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1. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Base Plate
Bed Joints
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
The Framework

2. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
3/8 in
3/8
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

3. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Asymmetry
One piece anchors
Percast at the construction site
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

4. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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5. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
Strands
4
W - S - HP - M
2 to 4 ft

6. Girder is...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
3/8
Much lower

7. What is ultimate stress?
Stress at the point of failure
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Strip Footing

8. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
18 to 48 in
Hard coat EIFS
Immediately above
2in pg 645

9. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
That it is welded
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
The concrete is cast at the site
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

10. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
Soft-coat EIFS
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

11. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
A reinforced-masonry frame
Column Footing
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Sloped toward the interior roof

12. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Beams and Columns
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Chairs
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

13. DLH series has a depth range of...
Angle section (L)
52-72
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

14. In a running-bond wall
Leveling Nut
Simple Connection
Each course consists of Strechers
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

15. BOF full name is _______
AISC Type III Connection
Strip Footing
240 in =20ft
Basic Oxygen Furnace

16. Z-flashing is effective in...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
One piece anchors
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Vertical reinforcing bars

17. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
A 100% solid unit
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

18. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Walls with overhangs
Noncohesive Soils
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Angle section (L)

19. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
4
Stretcher Face
Hot Rolling
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

20. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Concrete masonry Units
W - S - HP - M
36 ksi
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

21. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Two piece wire anchors
Column Footing
Isolation Joints
Bed Joints

22. Form liners are used to...
36 ksi
Solid unit
8 in
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

23. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Air tight
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

24. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
W - S - HP - M
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

25. Shear stress formula
Force / Area
2
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
7/8in

26. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
4
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
Pile
Sloped on both sides

27. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Support Pylons
Leveling Nut
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Joists

28. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
4
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

29. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Length - L - of unit
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Immediately above the flashing
T section

30. A rigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type I Connection
Fibrous
After World War 2
Depth of the joist in inches

31. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Peter Zumther
Peter Zumther
windward face

32. A snug-Tight condition is _____
4000 psi
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Floor decks
Thermal Mass

33. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Metals that do not contain Metals

34. High-strength bolts are made from
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Beams
Metals that contain Iron
High-treated carbon steel

35. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Plortland cement-based mix
connection beam flanges
Tilt-up Concrete Association

36. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Concrete masonry Units
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
Steel fabricator

37. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Steel Grade
Width - W - of Unit
30 ft

38. What does SJI stand for?
Elevated Slabs
Steel Joist Institute
Metals that contain Iron
A reinforced-masonry frame

39. Capillary break is a...
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Stiff
Modular
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

40. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
HHS
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
5 in
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

41. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
After World War 2
3/8
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Fibrous

42. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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43. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Water Proofing
Spraying the mix over a mold
Length - L - of unit
Failure stress / allowable stress

44. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Metals that contain Iron
T section
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Stretcher Face

45. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Drainage Walls
Hard coat EIFS
HHS
Elevated Slabs

46. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Immediately above
annealed glass
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

47. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Soft-coat EIFS
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Vertical reinforcing bars

48. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Type S
True
Is embedded in the walls

49. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
Peter Zumther
CMU backed brick veneer
3/8
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

50. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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