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1. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
2in
Construction Joint

2. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
3000 PSI
Weep holes
Composite
connection beam flanges

3. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
36 ksi
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Pre-tensioned concrete
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

4. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Isolated pad footing
Pink
Portland cement stucco
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

5. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Isolation Joints
Immediately above
Bearing connection

6. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
stablize joists
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

7. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
2 to 4 ft
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
16 in
Steel

8. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
1in
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

9. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Much lower
Column Footing
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

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?
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
AISC Type III Connection
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
52-72

11. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Lighter weight
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Drainage Walls

12. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
EAF - OHF - BOF
Columns
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Beams

13. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Sloped on both sides
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Either tension or compression
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

14. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Gravity load support to the veneer
Joists
PB pg 703
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

15. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
One piece anchors
At each floor level and roof level
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

16. What is one of the Empirical rules?
PB pg 703
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
1/2 to 3/4 thick
True

17. Formwork is refereed to as
Extruded Bricks
Reservoir
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

18. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Steel fabricator
Composite
Extruded Bricks
Cross bearing Walls plane

19. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
A conventional wood light frame building
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.
Each floor level

20. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
2
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Thermal Mass
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

21. Most of the cost comes from _____
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Tunnel Form
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
The Framework

22. 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 ______
10-13 feet.
Lighter weight
Gas or arc
Steel fabricator

23. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
50
Type S
Two piece wire anchors
Elevated Slabs

24. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
Two piece wire anchors
Capillary break
Basic Oxygen Furnace

25. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
True
0.0025

26. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Elastic
Steel pipes
Lug

27. Strain Formula
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
EAF - BOF - OHF
Steel Joist Institute

28. Bond beams are _____
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
That it is welded
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

29. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
Barrier walls
Gravity - wind and surface tension
True
2.67 ft

30. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Isolated pad footing
perpendicular
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

31. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

32. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
A reinforced-masonry frame
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Type S

33. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Stress / strain = E
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Either tension or compression

34. CMU is _____
Cinder Block
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Fibrous
Soft-coat EIFS

35. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
General contractor
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
24
Support Pylons

36. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
Brick ledge
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
8
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

37. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
M -S -N -O
8 and 30 in
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

38. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
stablize joists
M -S -N -O
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

39. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
Bearing connection
125psi
Barrier walls
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

40. 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
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Column Footing

41. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Hollow structural section
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Air tight
True

42. Twist-off Bolt method is...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Elastic

43. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
16 in
Floor decks
Barrier walls
Portland cement stucco

44. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
2in
Compression

45. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Concrete masonry Units
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Peter Zumther
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

46. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Flying forms
Construction Joint
Angle section (L)

47. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Reinforced concrete member
Type S
Column Footing
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

48. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Strip Footing
Residential
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
3/8

49. What is ultimate stress?
2in
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
50
Stress at the point of failure

50. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
Zero (0)
Stiff
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole