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1. 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...






2. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____






3. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?






4. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?






5. In an English-bonded Wall






6. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?






7. A rigid Connection is also called...






8. W-Shape is also called _____






9. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible






10. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...






11. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis






12. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water






13. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






14. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup






15. Formwork is refereed to as






16. 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?






17. What is an Isolation Joint?

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18. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings






19. OHF full name is?






20. What is the Fill Made up of?






21. Bricks that have core holes are ____






22. A slip-critical connection is...






23. The width of an expansion joint is ___






24. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists






25. The Very middle one is called _____






26. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?






27. What is the 2 arrow?






28. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as






29. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot






30. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___






31. Mechanical couplers are used






32. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has






33. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall






34. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...






35. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal






36. What is the 2 arrow?






37. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________






38. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?






39. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one






40. Weathering index of a location is a function of the






41. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______






42. W-Shape are mostly used for ____






43. The second coat of stucco is called...






44. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with






45. Shores are used for...






46. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






47. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall






48. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?






49. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?






50. Stack casting is used when