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1. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Scaffolding
Favorably
1in

2. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Veneer wall
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Thermal Mass
Immediately about a flashing

3. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Strands
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Elastic
Zinc

4. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Sloped on both sides
Column Footing
connection beam flanges
Air tight

5. What is the bottom piece called?
Residential
Footing
M -S -N -O
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

6. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Walls with overhangs
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
30ft

7. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
That it is welded
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Isolation Joints
Brown coat

8. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Sloped - thinner
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
True
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

9. The second coat of stucco is called...
A992
Brown coat
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

10. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Hard coat EIFS
Elastic
Water Proofing
I Section

11. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Cranes and rails
After World War 2
30ft

12. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Adding water to the mortar
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Mild
Gas or arc

13. The GFRC skin is typically
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
1/2 to 3/4 thick
0.0025
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

14. The first coat of stucco is called...
Footing
Scratch coat
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
3/8 in

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

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16. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
3000 PSI
Grouted Space
Open Headed joint
Failure stress / allowable stress

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

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18. Shelf angles are...
Snap Tie
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

19. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Roof and Floor
True
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

20. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
field bolting of steel member
CMU backed brick veneer
One piece anchors
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

21. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
connection beam flanges
Some veneer walls
Open Headed joint
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

22. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Fibrous
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

23. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Shores
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Dead End
2 to 4 ft

24. Working is the process by which____
G30 - G60 - G120
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
T section
Steel

25. The Very middle one is called _____
=change in length/original length
Steel Joist Institute
I Section
1in

26. Formwork is refereed to as
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
field bolting of steel member
Reinforced concrete member
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

27. What is ultimate stress?
Stress at the point of failure
Two flange plates
By functioning as a water reservior
Pre-tensioned concrete

28. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Gas or arc
3/8
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
T section

29. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
10-13 feet.
The cladding resists all the wind load
annealed glass
Tube

30. A Soft story is a _______
W16X25
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

31. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
perpendicular
Barrier walls
20 ft

32. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
3000 psi
Steel
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

33. NonFerrous Metals are...
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Cranes and rails
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Metals that do not contain Metals

34. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
G30 - G60 - G120
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
connection beam flanges

35. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Snap Tie
Metals that do not contain Metals
2 1/2 in

36. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
8
24
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Width - W - of Unit

37. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
20 ft
Modular
tempered glass

38. Slagwool is _____
A continuous closure strip
After World War 2
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Stress at the point of failure

39. 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
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Steel Grade
False
24in

40. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Hard coat EIFS
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

41. Most of the cost comes from _____
Column Footing
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
The Framework

42. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
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.
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Angle section (L)
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

43. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
Site cast concrete slabs
Two flange plates
Sloped toward the interior roof

44. A two way joist floor is also called...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
A Waffle Slab
Lighter member that spans between the girders

45. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Compression
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

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

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47. What is the First arrow point at?
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Vertical
Leveling Nut

48. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Sloped - thinner
HHS
0.0025
Immediately above

49. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Asymmetry
Construction Joint
Brick ledge
3/8

50. Simple Connection is also called...
AISC Type II Connection
Molded bricks
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Solid unit