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1. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors






2. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






3. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?






4. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?






5. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?






6. Factor for safety formula






7. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.






8. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night






9. The Top right hand Beam is called a






10. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used






11. Form liners are used to...






12. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...






13. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






14. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...






15. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __






16. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...






17. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___






18. The Very middle one is called _____






19. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






20. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system






21. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____






22. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.






23. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment






24. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...






25. Slagwool is _____






26. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______






27. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






28. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.






29. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep






30. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...






31. A wall footing is also called _____






32. BOF full name is _______






33. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water






34. Most common used Veneer wall is...






35. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the






36. Stirrups are generally made of...






37. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding






38. Thermal Mass is _____






39. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.






40. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____






41. The width of an expansion joint is ___






42. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...






43. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?






44. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength






45. Stress Formula






46. A Tunnel form consists of...






47. Safety Margin formula






48. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which






49. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






50. A Tunnel form consists of...