonded Wall
Open-Hearth furnace
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Dead End
Plortland cement-based mix

15. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Providing an impervious barrier to water

16. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
False
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Bearing connection
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

17. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Steel pipes
2.67 ft
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

18. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
A ductile material
Pile
4000 psi

19. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Gravity load support to the veneer
Shelf angles
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

20. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Elevated Slabs
Gravel
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
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.

21. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Noncohesive Soils
2in
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

22. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
W - S - HP - M
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
After World War 2

23. What is the 2 arrow?
18'
18 to 48 in
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Base Plate

24. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
8 and 30 in
Angle section (L)
Mock-up
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

25. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
8 in to 30 in
16 in
8 and 30 in

26. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
2 1/2 in
Lateral load support to the veneer
Immediately about a flashing
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

27. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
field bolting of steel member
perpendicular
Metals that do not contain Metals

28. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Asymmetry
That it is welded
Square - rectangular or round

29. EAF full name is?
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
24
Construction Joint
Electric Arc Furnace

30. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Thermal Mass
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

31. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Hot Rolling
Elevated Slabs
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

32. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
240 in =20ft
The Framework
W - S - HP - M
Electric Arc Furnace

33. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
4 to 6 ft
Cross bearing Walls plane
Isolated pad footing

34. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Elevated Slabs
Water Proofing
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Control joints in concrete do what?

35. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
125psi
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
cohesive
Reinforced concrete member

36. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Surface tension
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Plortland cement-based mix
Lug

37. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
True
Gas or arc
Scaffolding

38. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Veneer wall
Beams
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.

39. Bricks that have frogs are...
Molded bricks
Vertical reinforcing bars
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Grade 50 steel

40. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Portland cement stucco
18 to 48 in
Alkali resistant
tempered glass

41. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
stress=force/area
Hard coat EIFS
The cladding resists all the wind load
Leveling Nut

42. Conventional stucco is also called...
Portland cement stucco
One piece anchors
I Section
Grouted Space

43. BOF full name is _______
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Columns
Basic Oxygen Furnace
2in

44. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
One piece anchors
90 to 180 degress
3 in
Site cast concrete slabs

45. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
3/8
Better
Steel Grade
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

46. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
3 in
125psi
Water Proofing

47. Cold formings is when __
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
High-treated carbon steel

48. The most water tight joint is ____
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Concave
Asymmetry
SJI

49. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Either tension or compression
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Joists
2in pg 645

50. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
3000 PSI
Isolation Joints