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1. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Portland cement stucco
Within the plane of the veneer
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Ground-Supported slabs area____

2. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
Compressive strength
3000 psi
The cladding resists all the wind load
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. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
Mild
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Joists

4. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Sloped toward the interior roof
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Beams and Columns
2in

5. What is Core Holes?
FBX
8 and 30 in
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Zero (0)

6. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Each floor level
M -S -N -O
36 ksi
1in

7. 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
Footing
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
24in
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

8. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Soft-coat EIFS
16'

9. Unfinished bolts are made from
Carbon steel
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.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Within the plane of the veneer

10. Bricks that have frogs are...
Brick ledge
Immediately about a flashing
Steel
Molded bricks

11. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
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
Beams and Columns
Veneer wall

12. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
4000 psi
Acrylic polymer-based mix
M -S -N -O
Scratch coat

13. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Walls with overhangs
Shores
Gauge number

14. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Beams
Grade 50 steel
Extruded Bricks
Pink

15. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
4 to 6 ft
Vertical reinforcing bars
Walls with overhangs
Stress / strain = E

16. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
4000 psi
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Live end

17. Stirrups are generally made of...
4000 psi
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Cross bearing Walls plane
=change in length/original length

18. The second coat of stucco is called...
Joists
Brown coat
Footing
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

19. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
True
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Porland cement - lime - and sand

20. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Isolated pad footing
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Electric Arc Furnace

21. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
Is embedded in the walls
2in pg 645
Site cast concrete slabs
Reinforced concrete member

22. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Capillary break
Dead End
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
3 in

23. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
HHS
That it is welded
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
PB pg 703

24. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
same
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
24in
Mildly

25. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
S50X30
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

26. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
20 ft
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Shores
Tube

27. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Column Footing
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

28. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Length - L - of unit
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Weak in shear

29. What is the formula for stress?
stress=force/area
Portland cement stucco
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

30. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
A ductile material
Less than it's ultimate stress
Sloped - thinner
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

31. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Walls with overhangs
same
2 in

32. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Surface tension

33. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Favorably
General contractor
Pipe Section
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.

34. What is the bottom piece called?
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Footing
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.
same

35. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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36. The purpose of flashing is to...
Bearing connection
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Modular
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

37. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
tempered glass
Leveling Nut
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

38. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Floor decks
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

39. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Immediately about a flashing

40. A snape Tie consits of...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Chairs
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
30 ft

41. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
3/8
Grouted Space
That it is welded

42. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
CMU backed brick veneer
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Adding water to the mortar

43. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Vertical
Beams and Columns
Tunnel Form
AISC Type I Connection

44. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
True
Some veneer walls
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Steel fabricator

45. The most common thickness for mortar is____
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
3/8
connection beam flanges
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

46. Clay is _______
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
cohesive
Carbon steel
Grouted Space

47. Conventional stucco is also called...
16 in
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Bed Joints
Portland cement stucco

48. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Soft-coat EIFS
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Live ends

49. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
A36
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Joists
16 in

50. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Soft-coat EIFS
AISC Type III Connection
Type S
True