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1. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
Scaffolding
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Chairs

2. What is the First arrow point at?
Grouted Space
Leveling Nut
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Immediately above

3. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

4. What is the First arrow point at?
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Leveling Nut
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

5. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
3/8
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
A992

6. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Column Footing
Acrylic polymer-based mix
A992

7. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Hot Rolling
A horizontal butt join in cladding
3 in

8. 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.
Metals that do not contain Metals
Tougher pg 617
Footing
Live ends

9. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
Pipe Section
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
excavation

10. The Top right hand Beam is called a
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Brown coat
T section
Flexural and Shear.

11. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
A continuous closure strip
Lintel angle
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

12. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Drilled pier footing
Actual strength / required strength
False

13. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
annealed glass
True
Highly Crosive - Extreme
perpendicular

14. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
Rain-screen wall
A992
3/8
Either tension or compression

15. Factor for safety formula
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Failure stress / allowable stress
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

16. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Rain-screen wall
Ground-Supported slabs area____
40 ft
125psi

17. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Chairs
Lug
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

18. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Lintel angle
Metals that contain Iron

19. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
4
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Each course consists of Strechers
Column Footing

20. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
One piece anchors
Walls with overhangs
2.67 ft

21. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Roof and Floor
3000 PSI
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Thermal Mass

22. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Live ends
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Bearing connection
7/8in

23. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Flexural and Shear.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Lug

24. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Support Pylons
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
structural frame

25. Wicks consist of...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
3in
True
Leveling Nut

26. What does SJI stand for?
Weak in shear
Steel Joist Institute
Cinder Block
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

27. 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.
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Pile
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
4

28. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
W - S - HP - M
Lighter member that spans between the girders

29. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Flexural and Shear.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
16'

30. EAF full name is?
Electric Arc Furnace
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Site cast concrete slabs

31. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

32. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
8 in to 30 in
Elevated Slabs
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

33. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Barrier walls
S50X30
Zinc
Floor decks

34. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Surface tension
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
same
Simple Connection

35. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
A continuous closure strip
Live end
Open-Hearth furnace
Adding water to the mortar

36. Shear stress formula
I Section
tempered glass
Force / Area
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

37. A material that is weak in tension is...
50
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Weak in shear

38. Standard CMU size
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
2in
Grouted Space

39. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
windward face
Tension
Vertical reinforcing bars
Structural concrete fill

40. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Modular
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
At each floor level and roof level
excavation

41. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Leveling Nut
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
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.

42. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Angle section (L)
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

43. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Zinc
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
24in
True

44. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
4000 psi
Immediately above the flashing
8 in to 30 in

45. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Drainage Walls
Parallel - wider
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
24

46. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Base Plate
Air tight
windward face
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

47. 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?
Brick ledge
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Isolation Joints
Two flange plates

48. A Simple Connection is...
Wide-Flange section
Angle section (L)
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
A horizontal butt join in cladding

49. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Beams and Columns
Gauge number
A 100% solid unit
Joists

50. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Steel Joist Institute
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Some veneer walls