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1. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Rain-screen wall
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
A36
Strip Footing

2. A common type of Form Tie is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Snap Tie
Simple Connection
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

3. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Noncohesive Soils
Either tension or compression
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Steel Grade

4. High-strength bolts are made from
At each floor level and roof level
SJI
High-treated carbon steel
4 to 6 ft

5. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Footing
Gravity load support to the veneer
Construction Joint
Drilled pier footing

6. What is the formula for stress?
A reinforced-masonry frame
stress=force/area
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Wide-Flange section

7. Capillary break is a...
Cinder Block
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

8. A vapor retarder is required under
I Section
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Cross bearing Walls plane

9. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Open Headed joint
Chairs

10. 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
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Columns
G30 - G60 - G120

11. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Drilled pier footing
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Depth of the joist in inches

12. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
FBX
Two piece wire anchors
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

13. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
A36
Carbon steel

14. Cellular-type plan is ______
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Scaffolding
Electric Arc Furnace
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

15. Cast Iron is formed when _______
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.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Portland cement stucco
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

16. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
2 in
I Section

17. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Elevated Slabs
Pink
Lighter weight
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

18. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Weep holes
Base Plate
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

19. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
2 in
Rain-screen wall
Type S

20. Effloresecence
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Within the plane of the veneer

21. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Weep holes
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Rain-screen wall

22. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
Elevated Slabs
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
24in
Brown coat

23. strongbacks can

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24. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
2 to 4 ft
Bearing connection
SJI
Favorably

25. 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.
Tougher pg 617
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
2 1/2 in

26. Thermal Mass is _____
Thermal Mass
W - S - HP - M
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Stress / strain = E

27. K-series has a depth range of?
Is embedded in the walls
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
8 in to 30 in
Brown coat

28. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Elastic-plastic
Cohesive
Copper and stainless steel
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

29. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Pipe Section
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Thermal Mass
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

30. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
90 to 180 degress
Isolation Joints
8
Column Footing

31. A two way joist floor is also called...
A Waffle Slab
Gravel
Elastic-plastic
Carbon steel

32. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
The Framework
cohesive
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
A36

33. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Spraying the mix over a mold
Elevated Slabs
40 ft
Zinc

34. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
4 to 6 ft
Lighter member that spans between the girders

35. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Shores
Dead End
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

36. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Columns
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Reservoir

37. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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38. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Parallel - wider
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

39. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Angle section (L)
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

40. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
FBX
Mildly
Zinc
7/8in

41. Built-up sections are made by _____
8
24
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
High-treated carbon steel

42. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
52-72
Ground-Supported slabs area____
General contractor

43. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
Cohesive
Reservoir
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

44. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
stress=force/area
Favorably
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
General contractor

45. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Two flange plates
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

46. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
stress=force/area
2
A992

47. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
The concrete is cast at the site
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
False
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

48. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
connection beam flanges
W16X25
Stretcher Face

49. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Pre-tensioned concrete
Angle section (L)
Open Headed joint
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

50. Walers
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
By Splitting I sections in half
Strands