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

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

3. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Less than it's ultimate stress
Depth of the joist in inches
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
3000 psi

4. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
Grouted Space
30 ft
Cross bearing Walls plane
True

5. Bricks that have frogs are...
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
1in
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Molded bricks

6. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Vertical

7. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
T section
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
3/8 in
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

8. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Henry Bessemer in 1855
CMU backed brick veneer
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Steel

9. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Immediately about a flashing
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

10. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
2 to 4 ft
shear force=force/area
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

11. Frame Structure is defined by ________
Shelf angles
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
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.
Stretcher Face

12. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
False
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Plortland cement-based mix
3/8

13. A slip-critical connection is...
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
Favorably
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Thermal Mass

14. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
3/8
Compressive strength
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
24

15. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Metals that contain Iron
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Pink

16. StiffBacks
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
That it is welded
Better

17. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Grade 50 steel
8
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

18. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
Percast at the construction site
stablize joists
8 in
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

19. Compressive Strength Formula
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
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.
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

20. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
A conventional wood light frame building
Mild
Each floor level
Columns

21. What is ultimate stress?
Stress at the point of failure
Joists
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

22. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
2in
Surface tension
That it is welded

23. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Bed Joints
Chairs
Composite

24. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
4
W - S - HP - M
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

25. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Grouted Space
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
By Splitting I sections in half

26. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
10-13 feet.
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
3/8

27. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Zinc
Beams
8 and 30 in
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

28. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
7/8in
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
After World War 2
Brown coat

29. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Residential
3/8
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
0.0025

30. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Immediately above
By functioning as a water reservior

31. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Weak in shear
Either tension or compression
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

32. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Two flange plates
Much lower
A ductile material
3/8

33. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Zinc
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Shelf angles

34. Stack casting is used when
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Type S
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
CMU backed brick veneer

35. In what order are roof componants placed:
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
2
HHS

36. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Hot Rolling
7 in
Shelf angles

37. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Thermal Mass
Gauge number

38. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
connection beam flanges
18 to 48 in
Much lower

39. The second coat of stucco is called...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Flexural and Shear.
7 in
Brown coat

40. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Structural concrete fill
Asymmetry

41. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Gauge number
Drainage Walls
144^2 - 18ft.
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

42. HSS can be what Shape?
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Gauge number
Square - rectangular or round
By Splitting I sections in half

43. Retempering of motar means...
Bearing connection
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Cross bearing Walls plane
Adding water to the mortar

44. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Composite
16'
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

45. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Soft-coat EIFS
Isolation Joints
True
Gas or arc

46. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Lintel angle
Pipe Section

47. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Percast at the construction site
Within the plane of the veneer
A continuous closure strip
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

48. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Vertical
Structural concrete fill
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

49. Cellular-type plan is ______
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Elastic-plastic
4000 psi
Gravel

50. CMU is _____
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Cinder Block
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically