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1. 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.
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Vertical
4
Elevated Slabs

2. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Stretcher Face
Footing
8 in

3. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Alkali resistant
Lintel angle
Noncohesive Soils
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

4. Walers
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

5. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
K-series - LH series - DHL series
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Barrier walls

6. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
every floor
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
structural frame
8 in

7. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
8 and 30 in
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Some veneer walls
Each floor level

8. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
50
High-treated carbon steel
Walls with overhangs
Lintel angle

9. What is the 2 arrow?
Portland cement stucco
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Base Plate
Lintel angle

10. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Drilled pier footing
Walls with overhangs
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

11. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
1in
True
Construction Joint
Tilt-up Concrete Association

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

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13. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Water Proofing
Steel
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

14. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
4 to 6 ft
2
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

15. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
8 in to 30 in
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
More easily constructable.
125psi

16. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
EAF - BOF - OHF
Two flange plates
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

17. The term FLying form refers to...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Stress at the point of failure
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
True

18. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Cross bearing Walls plane
Lighter weight
Joists
Concave

19. 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...
Basic Oxygen Furnace
52-72
30 ft
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

20. EAF full name is?
30 ft
4000 psi
Electric Arc Furnace
Weak in shear

21. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Better
Stiff
More easily constructable.

22. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
Failure stress / allowable stress
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
2 1/2 in

23. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
field bolting of steel member
excavation
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Columns

24. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
7/8in
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Vertical

25. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Tube
Angle section (L)
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Simple Connection

26. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
18 to 48 in
Stress / strain = E
annealed glass
Weep holes

27. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Steel
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Fibrous
Carbon steel

28. The most common thickness for mortar is____
connection beam flanges
3/8
1in
2in

29. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
=change in length/original length
Flying forms
Joists

30. Z-flashing is effective in...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
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.
every floor
A horizontal butt join in cladding

31. The width of an expansion joint is ___
3/8
Gravel
7/8in
CMU backed brick veneer

32. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
90 to 180 degress
0.0025
Grade 50 steel
=change in length/original length

33. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Construction Joint
Pipe Section

34. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Steel Grade
G30 - G60 - G120

35. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Control joints in concrete do what?
7 in
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
Compression

36. Rasping is what?
Bed Joints
stablize joists
Wide-Flange section
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

37. Mechanical couplers are used
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Isolated pad footing
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
2

38. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Mildly
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Simple Connection

39. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
SJI
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.

40. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Barrier walls
Favorably
Construction Joint

41. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Support Pylons
excavation
Soft-coat EIFS

42. A tube is referred to as a ____
That it is welded
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
HHS
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

43. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Surface tension
Gauge number
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

44. The Very middle one is called _____
Parallel - wider
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
I Section
structural frame

45. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
By functioning as a water reservior
stress=force/area
Steel pipes

46. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
2in
Actual strength / required strength
Tilt-up Concrete Association

47. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
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.
A ductile material
At each floor level and roof level

48. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Strands
3/8
stablize joists
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

49. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
A conventional wood light frame building
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
5000 psi

50. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Plortland cement-based mix
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure