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1. Wicks consist of...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Isolation Joints
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
4000 psi

2. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
Sloped on both sides
Barrier walls
4
Tougher pg 617

3. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Width - W - of Unit
Leveling Nut
Tougher pg 617
Angle section (L)

4. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Structural concrete fill
I Section
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

5. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Mildly
Immediately above
One piece anchors
T section

6. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Elevated Slabs
every floor
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
That it is welded

7. 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
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Highly Crosive - Extreme
2in
Shelf angles

8. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
2 1/2 in
Pre-tensioned concrete

9. Conventional stucco is also called...
Portland cement stucco
8
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Thermal Mass

10. What is the 2 arrow?
Gravity load support to the veneer
8 in
Base Plate
16'

11. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Two piece wire anchors
Water Proofing
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Brown coat

12. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
CMU backed brick veneer
2
Tougher pg 617
Live end

13. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Stretcher Face
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
30ft
Barrier walls

14. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
W16X25
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.
SJI
2

15. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Roof and Floor
2in
That it is welded
General contractor

16. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
2
2 in
Steel Grade

17. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Copper and stainless steel
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
A horizontal butt join in cladding

18. The purpose of flashing is to...
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Water Proofing
Stress / strain = E
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

19. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Shores
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Head Joints

20. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
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.
Columns
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

21. Simple Connection is also called...
Flying forms
Gravel
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
AISC Type II Connection

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

23. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Percast at the construction site
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
That it is welded
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

24. In an English-bonded Wall
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
52-72
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
8 in

25. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Metals that contain Iron
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

26. 1 kip = ____psi
1kip=1000psi
Gravel
cohesive
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

27. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
G30 - G60 - G120
Vertical
Control joints in concrete do what?
Better

28. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Portland cement stucco

29. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
4000 psi
Tube
Scaffolding
SJI

30. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
1kip=1000psi
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Extruded Bricks
Tougher pg 617

31. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Concrete masonry Units
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
125psi
Each floor level

32. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Horizontal reinforcement
PB pg 703

33. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Width - W - of Unit
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Weep holes

34. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Column Footing
Tube
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

35. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
2in
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
16 in

36. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Residential
Grouted Space
Pipe Section
18 to 48 in

37. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
True
Less than it's ultimate stress
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

38. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
Carbon steel
2 to 4 ft
2in
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

39. Modulus of elasticity
Stress / strain = E
Brick ledge
American Standard Shape
Actual strength / required strength

40. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
where soil is not strong.
SJI
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Live end

41. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Gravel
Angle section (L)
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

42. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
True
Alkali resistant
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
Air tight

43. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Metals that contain Iron
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

44. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
The concrete is cast at the site
Columns
Electric Arc Furnace
2 in

45. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
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
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Sloped toward the interior roof

46. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
5000 psi
Within the plane of the veneer
False
Solid unit

47. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Elevated Slabs
Air tight
W16X25

48. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Within the plane of the veneer
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Mild
Lug

49. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

50. S section I beam with a nominal depth of 50' and a weight of 60 lbs per 3 feet
S50X30
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes