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1. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Mock-up
One piece anchors
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

2. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
EAF - OHF - BOF
Immediately about a flashing
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Lug

3. Retempering of motar means...
Adding water to the mortar
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Structural concrete fill
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

4. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
16'
Grade 50 steel
Expanded metal lath

5. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
A reinforced-masonry frame
3000 psi
Strands
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

6. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
False
2 to 4 ft
Mild
Live end

7. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Footing
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Better

8. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
cohesive
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

9. 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
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
2in
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Angle section (L)

10. A wall footing is also called _____
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Zero (0)
Strip Footing

11. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Control joints in concrete do what?
Surface tension
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

12. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Stress at the point of failure
A992
same
4000 psi

13. Rain screen is...
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Either tension or compression
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

14. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Isolated pad footing
Asymmetry
4

15. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Stress / strain = E
tempered glass
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Sloped on both sides

16. A vapor retarder is required under
Zero (0)
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Concave
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

17. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
windward face

18. Safety Margin formula
Actual strength / required strength
Air tight
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Better

19. Z-flashing is effective in...
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
A horizontal butt join in cladding
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
A Waffle Slab

20. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
False
Compressive strength
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

21. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Scaffolding
Barrier walls
24in
2in

22. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
8 and 30 in
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Air tight

23. strongbacks can

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24. Built-up sections are made by _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
General contractor
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
3/8 in

25. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Wide-Flange section
Vertical
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

26. The GFRC skin is typically
EAF - OHF - BOF
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Head Joints
Much lower

27. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Extruded 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.
Within the plane of the veneer

28. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Open-Hearth furnace
field bolting of steel member
Some veneer walls

29. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Water Proofing
Angle section (L)
connection beam flanges
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

30. Effloresecence
1kip=1000psi
2
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

31. A snape Tie consits of...
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Two flange plates
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Drainage Walls

32. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Adding water to the mortar
I Section
structural frame
Steel fabricator

33. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
AISC Type I Connection
A325
True

34. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Live ends
Stiff
3/8

35. What is one of the Empirical rules?
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Scratch coat
90 to 180 degress
Zero (0)

36. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Water Proofing
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Tube

37. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Isolation Joints
True
Chairs

38. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Better
Square - rectangular or round
Zero (0)
Weak in shear

39. the GFRC skin is obtained by
2in
Spraying the mix over a mold
T section
Construction Joint

40. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Parallel - wider
Columns
Weep holes

41. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Isolated pad footing
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
excavation
4

42. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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43. W-Shape is also called _____
Wide-Flange section
3in
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

44. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
8 in
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
8 and 30 in
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

45. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Gas or arc
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Strip Footing

46. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
3/8
16 in
The cladding resists all the wind load

47. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
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.
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
Hot Rolling

48. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Thermal Mass
Better
Is embedded in the walls
Continuous Stip footing

49. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
90 to 180 degress
True
Structural concrete fill
4 to 6 ft

50. Bricks that have frogs are...
Molded bricks
Expanded metal lath
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.