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Construction Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
structural frame
Zinc
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
2. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Portland cement stucco
By Splitting I sections in half
3. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
False
cohesive
Immediately about a flashing
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
4. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Live end
G30 - G60 - G120
Soft-coat EIFS
T section
5. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Lug
Vertical
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
6. LH series has a depth range of...
Zero (0)
Gravel
18 to 48 in
Noncohesive Soils
7. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Modular
True
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
EAF - OHF - BOF
8. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Actual strength / required strength
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Hot Rolling
3in
9. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Extruded Bricks
3000 psi
Sloped - thinner
10. Walers
Site cast concrete slabs
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
One piece anchors
Rain-screen wall
11. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Metals that contain Iron
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
A 100% solid unit
12. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Depth of the joist in inches
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
connection beam flanges
Lug
13. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
2 in
Live end
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
14. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Better
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Beams
15. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Lighter weight
Compression
2.67 ft
Cohesive
16. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
AISC Type III Connection
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
Structural concrete fill
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
17. In an English-bonded Wall
2in
American Standard Shape
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
7/8in
18. Conventional stucco is also called...
Portland cement stucco
Pink
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
19. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Pre-tensioned concrete
Square - rectangular or round
Live end
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
20. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
5000 psi
Scaffolding
Steel Joist Institute
21. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Water Proofing
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
AISC Type I Connection
22. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
90 to 180 degress
Pink
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Strip Footing
23. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Fibrous
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
G30 - G60 - G120
24. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
False
2in pg 645
Weep holes
25. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection
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26. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Angle section (L)
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Type S
27. The GFRC skin is typically
8 in to 30 in
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Lug
2in pg 645
28. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
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
40 ft
Grouted Space
Shores
29. The Term Tendons includes Strands
1in
True
Metals that contain Iron
Dead End
30. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
7 in
Elevated Slabs
31. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Horizontal reinforcement
Soft-coat EIFS
32. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
20 ft
Water Proofing
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
33. Mechanical couplers are used
That it is welded
Immediately above the flashing
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
34. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
35. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
CMU backed brick veneer
Steel
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Plortland cement-based mix
36. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Zero (0)
Chairs
Favorably
Construction Joint
37. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Stretcher Face
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
38. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Construction Joint
3/8
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
39. Walers
True
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Wide-Flange section
40. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
2in
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
41. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Base Plate
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
False
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
42. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Tunnel Form
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
43. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
3000 PSI
The Framework
The concrete is cast at the site
Better
44. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
I Section
Steel Grade
Asymmetry
45. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
Shores
Water Proofing
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Less than it's ultimate stress
46. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Flying forms
Live ends
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
47. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
36 ksi
Lighter member that spans between the girders
48. Semirigid Connection is also called...
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
16 in
Lighter member that spans between the girders
AISC Type III Connection
49. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
PB pg 703
10-13 feet.
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
3/8
50. The purpose of flashing is to...
That it is welded
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
3/8
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members