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1. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
True
shear force=force/area
Expanded metal lath
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

2. Standard CMU size
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
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Brown coat
Footing

3. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
True
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

4. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Grouted Space
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
S50X30

5. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
52-72
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
A Waffle Slab

6. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Shores
That it is welded
Spraying the mix over a mold
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

7. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Column Footing
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

8. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
HHS
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Column Footing

9. Shear stress formula
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Brick ledge
Force / Area
Strip Footing

10. What is the First arrow point at?
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Leveling Nut
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

11. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
36 ksi
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

12. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
field bolting of steel member
Control joints in concrete do what?
Water Proofing
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

13. A two way joist floor is also called...
2in
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Cranes and rails
A Waffle Slab

14. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
W - S - HP - M
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Elevated Slabs

15. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A 100% solid unit
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Molded bricks
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

16. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
3/8
That it is welded

17. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Elastic
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
T section
Rain-screen wall

18. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Compressive strength
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

19. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
True
3/8
Molded bricks
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.

20. The most water tight joint is ____
Water Proofing
shear force=force/area
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Concave

21. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
40 ft
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
A conventional wood light frame building

22. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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23. Formwork is refereed to as
Open Headed joint
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

24. What is ultimate stress?
Stress at the point of failure
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
True
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

25. Site-cast is when ____
every floor
Cinder Block
stablize joists
The concrete is cast at the site

26. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Tunnel Form
Increase the strength of beam in shear

27. High-strength bolts are made from
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
High-treated carbon steel
Metals that contain Iron
Pile

28. CMU is _____
Elastic-plastic
52-72
Plortland cement-based mix
Cinder Block

29. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
A horizontal butt join in cladding
4000 psi
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

30. Wicks consist of...
Leveling Nut
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
2 in

31. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
4000 psi
Angle section (L)
Elastic

32. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Modular
Plortland cement-based mix
Lintel angle
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

33. What is the formula for stress?
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
8
stress=force/area
Isolation Joints

34. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
4
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
2in
connection beam flanges

35. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Fibrous
Each course consists of Strechers
Sloped on both sides

36. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Length - L - of unit
Elevated Slabs
125psi
Concrete masonry Units

37. Twist-off Bolt method is...
One piece anchors
True
Tube
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

38. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
A conventional wood light frame building
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
Gravel

39. The GFRC skin is typically
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Type S
Spraying the mix over a mold

40. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
2in pg 645
Flexural and Shear.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

41. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Sloped on both sides
Isolation Joints
Reservoir
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

42. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Alkali resistant
Zero (0)
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Isolation Joints

43. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Asymmetry
Tunnel Form
Columns

44. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Live end
same
Brick ledge

45. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
4000 psi
2
Lug
field bolting of steel member

46. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
3/8
Tube
Composite

47. Unfinished bolts are made from
Carbon steel
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
16 in
Type N

48. In what order are roof componants placed:
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
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

49. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Pipe Section
5000 psi
Vertical
Metals that do not contain Metals

50. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Cross bearing Walls plane
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

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