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1. Cold formings is when __
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
A ductile material
Molded bricks
The cladding resists all the wind load

2. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
True
Joists
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

3. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Composite
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Hot Rolling
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

4. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
stablize joists
Grouted Space
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Open Headed joint

5. Site-cast is when ____
7/8in
The concrete is cast at the site
1/2 to 3/4 thick
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

6. In what order are roof componants placed:
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Within the plane of the veneer
Veneer wall

7. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
2in pg 645
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
2 1/2 in
7 in

8. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Force / Area
Sloped on both sides
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

9. A common type of Form Tie is ____
144^2 - 18ft.
excavation
Footing
Snap Tie

10. 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 ______
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Immediately above the flashing
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Lighter weight

11. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
1in
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Hard coat EIFS
Flexural and Shear.

12. What does HHS stand for?
Length - L - of unit
One piece anchors
W - S - HP - M
Hollow structural section

13. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Shelf angles
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

14. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Joists
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
True

15. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Brick ledge
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Chairs

16. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Stress / strain = E
Grouted Space
The concrete is cast at the site
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

17. A snape Tie consits of...
Zero (0)
Control joints in concrete do what?
Modular
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

18. What is the Fill Made up of?
Hot Rolling
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Gravel
Cross bearing Walls plane

19. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Column Footing
3 in
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

20. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
where soil is not strong.
excavation
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

21. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
2 1/2 in
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
The Framework
1in

22. a backup wall is required in a...
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Brick ledge
Veneer wall
A325

23. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Angle section (L)
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
1in
Tube

24. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
True
Joists
2 1/2 in

25. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
7/8in
windward face
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

26. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Depth of the joist in inches
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Compressive strength
Concave

27. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Steel Grade
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Immediately above

28. Mechanical couplers are used
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Elastic
1in
Either tension or compression

29. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Water Proofing
Noncohesive Soils
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

30. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Actual strength / required strength
Spraying the mix over a mold
52-72
False

31. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
SJI
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

32. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
2
cohesive

33. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
144^2 - 18ft.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
4000 psi
Gravity load support to the veneer

34. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Strip Footing
At each floor level and roof level
24
4000 psi

35. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
tempered glass
Extruded Bricks
Vertical

36. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
Horizontal reinforcement
Continuous Stip footing
Pile

37. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
Is embedded in the walls
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

38. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Barrier walls
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
AISC Type I Connection

39. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
annealed glass
Percast at the construction site
Sloped toward the interior roof
Vertical

40. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Open Headed joint
Pile
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
stablize joists

41. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Force / Area
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
24in

42. A wall footing is also called _____
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Cross bearing Walls plane
Strip Footing
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

43. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
every floor
Cohesive
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Lintel angle

44. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Columns
Grade 50 steel
structural frame
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

45. A slip-critical connection is...
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Actual strength / required strength
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Vertical reinforcing bars

46. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Steel Grade
Cranes and rails
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

47. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
8 in to 30 in
Gauge number
Barrier walls
Dead End

48. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Angle section (L)

49. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
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
Pile
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
A conventional wood light frame building

50. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Residential
Grade 50 steel
Live end