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1. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
Isolation Joints
Tilt-up Concrete Association
True
Scratch coat

2. 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 ______
Shelf angles
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Barrier walls
Lighter weight

3. In a running-bond wall
Gauge number
Pre-tensioned concrete
Each course consists of Strechers
0.0025

4. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
2
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
3000 PSI

5. How is a T section made?
By Splitting I sections in half
I Section
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
2 in

6. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Thermal Mass
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Weep holes
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

7. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
False
36 ksi
30 ft
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

8. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Zero (0)
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Live end
The Framework

9. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

10. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Thermal Mass
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Sloped - thinner
Isolation Joints

11. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
18'
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Isolated pad footing

12. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
T section
Pipe Section
Grade 50 steel
Columns

13. HSS can be what Shape?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Square - rectangular or round
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

14. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Stress / strain = E
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Less than it's ultimate stress
True

15. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
Steel pipes
SJI
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Gas or arc

16. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Length - L - of unit
By functioning as a water reservior
After World War 2
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

17. What is one of the Empirical rules?
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
stablize joists
2in
High-treated carbon steel

18. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Fibrous
A conventional wood light frame building
True
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

19. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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20. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
SJI
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Thermal Mass
Gravity - wind and surface tension

21. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Fibrous
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Head Joints
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

22. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
10-13 feet.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
1in

23. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
2 1/2 in
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Favorably
Beams

24. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Structural concrete fill
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Joists
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

25. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

26. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Gauge number

27. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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28. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Parallel - wider
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Walls with overhangs
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

29. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Pre-tensioned concrete
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Depth of the joist in inches
36 ksi

30. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Bearing connection
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Simple Connection
Cohesive

31. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
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
Reservoir
Zinc

32. S section I beam with a nominal depth of 50' and a weight of 60 lbs per 3 feet
Veneer wall
S50X30
Weak in shear
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

33. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Leveling Nut
Steel pipes
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
2

34. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Extruded Bricks
Bearing connection
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

35. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
2
Lug
Either tension or compression

36. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
2 1/2 in
30 ft
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

37. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Modular
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Steel
Each floor level

38. CMU is _____
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Cinder Block
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

39. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
4000 psi
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
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
Gauge number

40. Mechanical couplers are used
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Angle section (L)

41. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Gravity - wind and surface tension
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.
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

42. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Pink
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
stress=force/area
Each floor level

43. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Vertical reinforcing bars
Control joints in concrete do what?
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Scaffolding

44. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
50
Veneer wall
FBX
Tilt-up Concrete Association

45. Retempering of motar means...
Scratch coat
Adding water to the mortar
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Extruded Bricks

46. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
18 to 48 in
Base Plate
1in
Brown coat

47. Form liners are used to...
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
4 to 6 ft
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

48. Weep Holes are...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Roof and Floor
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

49. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
5000 psi
Rain-screen wall
4
3/8

50. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Lateral load support to the veneer
Pipe Section
I Section
Cranes and rails