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1. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Columns
A 100% solid unit
Flexural and Shear.
Lug

2. The second coat of stucco is called...
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Brown coat
Solid unit
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

3. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
True
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

4. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
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.
A conventional wood light frame building
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

5. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Tube
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

6. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Expanded metal lath
Brown coat
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Beams and Columns

7. Formwork is refereed to as
False
Pile
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
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

8. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Pipe Section
Joists

9. LH series has a depth range of...
Flexural and Shear.
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Each floor level
18 to 48 in

10. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Cross bearing Walls plane
Drilled pier footing
Two flange plates
2

11. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
30 ft
Leveling Nut
Spraying the mix over a mold
Zinc

12. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Pile
Tube
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
structural frame

13. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Spraying the mix over a mold
True
Soft-coat EIFS
Stress at the point of failure

14. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Reservoir
Zero (0)
Leveling Nut
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

15. Ferrous Metals are...
Metals that contain Iron
excavation
The concrete is cast at the site
2in

16. What is the First arrow point at?
4000 psi
Column Footing
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Leveling Nut

17. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
8 and 30 in
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
tempered glass

18. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Structural concrete fill
8
Column Footing
24

19. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
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
The cladding resists all the wind load
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

20. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Angle section (L)
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Fibrous

21. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
same
Capillary break
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
That it is welded

22. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Head Joints
True
EAF - BOF - OHF

23. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
Shelf angles
Type S
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Pipe Section

24. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Stress at the point of failure
Columns
5000 psi

25. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Rain-screen wall
Construction Joint
A ductile material

26. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Acrylic polymer-based mix
A conventional wood light frame building
8 in to 30 in

27. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Some veneer walls
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

28. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
40 ft
Gauge number
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

29. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
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.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Concrete masonry Units
AISC Type II Connection

30. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
Fibrous
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
3in
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

31. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Site cast concrete slabs
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Gauge number

32. BOF full name is _______
Head Joints
Base Plate
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Basic Oxygen Furnace

33. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Chairs
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
General contractor
Weak in shear

34. HSS can be what Shape?
Square - rectangular or round
Barrier walls
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Noncohesive Soils

35. The Slag is what?
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Open Headed joint
2in

36. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Stress / strain = E
Chairs
8 and 30 in

37. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
2in
2
Head Joints
Reservoir

38. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
3000 psi
American Standard Shape
Noncohesive Soils
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. Walers
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
2in pg 645

40. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

41. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
AISC Type III Connection

42. W-Shape is also called _____
Wide-Flange section
30ft
Lug
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

43. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
5000 psi
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.
Within the plane of the veneer
Steel

44. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
The Framework
Drilled pier footing
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
4000 psi

45. How is a T section made?
Lug
Joists
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
By Splitting I sections in half

46. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
W - S - HP - M
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Grouted Space

47. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
stablize joists
True
Hollow structural section
Column Footing

48. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
20 ft
EAF - OHF - BOF
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
90 to 180 degress

49. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
5000 psi
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
True

50. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
2in
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Lateral load support to the veneer