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1. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Percast at the construction site
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
I Section

2. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
True
Snap Tie
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

3. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Strip Footing
3 in
Favorably

4. 1 kip = ____psi
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Carbon steel
1kip=1000psi
2 1/2 in

5. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
3/8 in
Horizontal reinforcement
False

6. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
Live end
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Leveling Nut

7. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Barrier walls
Site cast concrete slabs
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

8. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
True
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Shores

9. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Noncohesive Soils
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

10. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
240 in =20ft
Lug
Carbon steel
General contractor

11. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Percast at the construction site
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
A992

12. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Percast at the construction site
A325
Mildly
same

13. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
A325
Beams
Elevated Slabs
4 to 6 ft

14. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Noncohesive Soils
Brown coat
3/8
Compressive strength

15. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Structural concrete fill
EAF - OHF - BOF
Drilled pier footing

16. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
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.
Length - L - of unit
Grouted Space
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

17. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
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.
Veneer wall
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

18. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
2in
Portland cement stucco
Elevated Slabs
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

19. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
EAF - BOF - OHF
Portland cement stucco
Pipe Section
90 to 180 degress

20. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Grouted Space
Lateral load support to the veneer

21. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Cinder Block
Chairs
True
2 to 4 ft

22. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
3in
A ductile material
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

23. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Base Plate
Gravel
Two flange plates
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

24. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
18'
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Elevated Slabs
Increase the strength of beam in shear

25. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
1in
Horizontal reinforcement
Beams and Columns
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

26. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
T section
Flexural and Shear.
Residential
same

27. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
Steel
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
2in

28. A joint screen is an
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
A horizontal butt join in cladding
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

29. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
The cladding resists all the wind load
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

30. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Column Footing
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Cinder Block

31. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
AISC Type III Connection
False
2in
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

32. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Isolation Joints
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Water Proofing

33. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Much lower
Composite
A992
Cranes and rails

34. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
Gravity - wind and surface tension
True
A ductile material
Stretcher Face

35. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
By Splitting I sections in half
30ft
Beams
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

36. The Very middle one is called _____
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.
tempered glass
Zinc
I Section

37. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Lintel angle
W - S - HP - M
Metals that do not contain Metals

38. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Open Headed joint
2 1/2 in
Copper and stainless steel
connection beam flanges

39. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
3in

40. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
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.
Chairs
Within the plane of the veneer

41. A Tunnel form consists of...
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
20 ft
Grouted Space
Heavier members and spans from column to column

42. Mechanical couplers are used
True
CMU backed brick veneer
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

43. Precast is where____
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
I Section
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

44. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Portland cement stucco
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
0.0025

45. Two-way deck is a ____
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Dead End
Actual strength / required strength

46. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Sloped - thinner
Gas or arc
Two flange plates
Immediately above the flashing

47. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
After World War 2
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Alkali resistant

48. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
2in
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
8
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

49. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Either tension or compression
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Hot Rolling

50. EAF full name is?
Hollow structural section
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
30 ft
Electric Arc Furnace