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Construction Basics

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1. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____






2. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water






3. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...






4. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that






5. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...






6. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...






7. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as






8. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones






9. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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10. Girder is...






11. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...






12. What does HHS stand for?






13. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?






14. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____






15. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret






16. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






17. K series are more frequently used because they ____






18. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material






19. Flashing needs to have these qualities






20. A two way joist floor is also called...






21. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...






22. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi






23. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______






24. What is the 2 arrow?






25. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived






26. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______






27. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?






28. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






29. Mechanical couplers are used






30. Rasping is what?






31. A tube is referred to as a ____






32. A two way joist floor is also called...






33. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally






34. 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...






35. Semirigid Connection is also called...






36. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape






37. Formwork is refereed to as






38. The Very middle one is called _____






39. A Blast Furnace is a ______






40. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






41. A Blast Furnace is a ______






42. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night






43. What is the Fill Made up of?






44. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...






45. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






46. Bricks that have core holes are ____






47. Effloresecence






48. What is the formula for strain?






49. Camber refers to...






50. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick