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1. What is a construction joint?
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
The concrete is cast at the site
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
where soil is not strong.

2. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
2in

3. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Hard coat EIFS
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Lintel angle

4. The GFRC skin is typically
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Modular
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

5. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Weak in shear
16 in
Hard coat EIFS
A325

6. A material that is weak in tension is...
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
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
Live end
Weak in shear

7. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
3000 PSI
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

8. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
High-treated carbon steel
tempered glass
Steel
240 in =20ft

9. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
annealed glass
Failure stress / allowable stress
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
True

10. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
AISC Type I Connection
3/8
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

11. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Steel
Percast at the construction site
Hollow structural section

12. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Rain-screen wall
Barrier walls
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

13. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
AISC Type III Connection
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
2in

14. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Capillary break
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
3 in
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

15. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Within the plane of the veneer
excavation
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

16. 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
Square - rectangular or round
125psi
Veneer wall
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

17. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Soft-coat EIFS
stablize joists
True
T section

18. Built-up sections are made by _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Mock-up
Carbon steel

19. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Two flange plates
Elastic-plastic
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Lighter member that spans between the girders

20. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Peter Zumther
Footing
Walls with vertical reinforcement
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

21. Rasping is what?
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Cross bearing Walls plane
Plortland cement-based mix

22. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Lintel angle
Angle section (L)
Cohesive
A continuous closure strip

23. Twist-off Bolt method is...
52-72
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
General contractor
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

24. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
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
Stress / strain = E
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

25. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
False
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.
Columns
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

26. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
PB pg 703
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

27. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
A reinforced-masonry frame
3/8
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.
More easily constructable.

28. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
2in
stablize joists
Alkali resistant
7/8in

29. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
cohesive
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Parallel - wider
More easily constructable.

30. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Wide-Flange section
0.0025
Beams
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

31. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Tougher pg 617
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Reservoir
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

32. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
FBX
Bed Joints
Barrier walls
Sloped - thinner

33. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Scratch coat
52-72
annealed glass

34. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
PB pg 703
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Pre-tensioned concrete
Stress at the point of failure

35. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Zero (0)
AISC Type I Connection
connection beam flanges
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

36. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
A36
Square - rectangular or round
cohesive
1in

37. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Depth of the joist in inches
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Square - rectangular or round
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

38. 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.
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Compression
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

39. Galvanizing is...
Cross bearing Walls plane
90 to 180 degress
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

40. Thermal Mass is _____
Type N
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

41. Stack casting is used when
Shelf angles
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
A ductile material

42. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
True
Beams and Columns
Grouted Space
Columns

43. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Gravel
Fibrous
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

44. What is the formula for shear force?
Isolated pad footing
shear force=force/area
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
1kip=1000psi

45. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Porland cement - lime - and sand
High-treated carbon steel
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
same

46. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
excavation
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

47. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Carbon steel
Flying forms
Reservoir

48. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Open-Hearth furnace
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Scaffolding
Gauge number

49. the allowable stress in a material is generally

50. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Strands
Lug
Beams