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1. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...






2. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______






3. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...






4. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?






5. LH series has a depth range of...






6. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?






7. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______






8. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints






9. A Soft story is a _______






10. Stripping time is ___






11. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?






12. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...






13. The width of an expansion joint is ___






14. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.






15. Site-cast is when ____






16. Z-flashing is effective in...






17. The term FLying form refers to...






18. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...






19. A typical bond beam is provided with






20. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?






21. In an English-bonded Wall






22. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






23. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from






24. 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?






25. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by






26. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?






27. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?






28. What is the First arrow point at?






29. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?






30. strongbacks can

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31. Cast Iron is formed when _______






32. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer






33. A common type of Form Tie is ____






34. Form liners are used to...






35. strongbacks can

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36. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...






37. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______






38. A wall footing is also called _____






39. What is one of the Empirical rules?






40. Conventional stucco is also called...






41. What is the formula for strain?






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






43. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...






44. Most of the cost comes from _____






45. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?






46. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up






47. What does TCA stand for?






48. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation






49. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.






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