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1. Bricks that have frogs are...
Lighter member that spans between the girders
After World War 2
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Molded bricks

2. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Support Pylons
Scratch coat
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Shores

3. A Soft story is a _______
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Support Pylons

4. Stirrups are generally made of...
Gravel
Construction Joint
Floor decks
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

5. The most common thickness for mortar is____
4
Increase the strength of beam in shear
3/8
Construction Joint

6. Stripping time is ___
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
1kip=1000psi
30 ft
A continuous closure strip

7. OHF full name is?
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Weep holes
Force / Area
Open-Hearth furnace

8. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Adding water to the mortar
2in
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Grade 50 steel

9. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
0.0025
Walls with overhangs
Width - W - of Unit

10. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Walls with overhangs
Either tension or compression
8 and 30 in
Within the plane of the veneer

11. What is the formula for strain?
=change in length/original length
Wide-Flange section
Better
8 in to 30 in

12. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Site cast concrete slabs

13. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Width - W - of Unit
By functioning as a water reservior
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
4000 psi

14. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Pile
3000 PSI
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
More easily constructable.

15. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Zero (0)
Copper and stainless steel
Each floor level
A conventional wood light frame building

16. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Lighter weight
By functioning as a water reservior
144^2 - 18ft.

17. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Scaffolding
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.
Angle section (L)

18. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
AISC Type I Connection
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

19. A vapor retarder is required under
Modular
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Zero (0)
Beams

20. Clay is _______
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Acrylic polymer-based mix
cohesive

21. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
10-13 feet.
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Elastic-plastic
every floor

22. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
The Framework
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

23. S-Shape is also called ____
7 in
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Type S
American Standard Shape

24. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Electric Arc Furnace
A reinforced-masonry frame
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

25. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Column Footing
Drilled pier footing
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Two flange plates

26. What is the formula for strain?
Construction Joint
T section
=change in length/original length
Metals that contain Iron

27. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Shores
Floor decks
Tension
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

28. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
where soil is not strong.
Mock-up
cohesive

29. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

30. Ferrous Metals are...
8 and 30 in
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Metals that contain Iron
Head Joints

31. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Copper and stainless steel
Site cast concrete slabs

32. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
structural frame
A325
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

33. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Mild

34. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Immediately above
Tunnel Form
A conventional wood light frame building
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

35. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Walls with overhangs
Immediately above the flashing
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

36. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Column Footing
Favorably
Expanded metal lath
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

37. The width of an expansion joint is ___
144^2 - 18ft.
Steel pipes
3/8
Carbon steel

38. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
High-treated carbon steel
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

39. HSS can be what Shape?
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Square - rectangular or round

40. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
True
Zinc
Compression
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

41. Flashing material must be impervious to...
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
4

42. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
2 in
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Angle section (L)

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

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44. The term FLying form refers to...
annealed glass
20 ft
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
W16X25

45. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Barrier walls
By Splitting I sections in half

46. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
False
36 ksi

47. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Grade 50 steel
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

48. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Solid unit
cohesive
4 to 6 ft

49. Ferrous Metals are...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
field bolting of steel member
General contractor
Metals that contain Iron

50. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Elastic
G30 - G60 - G120
excavation
At each floor level and roof level

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