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1. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Dead End
I Section
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Barrier walls

2. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Sloped - thinner
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Columns
Site cast concrete slabs

3. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
SJI
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
stress=force/area

4. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Sloped on both sides
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Composite
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

5. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Strands
Beams

6. A Simple Connection is...
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
3000 PSI
Leveling Nut
Head Joints

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

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8. 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 ___
8
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
144^2 - 18ft.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

9. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
K-series - LH series - DHL series
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Hot Rolling
Elastic

10. Benefits of reinforced masonry
True
True
Square - rectangular or round
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.

11. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Scratch coat
Dead End
Elastic
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

12. Shores are used for...
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Lateral load support to the veneer
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Metals that contain Iron

13. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Scaffolding
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Leveling Nut

14. A typical bond beam is provided with
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Horizontal reinforcement
Mildly

15. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Molded bricks
False
Metals that do not contain Metals
Stretcher Face

16. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
24in
One piece anchors
Footing

17. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
CMU backed brick veneer
Type N
4000 psi
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

18. Unfinished bolts are made from
Isolation Joints
Carbon steel
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
General contractor

19. Safety Margin formula
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Actual strength / required strength
Cross bearing Walls plane
Either tension or compression

20. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
False
Snap Tie
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
125psi

21. A tube is referred to as a ____
HHS
Vertical reinforcing bars
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Isolation Joints

22. 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.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
4
Strands

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

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24. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
I Section
Length - L - of unit
A36
Reservoir

25. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
2
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

26. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Angle section (L)
Reinforced concrete member
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
50

27. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
3000 psi
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
At each floor level and roof level

28. In a running-bond wall
Hot Rolling
144^2 - 18ft.
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Each course consists of Strechers

29. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Joists
Bed Joints

30. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
M -S -N -O
Lug
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Zero (0)

31. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Some veneer walls
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Pile
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

32. Retempering of motar means...
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Adding water to the mortar
2.67 ft

33. Two-way deck is a ____
Water Proofing
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Carbon steel

34. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
False
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Modular

35. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
240 in =20ft
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Construction Joint

36. What is a construction joint?
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Mild
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

37. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Vertical
2 in
Strands
High-treated carbon steel

38. A two way joist floor is also called...
Hard coat EIFS
Gravel
A Waffle Slab
False

39. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
4
Beams
3in
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

40. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
perpendicular
8 in to 30 in
Alkali resistant
Compression

41. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
7/8in
By Splitting I sections in half
The cladding resists all the wind load
Construction Joint

42. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Isolated pad footing
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

43. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
windward face
Angle section (L)
4000 psi
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.

44. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

45. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Surface tension
Expanded metal lath
Each floor level
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

46. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
SJI
True
stablize joists
Increase the strength of beam in shear

47. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Mild
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

48. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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49. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Pile
Copper and stainless steel
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

50. Twist-off Bolt method is...
Increase the strength of beam in shear
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

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