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1. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Cross bearing Walls plane
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.
8
Grouted Space

2. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Width - W - of Unit
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
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.

3. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Immediately above the flashing
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

4. Simple Connection is also called...
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
AISC Type II Connection
Soft-coat EIFS
Barrier walls

5. The Very middle one is called _____
Scratch coat
Thermal Mass
I Section
Isolation Joints

6. What is an Isolation Joint?

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7. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
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.
Control joints in concrete do what?
=change in length/original length

8. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Copper and stainless steel
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Vertical

9. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Highly Crosive - Extreme
10-13 feet.
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Lighter weight

10. The second coat of stucco is called...
Hard coat EIFS
Shelf angles
Brown coat
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

11. What is Core Holes?
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
PB pg 703
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

12. Safety Margin formula
Live end
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Actual strength / required strength

13. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
Open Headed joint
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
144^2 - 18ft.
Live end

14. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
False
Modular
Leveling Nut

15. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Scaffolding
Support Pylons
Live end

16. The required color of a stucco surface is...
3/8
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Scaffolding
field bolting of steel member

17. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
50
structural frame
Leveling Nut
stress=force/area

18. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Pile
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Steel pipes
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

19. Precast is where____
2in
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
7 in
Porland cement - lime - and sand

20. Ferrous Metals are...
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
The cladding resists all the wind load
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Metals that contain Iron

21. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
same
FBX
Fibrous

22. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
True
Tension
structural frame
More easily constructable.

23. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
True
Flying forms
Walls with overhangs

24. What is the bottom piece called?
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Footing
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Sloped - thinner

25. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Basic Oxygen Furnace
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Elastic-plastic
Strands

26. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
A325
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Head Joints
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

27. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
18'
CMU backed brick veneer
Carbon steel

28. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
General contractor
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
A992

29. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
8 in
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
7/8in

30. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
where soil is not strong.
Air tight
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
That it is welded

31. A snape Tie consits of...
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Sloped on both sides
Sloped - thinner

32. In a running-bond wall
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
1in
1in
Each course consists of Strechers

33. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Roof and Floor
Surface tension
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

34. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Stretcher Face
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

35. 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
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.
Portland cement stucco
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

36. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Isolated pad footing
Steel
Scratch coat
S50X30

37. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Composite
Mildly
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.
2

38. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
The concrete is cast at the site
Gauge number
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

39. 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.
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
T section
Tougher pg 617
windward face

40. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Hard coat EIFS
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

41. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Leveling Nut
Stiff
Angle section (L)
That it is welded

42. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
=change in length/original length
Pipe Section
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

43. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
A325
Force / Area
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
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

44. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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45. 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
2in
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

46. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Angle section (L)
True
Thermal Mass
3000 psi

47. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Electric Arc Furnace
2 to 4 ft

48. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Actual strength / required strength
5 in
5 in
4000 psi

49. High-strength bolts are made from
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
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
High-treated carbon steel
3/8

50. 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 ______
Composite
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
PB pg 703
Lighter weight