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1. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.






2. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...






3. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...






4. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________






5. PT concrete is Also known as _______






6. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an






7. Site-cast is when ____






8. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...






9. The purpose of flashing is to...






10. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.






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






12. A Soft story is a _______






13. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___






14. Pile






15. LH series has a depth range of...






16. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...






17. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?






18. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






19. The first coat of stucco is called...






20. Rasping is what?






21. Flashing needs to have these qualities






22. In a Flemish-bonded wall






23. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point






24. Built-up sections are made by _____






25. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move






26. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...






27. What is the bottom piece called?






28. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as






29. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...






30. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material






31. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______






32. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...






33. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______






34. A snug-Tight condition is _____






35. 1 kip = ____psi






36. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?






37. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?






38. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...






39. What is an Isolation Joint?

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40. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...






41. What is the First arrow point at?






42. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...






43. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.






44. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot






45. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






46. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?






47. The most common thickness for mortar is____






48. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...






49. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____






50. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...







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