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1. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.






2. S-Shape is also called ____






3. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically






4. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth






5. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab






6. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be






7. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup






8. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground






9. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____






10. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...






11. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors






12. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___






13. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...






14. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through






15. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis






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






17. Clay is _______






18. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






19. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____






20. A typical bond beam is provided with






21. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






22. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.






23. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with






24. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






25. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...






26. Effloresecence






27. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment






28. 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 ______






29. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one






30. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?






31. Camber refers to...






32. A snug-Tight condition is _____






33. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______






34. Modulus of elasticity






35. Stirrups are generally made of...






36. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?






37. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases






38. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?






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






40. A Tunnel form consists of...






41. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from






42. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






43. The Top right hand Beam is called a






44. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some






45. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______






46. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____






47. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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48. 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 ____






49. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____






50. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the