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1. In what order are roof componants placed:
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Brown coat

2. Z-flashing is effective in...
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Gauge number
A horizontal butt join in cladding

3. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
2 1/2 in
A reinforced-masonry frame
Mildly
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

4. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Fibrous
3in

5. Thermal Mass is _____
Concrete masonry Units
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Lug
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

6. the GFRC skin is obtained by
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Spraying the mix over a mold
Walls with overhangs
Control joints in concrete do what?

7. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
3in
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
3000 psi

8. In an English-bonded Wall
M -S -N -O
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

9. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Compression
HHS

10. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Tension
Steel fabricator

11. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Sloped - thinner
3000 PSI
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Porland cement - lime - and sand

12. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Sloped on both sides
That it is welded
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

13. Cold formings is when __
Elastic-plastic
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

14. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Much lower
Acrylic polymer-based mix
1in
Structural concrete fill

15. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Isolated pad footing
Solid unit

16. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
5 in
30ft
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.
Lighter weight

17. Rasping is what?
Elevated Slabs
A325
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
True

18. Bricks that have frogs are...
Molded bricks
40 ft
1in
Metals that do not contain Metals

19. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
5 in
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
A992

20. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Spraying the mix over a mold
Width - W - of Unit
A 100% solid unit

21. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
windward face
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Within the plane of the veneer
Elastic-plastic

22. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Adding water to the mortar
4000 psi
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
structural frame

23. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Air tight
A conventional wood light frame building
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.
The cladding resists all the wind load

24. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Type S
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

25. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Column Footing
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.

26. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
Hollow structural section
True
General contractor
8

27. How is a T section made?
Noncohesive Soils
By Splitting I sections in half
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

28. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Steel Grade
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Square - rectangular or round
True

29. A tube is referred to as a ____
A continuous closure strip
Brick ledge
HHS
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

30. Stress Formula
240 in =20ft
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
True
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

31. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Hard coat EIFS
excavation
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

32. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
3/8 in
3000 psi
Grouted Space
True

33. In an English-bonded Wall
Veneer wall
Rain-screen wall
3 in
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

34. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Providing an impervious barrier to water
A325
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Thermal Mass

35. What is the 2 arrow?
AISC Type III Connection
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Some veneer walls
Base Plate

36. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Bed Joints
2in
connection beam flanges
W - S - HP - M

37. The Very middle one is called _____
Two flange plates
I Section
Steel pipes
Adding water to the mortar

38. A joint screen is an
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

39. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Modular
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

40. W-Shape is also called _____
30ft
Wide-Flange section
Each course consists of Strechers
stress=force/area

41. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Construction Joint
Less than it's ultimate stress

42. OHF full name is?
24in
Open-Hearth furnace
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
False

43. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Gravel
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Surface tension
30 ft

44. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Tunnel Form
Joists
General contractor
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

45. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

46. Flashing needs to have these qualities
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
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.
5000 psi

47. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Failure stress / allowable stress
10-13 feet.
High-treated carbon steel

48. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Cross bearing Walls plane
I Section
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

49. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Barrier walls
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

50. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
1/2 to 3/4 thick
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.