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1. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...






2. Walers






3. The required color of a stucco surface is...






4. Cast Iron is formed when _______






5. A slip-critical connection is...






6. The Slag is what?






7. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?






8. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...






9. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






10. 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...






11. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...






12. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






13. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...






14. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?






15. The coping on a roof parapet is generally






16. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building






17. Most common used Veneer wall is...






18. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?






19. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick






20. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water






21. Slagwool is _____






22. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...






23. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?






24. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with






25. OHF full name is?






26. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...






27. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be






28. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...






29. W-Shape is also called _____






30. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...






31. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...






32. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through






33. 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






34. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from






35. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?






36. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






37. strongbacks can

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38. What is an Isolation Joint?

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39. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____






40. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___






41. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?






42. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...






43. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression






44. The use of ______ concrete is customary






45. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer






46. Camber refers to...






47. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?






48. A snape Tie consits of...






49. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up






50. Cellular-type plan is ______