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1. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

2. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
After World War 2
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Thermal Mass
Molded bricks

3. What is the 2 arrow?
Head Joints
same
Base Plate
EAF - OHF - BOF

4. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Hard coat EIFS
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

5. The most water tight joint is ____
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Electric Arc Furnace
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Concave

6. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Head Joints
5000 psi
2in
Pipe Section

7. What is the First arrow point at?
Weak in shear
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Leveling Nut
1in

8. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
1in
=change in length/original length
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Solid unit

9. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Control joints in concrete do what?
Tension
Sloped - thinner
Snap Tie

10. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Fibrous
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Construction Joint

11. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Gas or arc
36 ksi
Soft-coat EIFS
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

12. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
7 in
AISC Type II Connection

13. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
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
True
Molded bricks
False

14. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
20 ft
Snap Tie
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

15. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
16'
A Waffle Slab
False

16. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Grade 50 steel
Lug
Chairs
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

17. strongbacks can

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18. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
Is embedded in the walls
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Thermal Mass
4000 psi

19. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
4000 psi
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.
Type N

20. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
125psi
Lighter weight
Some veneer walls
Site cast concrete slabs

21. A material that is weak in tension is...
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Weak in shear
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

22. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Drainage Walls
Reservoir
Porland cement - lime - and sand

23. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
30ft
125psi
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

24. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
windward face
Less than it's ultimate stress
Reinforced concrete member
Concave

25. A pour stop is generally used with
3/8
Floor decks
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
field bolting of steel member

26. A snape Tie consits of...
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Peter Zumther
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

27. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Sloped on both sides
3in
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Elastic

28. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Metals that do not contain Metals
24in

29. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Actual strength / required strength
same
Steel Grade
Air tight

30. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Solid unit
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

31. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
3000 PSI
Columns
Steel
Elastic-plastic

32. Precast is where____
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
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.
3/8
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

33. What is a control joint used for?
Steel Grade
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
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.

34. Stripping time is ___
Continuous Stip footing
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Veneer wall
3 in

35. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
By functioning as a water reservior
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

36. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Rain-screen wall
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

37. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
A reinforced-masonry frame
Tension

38. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
2 1/2 in
Concave

39. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Surface tension
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Brick ledge

40. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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41. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Heavier members and spans from column to column

42. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Weep holes
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.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Tension

43. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
3 in
Structural concrete fill
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

44. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Zinc
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
windward face
8

45. A vapor retarder is required under
G30 - G60 - G120
Structural concrete fill
Alkali resistant
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

46. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Some veneer walls
Hollow structural section
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

47. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Floor decks
M -S -N -O

48. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
Immediately above
8 in
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
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.

49. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
Joists
2in
A horizontal butt join in cladding
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

50. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
8
Width - W - of Unit
2in

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