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1. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
A36
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

2. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Grouted Space
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Much lower
Lug

3. Safety Margin formula
Molded bricks
Actual strength / required strength
The Framework
Site cast concrete slabs

4. Galvanizing is...
Soft-coat EIFS
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

5. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Fibrous
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Each course consists of Strechers

6. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Live ends
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.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Barrier walls

7. A material that is weak in tension is...
Weak in shear
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
16'

8. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Steel Joist Institute
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Water Proofing
3 in

9. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
PB pg 703
24
Noncohesive Soils
Electric Arc Furnace

10. Where are deep foundations used?
4000 psi
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Open-Hearth furnace
where soil is not strong.

11. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
shear force=force/area
Live end
EAF - OHF - BOF
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

12. Standard CMU size
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Steel

13. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Strands
18 to 48 in
Site cast concrete slabs
Barrier walls

14. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
36 ksi
1in
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Steel Joist Institute

15. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Shores
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Footing

16. Girder is...
Bearing connection
3in
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

17. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Steel fabricator
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Elevated Slabs

18. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
windward face
Columns
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Vertical reinforcing bars

19. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
CMU backed brick veneer
2in
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
2

20. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Simple Connection

21. What is one of the Empirical rules?
8
Stretcher Face
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
same

22. Most of the cost comes from _____
T section
Beams
The Framework
Zero (0)

23. 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
Sloped on both sides
Lighter member that spans between the girders
2

24. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Elastic
Expanded metal lath
W16X25
Sloped on both sides

25. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Fibrous
24in
Site cast concrete slabs

26. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Tunnel Form
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
2in pg 645
Vertical reinforcing bars

27. What does SJI stand for?
Steel Joist Institute
True
1kip=1000psi
7/8in

28. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Grade 50 steel
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Noncohesive Soils
A ductile material

29. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
3/8
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
7 in

30. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
excavation
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Pile
Each course consists of Strechers

31. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Tougher pg 617
SJI
Structural concrete fill
240 in =20ft

32. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Extruded Bricks
Solid unit
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Henry Bessemer in 1855

33. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Steel
Surface tension
That it is welded
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

34. Walers
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

35. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
8 and 30 in
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
AISC Type III Connection
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

36. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Mock-up
Metals that do not contain Metals
every floor
2in pg 645

37. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Construction Joint

38. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Pipe Section
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
10-13 feet.
every floor

39. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Vertical reinforcing bars

40. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Drilled pier footing
Grouted Space
Composite
Weak in shear

41. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
3/8
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

42. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
10-13 feet.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

43. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
More easily constructable.
Flexural and Shear.
Elevated Slabs

44. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Support Pylons
True
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

45. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Strands
Surface tension
Steel
2 1/2 in

46. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Composite
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Bearing connection

47. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
The concrete is cast at the site
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
At each floor level and roof level

48. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
4000 psi
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.
By functioning as a water reservior
Capillary break

49. A pour stop is generally used with
PB pg 703
Floor decks
36 ksi
Modular

50. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
40 ft
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Fibrous
Sloped toward the interior roof