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1. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Depth of the joist in inches
Beams and Columns
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

2. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Vertical reinforcing bars
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
W16X25
20 ft

3. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Grade 50 steel
AISC Type II Connection
Site cast concrete slabs

4. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Metals that contain Iron
A 100% solid unit
Stiff

5. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Floor decks
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Two piece wire anchors
Sloped toward the interior roof

6. StiffBacks
False
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Some veneer walls
Sloped toward the interior roof

7. 1 kip = ____psi
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
1kip=1000psi
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

8. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
M -S -N -O
By functioning as a water reservior
field bolting of steel member
Lateral load support to the veneer

9. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Type N
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Walls with overhangs

10. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Mild
True
Elevated Slabs
Grouted Space

11. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Zinc
Portland cement stucco
Length - L - of unit

12. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
2 in
Pink
Head Joints

13. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Zero (0)
Joists
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

14. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Zero (0)
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
annealed glass

15. Capillary break is a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

16. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
connection beam flanges
Site cast concrete slabs
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Vertical reinforcing bars

17. Thermal Mass is _____
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Metals that contain Iron

18. Formwork is refereed to as
Live end
Heavier members and spans from column to column
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

19. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
36 ksi
Carbon steel
Dead End

20. What does HHS stand for?
Hollow structural section
Base Plate
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.
Stress at the point of failure

21. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Isolation Joints
Bed Joints
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Much lower

22. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
stablize joists
Simple Connection
Length - L - of unit

23. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Alkali resistant
Hollow structural section
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

24. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Some veneer walls
Reservoir
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

25. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Open Headed joint
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Water Proofing

26. Benefits of reinforced masonry
General contractor
Bed Joints
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
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.

27. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Modular
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Steel
Columns

28. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
M -S -N -O
Live end
FBX

29. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
AISC Type I Connection
Isolated pad footing
Fibrous

30. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
A 100% solid unit
Pile
Force / Area
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

31. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
CMU backed brick veneer
2.67 ft
Soft-coat EIFS
Residential

32. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Each floor level
Immediately above
Isolation Joints
Support Pylons

33. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Steel Joist Institute
True
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
24in

34. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
SJI
Lighter member that spans between the girders
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Reservoir

35. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
stress=force/area
A 100% solid unit
Residential
Angle section (L)

36. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
A325
Pipe Section
16'
stablize joists

37. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Footing
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Scratch coat
Mock-up

38. Stress Formula
240 in =20ft
Leveling Nut
2
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

39. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Beams and Columns
Construction Joint
Failure stress / allowable stress

40. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
True
Sloped toward the interior roof
Pile
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

41. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
1in
American Standard Shape
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

42. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
A 100% solid unit
24
4000 psi
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

43. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Brown coat
Walls with overhangs
16'
52-72

44. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
A reinforced-masonry frame
structural frame
Simple Connection
False

45. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
Carbon steel
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
A ductile material
Live end

46. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Is embedded in the walls
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

47. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
3in

48. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
After World War 2
Barrier walls
Gravity - wind and surface tension
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.

49. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
A 100% solid unit
Lug
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

50. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Leveling Nut
Hard coat EIFS
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Sloped toward the interior roof