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1. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

2. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Steel Joist Institute
16 in
Noncohesive Soils

3. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
Cohesive
Stress at the point of failure
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Gravity load support to the veneer

4. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Two piece wire anchors
field bolting of steel member
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
annealed glass

5. StiffBacks
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
tempered glass
1kip=1000psi

6. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Steel Grade
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

7. A slip-critical connection is...
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Vertical reinforcing bars

8. Walers
EAF - OHF - BOF
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
2
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

9. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Lighter member that spans between the girders
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
5 in
Flying forms

10. Effloresecence
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Tougher pg 617
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
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

11. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Construction Joint

12. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Steel fabricator
144^2 - 18ft.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Base Plate

13. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
True
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Reservoir
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

14. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
K-series - LH series - DHL series
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Grade 50 steel

15. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Leveling Nut
A325
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

16. A Simple Connection is...
Floor decks
Type N
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

17. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
W16X25
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.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

18. What is the First arrow point at?
Control joints in concrete do what?
Shores
Leveling Nut
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

19. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Flexural and Shear.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

20. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Metals that do not contain Metals
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Cohesive
Head Joints

21. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Tube
Providing an impervious barrier to water
240 in =20ft
Bed Joints

22. Weep Holes are...
Extruded Bricks
Lateral load support to the veneer
Asymmetry
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

23. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
1in
Open-Hearth furnace
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

24. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Live end
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Joists
Sloped on both sides

25. Safety Margin formula
Two flange plates
Actual strength / required strength
Increase the strength of beam in shear
30ft

26. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Peter Zumther
Roof and Floor
True

27. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
False
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Structural concrete fill
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

28. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Isolated pad footing
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Leveling Nut

29. Girder is...
Actual strength / required strength
perpendicular
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Sloped on both sides

30. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Extruded Bricks
Joists
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

31. A two way joist floor is also called...
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Elastic-plastic
A Waffle Slab

32. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
A Waffle Slab
Roof and Floor
Base Plate

33. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Steel Joist Institute
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Cranes and rails

34. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
SJI
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

35. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Two flange plates
Leveling Nut
W - S - HP - M
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

36. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Brown coat
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

37. Stress Formula
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Wide-Flange section
1kip=1000psi
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

38. K-series has a depth range of?
Beams
AISC Type I Connection
8 in to 30 in
Gravel

39. Rasping is what?
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Steel pipes
Beams
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

40. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Rain-screen wall
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

41. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Tension
T section
Length - L - of unit
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations

42. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
8 in
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Pile
I Section

43. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Angle section (L)
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Gauge number
Hard coat EIFS

44. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
2in
American Standard Shape
Weep holes

45. What is the bottom piece called?
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
At each floor level and roof level
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Footing

46. The most common thickness for mortar is____
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Copper and stainless steel
3/8 in
3/8

47. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Floor decks
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
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

48. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
FBX
Column Footing
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Veneer wall

49. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Pile
Gravity load support to the veneer

50. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Gas or arc
Tension
Pipe Section
False