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1. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

2. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Concave
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

3. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
Snap Tie
Lug
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

4. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Elastic
Steel Grade
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.

5. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Electric Arc Furnace
cohesive

6. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
3/8
Concave
Noncohesive Soils

7. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
Walls with vertical reinforcement
A ductile material
Zinc
Water Proofing

8. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
At each floor level and roof level
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
52-72

9. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Type S
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

10. What does TCA stand for?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Footing
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

11. a backup wall is required in a...
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Veneer wall
Steel Joist Institute
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

12. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
Vertical reinforcing bars
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Cross bearing Walls plane
Henry Bessemer in 1855

13. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Either tension or compression
Steel
Each floor level
Steel pipes

14. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
True
Footing
Force / Area
Hard coat EIFS

15. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
stablize joists
By Splitting I sections in half
M -S -N -O
The concrete is cast at the site

16. What is the formula for stress?
Elevated Slabs
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
stress=force/area
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

17. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Two piece wire anchors
Adding water to the mortar
Angle section (L)
Rain-screen wall

18. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
=change in length/original length
Pipe Section
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
False

19. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
125psi

20. What is ultimate stress?
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
4
Better
Stress at the point of failure

21. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Live end
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
4000 psi
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

22. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Snap Tie
Each course consists of Strechers
cohesive
36 ksi

23. 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
Two flange plates
Within the plane of the veneer
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

24. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
True
Steel
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

25. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
tempered glass
Actual strength / required strength
A Waffle Slab

26. Factor for safety formula
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Failure stress / allowable stress
FBX
Steel

27. The width of an expansion joint is ___
3/8
Two piece wire anchors
8 in
125psi

28. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
3in
Walls with overhangs
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.
Steel Grade

29. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Stretcher Face
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Structural concrete fill

30. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
8 and 30 in
Construction Joint
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

31. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Steel
Live end
Each floor level
One piece anchors

32. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Concrete masonry Units
Tougher pg 617
Failure stress / allowable stress
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

33. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
24in
Type S
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
3000 psi

34. Stress Formula
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Much lower
Carbon steel
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

35. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
At each floor level and roof level
Live end
T section
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

36. K-series has a depth range of?
Surface tension
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
8 in to 30 in
True

37. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Barrier walls
Barrier walls
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

38. LH series has a depth range of...
18 to 48 in
The concrete is cast at the site
After World War 2
Support Pylons

39. Which type of EIF is most used?
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Construction Joint
A36
PB pg 703

40. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Columns
50
field bolting of steel member
4000 psi

41. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Gauge number
Tunnel Form
Compressive strength
Extruded Bricks

42. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Continuous Stip footing
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
4000 psi
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

43. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Carbon steel
CMU backed brick veneer
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

44. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Control joints in concrete do what?
52-72
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

45. Capillary break is a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
240 in =20ft
Square - rectangular or round
cohesive

46. Form liners are used to...
Better
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
18'
Zero (0)

47. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Shores
Square - rectangular or round
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

48. Stripping time is ___
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Increase the strength of beam in shear

49. What is a construction joint?
Pile
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Zero (0)
S50X30

50. Z-flashing is effective in...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Weak in shear
Peter Zumther