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1. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
Electric Arc Furnace
Floor decks
52-72

2. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
A325
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Elastic-plastic

3. Conventional stucco is also called...
True
40 ft
Live end
Portland cement stucco

4. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Molded bricks
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Gravel

5. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Composite

6. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
Noncohesive Soils
Type S
Adding water to the mortar
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

7. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Basic Oxygen Furnace
3000 psi
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

8. Rasping is what?
Walls with overhangs
Open-Hearth furnace
2in pg 645
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

9. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Horizontal reinforcement
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.
Column Footing
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

10. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Lighter member that spans between the girders
2 in
2in
Tilt-up Concrete Association

11. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

12. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Thermal Mass
Weep holes
20 ft
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

13. Capillary break is a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Mild
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

14. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Angle section (L)
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Barrier walls

15. Galvanizing is...
The concrete is cast at the site
Acrylic polymer-based mix
4000 psi
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

16. Form liners are used to...
Stretcher Face
Chairs
Drainage Walls
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

17. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Actual strength / required strength
annealed glass

18. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Lug
True
By functioning as a water reservior

19. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
2 in
Isolated pad footing
Rain-screen wall
A conventional wood light frame building

20. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Steel pipes
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

21. StiffBacks
Shores
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Cranes and rails
Gravel

22. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Mild
Structural concrete fill
Stress / strain = E

23. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Brick ledge
Composite
Less than it's ultimate stress
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

24. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Barrier walls
Footing
Lintel angle
Live end

25. What is an Isolation Joint?

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26. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
By Splitting I sections in half
24in
Sloped - thinner
Shores

27. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
1in
False
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

28. LH series has a depth range of...
18 to 48 in
Acrylic polymer-based mix
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Elastic

29. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Gravel
Pile
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Extruded Bricks

30. Built-up sections are made by _____
Molded bricks
3/8
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

31. Bond beams are _____
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Square - rectangular or round
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
A reinforced-masonry frame

32. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
52-72
Reinforced concrete member
Tunnel Form
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

33. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
16'
36 ksi
Modular
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

34. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Gravity load support to the veneer
Column Footing
Compression
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

35. What is the Fill Made up of?
stablize joists
Gravel
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
A ductile material

36. A wall footing is also called _____
Actual strength / required strength
FBX
Strip Footing
Joists

37. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
30 ft
Beams
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

38. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Pile
Cranes and rails
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Expanded metal lath

39. Rasping is what?
American Standard Shape
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Steel Joist Institute
Fibrous

40. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Modular
Construction Joint
EAF - OHF - BOF
That it is welded

41. Which type of EIF is most used?
PB pg 703
7 in
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Sloped toward the interior roof

42. strongbacks can

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43. What is the First arrow point at?
3000 PSI
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Leveling Nut
Site cast concrete slabs

44. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
90 to 180 degress
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.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

45. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

46. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
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.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
HHS
Hot Rolling

47. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Asymmetry
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

48. Most common used Veneer wall is...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Lateral load support to the veneer
By functioning as a water reservior

49. What is the formula for stress?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Stretcher Face
stress=force/area

50. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Square - rectangular or round
36 ksi