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1. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
tempered glass
Simple Connection
Percast at the construction site
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

2. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
Simple Connection
Two piece wire anchors
2.67 ft
Columns

3. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Solid unit
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
16 in

4. What does SJI stand for?
Tunnel Form
Steel Joist Institute
Water Proofing
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

5. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
10-13 feet.
tempered glass
Strands

6. The Term Tendons includes Strands
True
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Base Plate
3 in

7. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
3000 PSI
Elastic-plastic
Construction Joint
Some veneer walls

8. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
False
Gas or arc
Better
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

9. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Footing
Asymmetry
Barrier walls
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

10. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
annealed glass
Joists
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

11. What is a construction joint?
where soil is not strong.
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Pipe Section
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

12. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
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
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
1kip=1000psi

13. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Lateral load support to the veneer
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

14. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
A reinforced-masonry frame
EAF - OHF - BOF
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

15. Simple Connection is also called...
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
A continuous closure strip
AISC Type II Connection

16. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
20 ft
Porland cement - lime - and sand
EAF - BOF - OHF
240 in =20ft

17. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Continuous Stip footing
EAF - BOF - OHF
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

18. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
3/8
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Surface tension
Mildly

19. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Is embedded in the walls
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Live end
Beams and Columns

20. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

21. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Roof and Floor
Increase the strength of beam in shear
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Metals that contain Iron

22. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
Base Plate
Residential
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Brick ledge

23. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Sloped on both sides
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

24. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Tube
Horizontal reinforcement
Mildly

25. What is the formula for stress?
Veneer wall
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Isolated pad footing
stress=force/area

26. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Horizontal reinforcement
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

27. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Two flange plates
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
8 in to 30 in

28. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Grouted Space
That it is welded
Alkali resistant

29. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Hard coat EIFS
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

30. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Two flange plates
Continuous Stip footing
Beams
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

31. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
windward face
Scaffolding

32. Two-way deck is a ____
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Isolation Joints
Open-Hearth furnace
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

33. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
W - S - HP - M
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
18 to 48 in
Length - L - of unit

34. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
excavation
Joists
Much lower

35. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Is embedded in the walls
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Roof and Floor
perpendicular

36. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
EAF - OHF - BOF
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
A reinforced-masonry frame

37. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
5000 psi
A continuous closure strip

38. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
Scratch coat
2in
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
same

39. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
After World War 2
Live ends
7/8in
2

40. Stripping time is ___
20 ft
Copper and stainless steel
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Pipe Section

41. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
High-treated carbon steel
Soft-coat EIFS
Site cast concrete slabs

42. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
5 in
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
G30 - G60 - G120
Surface tension

43. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
At each floor level and roof level
Water Proofing

44. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
144^2 - 18ft.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
General contractor
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

45. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Stress at the point of failure
Steel
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Immediately above the flashing

46. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
W16X25
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

47. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Elevated Slabs
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

48. Most of the cost comes from _____
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
The Framework
Henry Bessemer in 1855

49. Where are deep foundations used?
where soil is not strong.
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Base Plate
2 in

50. HSS can be what Shape?
Square - rectangular or round
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Air tight
stablize joists