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1. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
8
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Compressive strength

2. Conventional stucco is also called...
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.
Portland cement stucco
Steel Grade
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

3. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Lighter weight
FBX
Metals that do not contain Metals
Tunnel Form

4. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Isolation Joints
Roof and Floor
Modular
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

5. What does TCA stand for?
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Tilt-up Concrete Association
False
18'

6. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
Lug
shear force=force/area
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

7. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Surface tension
2in
Grouted Space
Plortland cement-based mix

8. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
3000 PSI
Modular
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Barrier walls

9. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Portland cement stucco
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Grouted Space
EAF - BOF - OHF

10. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
field bolting of steel member
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
144^2 - 18ft.

11. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Plortland cement-based mix
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Tilt-up Concrete Association

12. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Mild
52-72
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Continuous Stip footing

13. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Spraying the mix over a mold
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
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

14. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Beams
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Sloped toward the interior roof

15. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
1in
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Tube
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

16. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Vertical

17. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Sloped - thinner
Plortland cement-based mix
True

18. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Composite
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
AISC Type III Connection
Alkali resistant

19. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
8 in to 30 in
Sloped on both sides
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Walls with vertical reinforcement

20. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Type N
Live end
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Tougher pg 617

21. Where are deep foundations used?
where soil is not strong.
Barrier walls
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
A conventional wood light frame building

22. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
True
Length - L - of unit
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Zero (0)

23. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Zero (0)
AISC Type II Connection
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

24. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
S50X30
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Hard coat EIFS
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

25. Walers
20 ft
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Walls with overhangs

26. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Each floor level

27. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
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
0.0025
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

28. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Modular
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Mild
Cohesive

29. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Control joints in concrete do what?
By Splitting I sections in half
Pile
Angle section (L)

30. A pour stop is generally used with
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Floor decks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

31. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Water Proofing
One piece anchors
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Live end

32. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
windward face
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
A36

33. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
HHS
Bed Joints
2 to 4 ft
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

34. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
7 in
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
AISC Type III Connection
Stiff

35. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
Hot Rolling
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
3/8
AISC Type III Connection

36. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Beams
Live end
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

37. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
1kip=1000psi
Type S
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
M -S -N -O

38. W-Shape is also called _____
2in
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Wide-Flange section
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

39. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
One piece anchors
Joists

40. Modulus of elasticity
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Stress / strain = E
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

41. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Snap Tie
Shelf angles
Isolated pad footing
W - S - HP - M

42. Standard CMU size
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.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Weak in shear
Open Headed joint

43. What is an Isolation Joint?

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44. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Tougher pg 617
16 in

45. Stack casting is used when
Actual strength / required strength
8 and 30 in
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Immediately above

46. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Steel Grade
PB pg 703

47. What is the First arrow point at?
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Leveling Nut
Strands
That it is welded

48. A two way joist floor is also called...
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Some veneer walls
A Waffle Slab

49. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
same

50. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Sloped on both sides
Composite
Modular