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1. Working is the process by which____
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
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
connection beam flanges

2. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Isolated pad footing
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
The cladding resists all the wind load
Joists

3. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Flying forms
Two flange plates

4. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
perpendicular
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

5. The Slag is what?
16'
Isolation Joints
Reservoir
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

6. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Dead End
Cinder Block
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
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

7. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
Isolated pad footing
Strip Footing
0.0025
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

8. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Steel pipes
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Tube

9. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Shelf angles
Thermal Mass
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
At each floor level and roof level

10. Site-cast is when ____
Scratch coat
4000 psi
The concrete is cast at the site
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

11. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
General contractor
At each floor level and roof level
By functioning as a water reservior
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

12. Built-up sections are made by _____
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

13. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
240 in =20ft
Failure stress / allowable stress
Steel Grade

14. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Immediately above
Open Headed joint
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
excavation

15. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Elastic-plastic
Structural concrete fill
Molded bricks
1in

16. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Tilt-up Concrete Association
G30 - G60 - G120
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

17. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Alkali resistant
Grade 50 steel
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

18. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
Copper and stainless steel
30ft
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

19. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
3/8
Residential

20. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
American Standard Shape

21. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
The cladding resists all the wind load
A reinforced-masonry frame
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
A continuous closure strip

22. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Tube
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Drainage Walls
Tube

23. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
T section
3/8
Capillary break
Isolation Joints

24. StiffBacks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Dead End

25. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Henry Bessemer in 1855
field bolting of steel member
1kip=1000psi
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

26. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
False
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
A325

27. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
M -S -N -O
3000 psi
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

28. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
240 in =20ft
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Leveling Nut
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.

29. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
field bolting of steel member
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Depth of the joist in inches

30. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

31. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Acrylic polymer-based mix
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Footing
Beams and Columns

32. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
Weak in shear
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

33. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Dead End
A36
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

34. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Open-Hearth furnace
same
That it is welded
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

35. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Walls with overhangs
Composite
Lateral load support to the veneer

36. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
American Standard Shape
True
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

37. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Leveling Nut
Beams and Columns
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
I Section

38. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Dead End
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
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
Zero (0)

39. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
T section
Live end
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

40. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
7/8in
Stretcher Face
3 in

41. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
excavation
50
connection beam flanges

42. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Stress / strain = E
1in
Acrylic polymer-based mix
High-treated carbon steel

43. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
Length - L - of unit
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Sloped - thinner

44. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
M -S -N -O
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Zero (0)

45. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
perpendicular
Expanded metal lath
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Tube

46. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
perpendicular
Two piece wire anchors
Highly Crosive - Extreme

47. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
A325
Immediately above the flashing
Concave
Stretcher Face

48. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Favorably
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Control joints in concrete do what?

49. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
4 to 6 ft
Expanded metal lath
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.
SJI

50. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Scratch coat
Grouted Space
Elastic-plastic
Hot Rolling

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