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1. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Length - L - of unit
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
W - S - HP - M

2. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
SJI
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Width - W - of Unit
2

3. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Gauge number
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.
EAF - BOF - OHF
More easily constructable.

4. A vapor retarder is required under
Less than it's ultimate stress
Gas or arc
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Composite

5. Shelf angles are...
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Within the plane of the veneer

6. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Immediately about a flashing
Pile
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

7. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Lintel angle
Zero (0)
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

8. Walers
=change in length/original length
Pile
Gravity load support to the veneer
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

9. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Beams and Columns
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Lug
Structural concrete fill

10. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
I Section
A ductile material
CMU backed brick veneer
Elastic-plastic

11. Wicks consist of...
Column Footing
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Each floor level
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

12. What is the First arrow point at?
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Leveling Nut

13. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Open-Hearth furnace
Simple Connection
Zinc

14. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Base Plate
Hard coat EIFS
Immediately above
shear force=force/area

15. Galvanizing is...
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Pile
Copper and stainless steel

16. Stripping time is ___
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Pile
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

17. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Steel pipes
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
3/8 in
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

18. What does SJI stand for?
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
1in
Steel Joist Institute
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

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

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20. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Adding water to the mortar
Angle section (L)
Zinc
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

21. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Two flange plates
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
A reinforced-masonry frame

22. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
90 to 180 degress
Beams
18'
Sloped - thinner

23. What is the bottom piece called?
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
True
S50X30
Footing

24. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Width - W - of Unit
Gravity load support to the veneer
excavation

25. What does HHS stand for?
Either tension or compression
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Hollow structural section
Snap Tie

26. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
18'
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Elastic-plastic

27. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
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.
Within the plane of the veneer
Drainage Walls
144^2 - 18ft.

28. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Steel fabricator
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

29. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Electric Arc Furnace
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

30. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Pile
stress=force/area
Cross bearing Walls plane

31. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
FBX
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Steel pipes
Acrylic polymer-based mix

32. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
2in pg 645
every floor
Weep holes

33. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
3000 PSI
The Framework
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
same

34. Bond beams are _____
Column Footing
Veneer wall
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

35. What is the 2 arrow?
7 in
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Base Plate
cohesive

36. StiffBacks
Scaffolding
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Veneer wall
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

37. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Shelf angles
stablize joists

38. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
A325
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Carbon steel
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

39. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Compressive strength
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Immediately above
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

40. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
8 in to 30 in
Sloped - thinner
Air tight
Strip Footing

41. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
same
7/8in
1/2 to 3/4 thick
A325

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...
Soft-coat EIFS
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Ground-Supported slabs area____
30 ft

43. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
36 ksi
Each course consists of Strechers
AISC Type III Connection
Steel Joist Institute

44. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Within the plane of the veneer
Open Headed joint
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

45. Stirrups are generally made of...
Steel fabricator
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
A continuous closure strip
24

46. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Fibrous
EAF - OHF - BOF

47. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Sloped toward the interior roof

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

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49. What does TCA stand for?
Reservoir
Tilt-up Concrete Association
A325
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

50. CMU is _____
Cinder Block
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.
Immediately above the flashing
Scratch coat