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1. The most common thickness for mortar is____
every floor
16 in
3/8
Steel

2. 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
Within the plane of the veneer
Square - rectangular or round
Tube
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

3. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Angle section (L)
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
4000 psi

4. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
tempered glass
Structural concrete fill
Concrete masonry Units
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

5. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Columns
Live end
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.

6. Stripping time is ___
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Hot Rolling
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

7. What is the 2 arrow?
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Residential
Base Plate
Barrier walls

8. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
2 1/2 in
1in
36 ksi

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10. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
A horizontal butt join in cladding
where soil is not strong.
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

11. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
FBX
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

12. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Joists
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
That it is welded
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

13. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Reservoir
4000 psi
3/8
Walls with overhangs

14. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Beams
16 in
Pink

15. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
The cladding resists all the wind load
Lateral load support to the veneer
Immediately above

16. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Mildly
Stiff
excavation
Parallel - wider

17. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Bed Joints
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

18. What does HHS stand for?
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
At each floor level and roof level
Mild
Hollow structural section

19. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Brick ledge
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

20. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
90 to 180 degress
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

21. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Brick ledge
4000 psi
Drilled pier footing
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

22. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Footing
2
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Shelf angles

23. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Steel
Continuous Stip footing
Head Joints

24. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
2 in
Live ends
7 in
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

25. Site-cast is when ____
The concrete is cast at the site
Roof and Floor
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

26. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
shear force=force/area
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Tube

27. Conventional stucco is also called...
Ground-Supported slabs area____
After World War 2
Portland cement stucco
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

28. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
1in
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Extruded Bricks

29. What is the 2 arrow?
Mildly
Compression
Base Plate
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

30. StiffBacks
Pipe Section
36 ksi
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Isolation Joints

31. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
That it is welded
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Air tight

32. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
True
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Walls with overhangs
Stress / strain = E

33. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
G30 - G60 - G120
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Drainage Walls
Asymmetry

34. 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 ______
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Lighter weight
I Section
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

35. Mechanical couplers are used
field bolting of steel member
Base Plate
Floor decks
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

36. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
perpendicular
Structural concrete fill
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

37. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
That it is welded
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Solid unit
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

38. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Chairs
Plortland cement-based mix
Alkali resistant
Continuous Stip footing

39. In a running-bond wall
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Each course consists of Strechers
Steel Grade
Drainage Walls

40. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Copper and stainless steel
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

41. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Shores
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Soft-coat EIFS

42. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Electric Arc Furnace

43. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
True
A36
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Two piece wire anchors

44. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Tube
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

45. Walers
Pile
That it is welded
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Peter Zumther

46. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Electric Arc Furnace
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
By functioning as a water reservior
True

47. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Hard coat EIFS
Weep holes
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
A horizontal butt join in cladding

48. What is Core Holes?
Pile
2in
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

49. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Immediately above the flashing
True
Tougher pg 617
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

50. Form liners are used to...
Compressive strength
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
True
Leveling Nut

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