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1. S-Shape is also called ____
same
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
4
American Standard Shape

2. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Two flange plates
Adding water to the mortar

3. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
A992
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.
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

4. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
shear force=force/area
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

5. Two-way deck is a ____
90 to 180 degress
Weak in shear
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

6. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
S50X30
Grade 50 steel
EAF - BOF - OHF
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

7. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Weep holes
Reinforced concrete member
3/8 in
Gravel

8. 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 _____
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
8 and 30 in
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
2.67 ft

9. What is a control joint used for?
90 to 180 degress
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Masonry walls without virtical 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.

10. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Hard coat EIFS
shear force=force/area
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Peter Zumther

11. Twist-off Bolt method is...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
2in
Base Plate
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

12. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Steel
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.

13. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
tempered glass
W - S - HP - M

14. W-Shape is also called _____
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Live end
Wide-Flange section
Steel Joist Institute

15. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Gravel
Lateral load support to the veneer
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

16. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Head Joints
Elevated Slabs
Sloped - thinner

17. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Gravity load support to the veneer
Zero (0)
Tube
90 to 180 degress

18. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
3 in
Veneer wall
Support Pylons

19. Formwork is refereed to as
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Structural concrete fill
A325
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

20. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Percast at the construction site
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Air tight
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

21. Girder is...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Grouted Space
8 and 30 in
Grade 50 steel

22. What is an Isolation Joint?

23. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Stretcher Face
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

24. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Scaffolding

25. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Strip Footing
Columns
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

26. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
2in
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

27. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Gravity load support to the veneer
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Wide-Flange section
By functioning as a water reservior

28. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Roof and Floor
M -S -N -O
Lighter weight
3/8 in

29. One-way deck is a ______
stress=force/area
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Either tension or compression
Cinder Block

30. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Drainage Walls
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
HHS
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

31. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
True
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

32. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Drainage Walls
Much lower
Favorably
Columns

33. What does HHS stand for?
AISC Type II Connection
Hollow structural section
Steel
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

34. Safety Margin formula
Head Joints
Pile
Actual strength / required strength
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

35. Effloresecence
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.
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Heavier members and spans from column to column
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

36. 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.
Beams
every floor
Zero (0)

37. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Dead End
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Highly Crosive - Extreme
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

38. The term FLying form refers to...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
True
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
More easily constructable.

39. In what order are roof componants placed:
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
2in pg 645
Rain-screen wall
Concrete masonry Units

40. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Depth of the joist in inches
Each course consists of Strechers
W16X25

41. the GFRC skin is obtained by
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Columns
Spraying the mix over a mold
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

42. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
cohesive
tempered glass
Isolation Joints

43. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Live end
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Immediately about a flashing
Base Plate

44. Unfinished bolts are made from
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Steel pipes
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Carbon steel

45. The Very middle one is called _____
8
I Section
Leveling Nut
Zinc

46. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
2in
Each floor level
2

47. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Bed Joints
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
2
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

48. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
EAF - BOF - OHF
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Stiff

49. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Cinder Block
Cinder Block
Immediately above
At each floor level and roof level

50. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
CMU backed brick veneer
windward face
Within the plane of the veneer
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels