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1. Working is the process by which____
Portland cement stucco
A 100% solid unit
Lintel angle
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

2. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
2in
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Steel
AISC Type II Connection

3. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
A 100% solid unit
Zero (0)
Elevated Slabs
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

4. Cellular-type plan is ______
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
False
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
8 in to 30 in

5. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
field bolting of steel member
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Gravel
4000 psi

6. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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7. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Immediately above the flashing
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
where soil is not strong.
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

8. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
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
T section
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

9. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
0.0025
FBX
Live end
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

10. OHF full name is?
Depth of the joist in inches
18'
Open-Hearth furnace
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

11. A snug-Tight condition is _____
3/8 in
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
A reinforced-masonry frame

12. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Column Footing
Base Plate
EAF - OHF - BOF

13. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
where soil is not strong.
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
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

14. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
4 to 6 ft
Pile
By Splitting I sections in half
Width - W - of Unit

15. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
Thermal Mass
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
After World War 2

16. Strain Formula
Either tension or compression
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Concrete masonry Units

17. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Isolation Joints
Steel
structural frame
I Section

18. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Base Plate
Open Headed joint
Composite
Barrier walls

19. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Each floor level
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

20. Most of the cost comes from _____
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
A horizontal butt join in cladding
The Framework

21. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
2in
After World War 2
30ft
Simple Connection

22. PT concrete is Also known as _______
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Shelf angles
Pre-tensioned concrete
I Section

23. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
125psi
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Peter Zumther
3/8

24. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Mild
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
By functioning as a water reservior

25. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Metals that do not contain Metals
AISC Type II Connection
T section

26. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Pile
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Continuous Stip footing
Ground-Supported slabs area____

27. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Shelf angles
5000 psi
Weak in shear
Elastic

28. StiffBacks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Pipe Section
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

29. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
8
Construction Joint
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

30. A typical bond beam is provided with
Horizontal reinforcement
Asymmetry
One piece anchors
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

31. EAF full name is?
Electric Arc Furnace
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
=change in length/original length

32. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Peter Zumther
Snap Tie
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
False

33. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Capillary break
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Less than it's ultimate stress
EAF - BOF - OHF

34. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Steel pipes
connection beam flanges
Simple Connection
T section

35. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
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.

36. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
4000 psi
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Grade 50 steel

37. Rain screen is...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
144^2 - 18ft.
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Tube

38. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
3/8 in
3/8
A325

39. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

40. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Stiff
Isolation Joints
3/8
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

41. Cold formings is when __
Reservoir
Structural concrete fill
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Brown coat

42. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
A Waffle Slab
Barrier walls
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
3/8

43. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
A reinforced-masonry frame
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
2

44. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Solid unit
Percast at the construction site

45. Bond beams are _____
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Live end
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
HHS

46. What is the formula for stress?
stress=force/area
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Depth of the joist in inches
Footing

47. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Joists
A 100% solid unit

48. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Live ends
Head Joints
Carbon steel

49. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Gauge number
Stiff
same
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

50. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
Steel pipes
Either tension or compression
3in
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams