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1. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Simple Connection
18'

2. Shear stress formula
Force / Area
Leveling Nut
A 100% solid unit
field bolting of steel member

3. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
A continuous closure strip
A36
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

4. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Steel pipes
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

5. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
A continuous closure strip
2in
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
annealed glass

6. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Scratch coat
Composite
Grade 50 steel

7. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Steel fabricator
Type S
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Henry Bessemer in 1855

8. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
Scratch coat
4
2in

9. What is the First arrow point at?
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Peter Zumther
Leveling Nut
Heavier members and spans from column to column

10. Bond beams are _____
Base Plate
Steel
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

11. Built-up sections are made by _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Floor decks
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Depth of the joist in inches

12. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Water Proofing
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Rain-screen wall
AISC Type I Connection

13. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
By functioning as a water reservior
Concrete masonry Units
One piece anchors
Molded bricks

14. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Adding water to the mortar
Column Footing
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

15. A Soft story is a _______
Adding water to the mortar
same
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Brown coat

16. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
125psi
Continuous Stip footing
Gravity - wind and surface tension

17. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
By functioning as a water reservior
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Isolation Joints
Brick ledge

18. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
5000 psi
Walls with vertical reinforcement
I Section
Residential

19. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
2.67 ft
Either tension or compression
Isolation Joints
annealed glass

20. Two-way deck is a ____
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Construction Joint
Veneer wall
excavation

21. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Scratch coat
Square - rectangular or round
Barrier walls
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

22. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Cranes and rails
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Concave

23. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
Hot Rolling
Construction Joint
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
True

24. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Live end
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Sloped - thinner

25. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
EAF - OHF - BOF
Tube
Solid unit
Depth of the joist in inches

26. 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 ______
where soil is not strong.
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Lighter weight

27. HSS can be what Shape?
Hard coat EIFS
Square - rectangular or round
Pile
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

28. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Tilt-up Concrete Association
40 ft
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Capillary break

29. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
10-13 feet.
Gas or arc
A conventional wood light frame building
structural frame

30. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Type S
False
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

31. BOF full name is _______
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

32. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Pile

33. A material that is weak in tension is...
Weak in shear
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Pre-tensioned concrete
Leveling Nut

34. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
G30 - G60 - G120
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

35. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Gravel
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
3/8

36. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Base Plate
7 in
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Beams

37. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
At each floor level and roof level
Footing
Immediately above the flashing

38. NonFerrous Metals are...
Vertical reinforcing bars
Metals that do not contain Metals
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
125psi

39. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Cohesive
Zero (0)
Cohesive
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

40. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
EAF - BOF - OHF
Live end

41. The first coat of stucco is called...
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Scratch coat
2in pg 645
Tunnel Form

42. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Stress / strain = E
10-13 feet.
That it is welded
Providing an impervious barrier to water

43. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
30ft
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

44. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
M -S -N -O
5000 psi
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
W16X25

45. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Steel Grade
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Within the plane of the veneer

46. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
Zero (0)
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Providing an impervious barrier to water
125psi

47. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Stretcher Face
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
K-series - LH series - DHL series

48. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Columns
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
3000 psi
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

49. The second coat of stucco is called...
Hollow structural section
Snap Tie
Brown coat
Elastic

50. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
At each floor level and roof level
Open Headed joint
A Waffle Slab
Leveling Nut