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1. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
4 to 6 ft
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Wide-Flange section
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

2. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
Barrier walls
Pre-tensioned concrete
Strip Footing

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 ______
stablize joists
Lighter weight
annealed glass
2in

4. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
90 to 180 degress
Joists
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Depth of the joist in inches

5. Most of the cost comes from _____
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
The Framework
Zinc
Grouted Space

6. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Tube
Cohesive
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

7. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Leveling Nut
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
False
Brick ledge

8. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Columns
Pile
Zinc
Gravel

9. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Column Footing
Drainage Walls
24

10. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Columns
G30 - G60 - G120
EAF - BOF - OHF
Hot Rolling

11. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
At each floor level and roof level
2in
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
stress=force/area

12. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Either tension or compression
Copper and stainless steel
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

13. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Soft-coat EIFS
annealed glass
Elevated Slabs

14. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
Gravel
2in pg 645
3/8
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

15. Clay is _______
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Grouted Space
cohesive
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

16. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
More easily constructable.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
30ft
CMU backed brick veneer

17. Site-cast is when ____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
The concrete is cast at the site
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

18. Weep Holes are...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Each course consists of Strechers

19. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
3000 psi
tempered glass
Column Footing
Metals that do not contain Metals

20. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
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
S50X30
structural frame

21. A wall footing is also called _____
Reinforced concrete member
Lug
Live end
Strip Footing

22. S-Shape is also called ____
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Concave
American Standard Shape
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

23. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Walls with overhangs
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Solid unit
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

24. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
Shores
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Noncohesive Soils
Live ends

25. A joint screen is an
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

26. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
=change in length/original length
Extruded Bricks
Steel

27. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
False
4
Open-Hearth furnace
Composite

28. Stirrups are generally made of...
18'
Length - L - of unit
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
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

29. Cold formings is when __
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Spraying the mix over a mold
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

30. Shelf angles are...
Electric Arc Furnace
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

31. Compressive Strength Formula
Stress at the point of failure
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Square - rectangular or round
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

32. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Elastic
3/8
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Capillary break

33. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
4000 psi
Highly Crosive - Extreme

34. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
T section
3/8
I Section
2in pg 645

35. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Concrete masonry Units
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Each course consists of Strechers

36. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Sloped - thinner
Control joints in concrete do what?
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

37. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Plortland cement-based mix
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

38. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
American Standard Shape
Square - rectangular or round
Pre-tensioned concrete
K-series - LH series - DHL series

39. What does HHS stand for?
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Hollow structural section
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

40. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
Horizontal reinforcement
Bed Joints
Less than it's ultimate stress
2in

41. What is the formula for shear force?
4000 psi
More easily constructable.
Footing
shear force=force/area

42. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Pipe Section
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Wide-Flange section

43. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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45. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Rain-screen wall
Isolated pad footing

46. NonFerrous Metals are...
Strip Footing
Molded bricks
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Metals that do not contain Metals

47. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Modular
Lateral load support to the veneer
Residential

48. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
4000 psi
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Alkali resistant
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

49. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
excavation
Roof and Floor

50. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Electric Arc Furnace
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Angle section (L)

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