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1. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
True
Grouted Space
General contractor

2. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Mildly
Better
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Live ends

3. A slip-critical connection is...
90 to 180 degress
Horizontal reinforcement
20 ft
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

4. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Zero (0)
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
3 in
Hot Rolling

5. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Beams

6. What is the Fill Made up of?
High-treated carbon steel
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.
Gravel
2in

7. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
30ft
4000 psi
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

8. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
3in
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

9. Stirrups are generally made of...
Steel pipes
Solid unit
connection beam flanges
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

10. Girder is...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Stiff
2 in
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

11. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Chairs
2
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

12. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
SJI
7/8in
PB pg 703
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

13. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
Construction Joint
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Pipe Section

14. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
240 in =20ft
That it is welded
Shelf angles
After World War 2

15. A Tunnel form consists of...
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Walls with vertical reinforcement
stablize joists

16. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Tougher pg 617
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
2 in
5000 psi

17. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
1in
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Chairs
Thermal Mass

18. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
Compression
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
By Splitting I sections in half

19. Shores are used for...
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Sloped toward the interior roof
8 in
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

20. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
7 in
24
Joists
More easily constructable.

21. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Pre-tensioned concrete
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
16 in

22. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Tube
The concrete is cast at the site
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

23. Wicks consist of...
Gas or arc
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

24. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Gravel
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Vertical

25. What is ultimate stress?
Grouted Space
Stress at the point of failure
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Wide-Flange section

26. A Soft story is a _______
Less than it's ultimate stress
At each floor level and roof level
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Stiff

27. A tube is referred to as a ____
Reinforced concrete member
Structural concrete fill
HHS
Plortland cement-based mix

28. High-strength bolts are made from
2 1/2 in
High-treated carbon steel
Highly Crosive - Extreme
True

29. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Column Footing
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Beams and Columns

30. A Simple Connection is...
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
FBX
Elevated Slabs
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

31. Camber refers to...
Leveling Nut
CMU backed brick veneer
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Mock-up

32. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Stress at the point of failure
Metals that contain Iron
Grade 50 steel
3/8

33. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Asymmetry
Gas or arc

34. Most of the cost comes from _____
Support Pylons
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
The Framework
Flying forms

35. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Joists
Floor decks
Elastic
Metals that contain Iron

36. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
FBX
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.
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

37. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Each floor level
Walls with overhangs
Water Proofing
16 in

38. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Veneer wall
Water Proofing
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Wide-Flange section

39. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Each course consists of Strechers
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
tempered glass

40. A Blast Furnace is a ______
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
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.
Reinforced concrete member
connection beam flanges

41. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Vertical reinforcing bars
Pipe Section
Scratch coat
True

42. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Lighter weight
excavation
Columns
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

43. EAF full name is?
Electric Arc Furnace
Angle section (L)
Steel fabricator
3000 PSI

44. The Very middle one is called _____
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
I Section
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

45. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
18 to 48 in
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Columns
After World War 2

46. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Brown coat
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Stretcher Face

47. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
2in pg 645
Grade 50 steel

48. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Hard coat EIFS
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Bearing connection
Drilled pier footing

49. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Lug
3in
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
36 ksi

50. The most common used size of brick is...
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Sloped on both sides
Hollow structural section