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1. Shelf angles are...
Gas or arc
A continuous closure strip
Weep holes
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

2. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Beams and Columns
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Peter Zumther

3. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Steel
Type S
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Lug

4. The Very middle one is called _____
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
I Section
False
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

5. strongbacks can

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6. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Open Headed joint
Soft-coat EIFS
50
18'

7. The Very middle one is called _____
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
Strands
I Section
Rain-screen wall

8. The first coat of stucco is called...
Scratch coat
Isolation Joints
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
shear force=force/area

9. Most of the cost comes from _____
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
stress=force/area
The Framework

10. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Stress at the point of failure
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
18 to 48 in
Cross bearing Walls plane

11. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
144^2 - 18ft.
Roof and Floor
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

12. Most of the cost comes from _____
A horizontal butt join in cladding
The Framework
Steel pipes
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

13. A rigid Connection is also called...
3/8 in
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
AISC Type I Connection
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

14. Modulus of elasticity
Stress / strain = E
Much lower
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
excavation

15. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Immediately above
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

16. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Live ends
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

17. Camber refers to...
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
True

18. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
3/8
4 to 6 ft
5 in
EAF - OHF - BOF

19. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
2in
Hot Rolling
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

20. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
4
4000 psi
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Providing an impervious barrier to water

21. Bond beams are _____
2 1/2 in
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
30 ft

22. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
Much lower
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

23. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
every floor
Columns
Vertical reinforcing bars
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

24. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Two piece wire anchors
Lug
FBX

25. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Brick ledge
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Percast at the construction site
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

26. A Blast Furnace is a ______
K-series - LH series - DHL series
18'
Base Plate
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.

27. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
50
Isolated pad footing
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
2in

28. What is the formula for stress?
stress=force/area
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Modular
Cranes and rails

29. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Peter Zumther
Thermal Mass
After World War 2
Floor decks

30. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Veneer wall
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Construction Joint

31. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
Beams and Columns
Brick ledge
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
=change in length/original length

32. The most common thickness for mortar is____
True
3/8
Angle section (L)
M -S -N -O

33. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Walls with vertical reinforcement
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Mock-up

34. HSS can be what Shape?
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Construction Joint
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Square - rectangular or round

35. The GFRC skin is typically
Strands
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
PB pg 703
1/2 to 3/4 thick

36. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
structural frame
Tension
8

37. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Flying forms
Cranes and rails
Some veneer walls
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

38. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Parallel - wider
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
18'
Reinforced concrete member

39. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
True
Solid unit
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

40. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Stress at the point of failure
Gravity - wind and surface tension

41. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Simple Connection
Isolation Joints
Brick ledge
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

42. Compressive Strength Formula
Lug
Hot Rolling
Better
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

43. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Increase the strength of beam in shear
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

44. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Fibrous
Porland cement - lime - and sand
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.
Concave

45. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Gravel
Extruded Bricks
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Surface tension

46. BOF full name is _______
Steel
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
5 in
Basic Oxygen Furnace

47. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Each floor level
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
K-series - LH series - DHL series
structural frame

48. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
At each floor level and roof level
24in
3/8 in
Elastic-plastic

49. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
connection beam flanges
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

50. Rain screen is...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Gravel
excavation

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