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1. Retempering of motar means...
Adding water to the mortar
Some veneer walls
Pipe Section
Sloped toward the interior roof

2. What is the formula for shear force?
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
I Section
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
shear force=force/area

3. What is the 2 arrow?
Surface tension
Strip Footing
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Base Plate

4. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Barrier walls
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Live end
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

5. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
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ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Horizontal reinforcement
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

6. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Elastic
Water Proofing
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

7. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
8 in
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Shores

8. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Construction Joint
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Pink

9. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
T section
American Standard Shape
Gravity - wind and surface tension
A continuous closure strip

10. Weep Holes are...
Residential
Simple Connection
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
AISC Type I Connection

11. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Live ends
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.
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

12. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
30 ft
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

13. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
Tilt-up Concrete Association
8
3/8
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

14. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
Cross bearing Walls plane
True
Solid unit
Sloped on both sides

15. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Cohesive
Steel
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

16. Cast Iron is formed when _______
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.
2in
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Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

17. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

18. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Percast at the construction site
2
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Mild

19. Shear stress formula
Vertical reinforcing bars
Grouted Space
7 in
Force / Area

20. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Isolation Joints
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Mildly

21. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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22. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Pile
Support Pylons
Flexural and Shear.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

23. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
2in
Hot Rolling
Vertical reinforcing bars
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

24. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Favorably
Columns
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
The concrete is cast at the site

25. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Two piece wire anchors
1in
Tunnel Form
Gas or arc

26. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
2
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

27. One-way deck is a ______
36 ksi
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
3/8
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

28. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Strip Footing
The cladding resists all the wind load
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

29. The width of an expansion joint is ___
S50X30
After World War 2
Head Joints
3/8

30. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
2 in
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
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.
Ground-Supported slabs area____

31. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Within the plane of the veneer
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Base Plate
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

32. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Snap Tie
2 1/2 in
Compression

33. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
More easily constructable.
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Metals that do not contain Metals
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

34. Which type of EIF is most used?
PB pg 703
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
4000 psi
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

35. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
36 ksi
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
AISC Type II Connection
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

36. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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37. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Length - L - of unit
Floor decks
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Tilt-up Concrete Association

38. The Slag is what?
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
Live ends
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
A325

39. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Henry Bessemer in 1855
False
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

40. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Percast at the construction site
Asymmetry
Water Proofing
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

41. What is the Fill Made up of?
Residential
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Asymmetry
Gravel

42. Walers
Angle section (L)
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
where soil is not strong.
Porland cement - lime - and sand

43. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Water Proofing
2 in
Grouted Space
A992

44. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Depth of the joist in inches
By Splitting I sections in half
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

45. LH series has a depth range of...
stress=force/area
18 to 48 in
Cross bearing Walls plane
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.

46. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Each course consists of Strechers
A992
Reinforced concrete member
Steel pipes

47. What is a control joint used for?
Angle section (L)
3/8 in
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.
Length - L - of unit

48. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Either tension or compression
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Steel pipes

49. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
That it is welded
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Live end

50. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Sloped on both sides
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

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