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1. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
I Section
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Plortland cement-based mix

2. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
3/8
Scratch coat
Failure stress / allowable stress

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 ______
True
Isolation Joints
W - S - HP - M
Lighter weight

4. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Molded bricks
2.67 ft
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

5. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
stress=force/area
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Surface tension
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.

6. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
4000 psi
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Capillary break
True

7. The Very middle one is called _____
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Immediately above the flashing
Columns
I Section

8. A typical bond beam is provided with
Horizontal reinforcement
Barrier walls
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

9. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Steel Joist Institute
Immediately above the flashing
Stretcher Face

10. OHF full name is?
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
90 to 180 degress
Open-Hearth furnace
M -S -N -O

11. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Failure stress / allowable stress
Brick ledge
18 to 48 in
same

12. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
SJI
tempered glass
4000 psi
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

13. Frame Structure is defined by ________
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
True
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
perpendicular

14. One-way deck is a ______
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
2in
Noncohesive Soils

15. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Immediately about a flashing
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.

16. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
8 in to 30 in
Metals that contain Iron
Two flange plates
tempered glass

17. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Cross bearing Walls plane
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

18. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Either tension or compression
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

19. The second coat of stucco is called...
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Brown coat
Width - W - of Unit
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

20. Twist-off Bolt method is...
8 in
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
10-13 feet.
Vertical reinforcing bars

21. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Two piece wire anchors
Control joints in concrete do what?
Lighter weight
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

22. Compressive Strength Formula
Immediately about a flashing
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
field bolting of steel member
AISC Type I Connection

23. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
True
Isolation Joints
A325

24. A rigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type I Connection
4000 psi
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
A992

25. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Gauge number
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Drainage Walls
tempered glass

26. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

27. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
where soil is not strong.
Mock-up
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

28. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Control joints in concrete do what?
Sloped - thinner
After World War 2
That it is welded

29. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Each floor level
Rain-screen wall
3000 psi

30. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Stress / strain = E
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
connection beam flanges

31. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Gas or arc
30ft

32. A wall footing is also called _____
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Strip Footing
Residential

33. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Chairs
18'
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

34. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
3/8
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Elevated Slabs

35. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Failure stress / allowable stress
Dead End
1in
Either tension or compression

36. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Immediately about a flashing
7 in
Favorably
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

37. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Thermal Mass
Wide-Flange section
Reservoir
8 in to 30 in

38. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Gravel
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Isolated pad footing
Elevated Slabs

39. A material that is weak in tension is...
Weak in shear
240 in =20ft
Failure stress / allowable stress
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

40. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
8 in
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
A conventional wood light frame building

41. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

42. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
0.0025
30 ft
Control joints in concrete do what?
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

43. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Cohesive
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Henry Bessemer in 1855

44. What is the First arrow point at?
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Leveling Nut
AISC Type I Connection
Site cast concrete slabs

45. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Weak in shear
18 to 48 in
True
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

46. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
True
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

47. Stripping time is ___
By functioning as a water reservior
4000 psi
Depth of the joist in inches
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

48. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Sloped toward the interior roof
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
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
Beams

49. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

50. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Pile
Each course consists of Strechers
Surface tension
Bed Joints