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1. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
That it is welded
Width - W - of Unit
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Elevated Slabs

2. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Tension
Length - L - of unit
Gauge number
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

3. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Immediately above the flashing
Barrier walls
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Scratch coat

4. What does SJI stand for?
2in
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
2.67 ft
Steel Joist Institute

5. Precast is where____
Air tight
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Lighter member that spans between the girders

6. Cast Iron is formed when _______
2in
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.
Roof and Floor
Spraying the mix over a mold

7. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
False
Construction Joint
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Weak in shear

8. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
W16X25
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Metals that do not contain Metals
True

9. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
G30 - G60 - G120
Vertical
Within the plane of the veneer

10. A Soft story is a _______
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
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.
Cinder Block

11. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Angle section (L)
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Continuous Stip footing
Compression

12. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Water Proofing
Zero (0)
Chairs
Pile

13. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
30ft
Stress / strain = E

14. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
2in pg 645
American Standard Shape
Sloped on both sides
Flying forms

15. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
connection beam flanges
Alkali resistant
Grouted Space
20 ft

16. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
2
18'
One piece anchors
Angle section (L)

17. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Zero (0)
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

18. High-strength bolts are made from
FBX
Live end
False
High-treated carbon steel

19. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Tougher pg 617

20. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Hollow structural section
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Each floor level
Walls with overhangs

21. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Is embedded in the walls
50
Live ends
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

22. Retempering of motar means...
Adding water to the mortar
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Joists

23. What is the First arrow point at?
Depth of the joist in inches
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.
Leveling Nut
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

24. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Beams
Grouted Space
52-72

25. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
True
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

26. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
5 in
perpendicular
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

27. Thermal Mass is _____
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Tube
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

28. The Slag is what?
Joists
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Tube
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

29. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
American Standard Shape
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Isolation Joints

30. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Compressive strength
18'
Sloped toward the interior roof
Tilt-up Concrete Association

31. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Water Proofing

32. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
A conventional wood light frame building
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

33. Shores are used for...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
2in
Hard coat EIFS
The concrete is cast at the site

34. Wicks consist of...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
4000 psi
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Wide-Flange section

35. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Live end
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Hot Rolling
Steel Joist Institute

36. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Site cast concrete slabs
AISC Type II Connection
Isolated pad footing
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

37. A joint screen is an
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
30ft
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

38. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Simple Connection
At each floor level and roof level
Within the plane of the veneer
Concrete masonry Units

39. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
SJI
Depth of the joist in inches
Drainage Walls
Each floor level

40. Two-way deck is a ____
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Tougher pg 617
Pink
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

41. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Peter Zumther
Mildly
Expanded metal lath
Elevated Slabs

42. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
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.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
3in
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

43. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
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
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Live end
Sloped on both sides

44. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
Grade 50 steel
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Depth of the joist in inches

45. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Columns
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Gravity load support to the veneer

46. Stirrups are generally made of...
The Framework
3/8
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Wide-Flange section

47. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Type S
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
At each floor level and roof level
3 in

48. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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49. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Site cast concrete slabs
Columns
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
EAF - OHF - BOF

50. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
Parallel - wider
Surface tension
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Either tension or compression