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1. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Grade 50 steel
CMU backed brick veneer
I Section
Cohesive

2. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
Gas or arc
3 in
tempered glass
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

3. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
CMU backed brick veneer
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
shear force=force/area
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

4. Girder is...
Vertical reinforcing bars
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

5. A common type of Form Tie is ____
3 in
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Snap Tie
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

6. Shear stress formula
Vertical reinforcing bars
Pile
Force / Area
Isolation Joints

7. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
Air tight
Portland cement stucco
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

8. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
Either tension or compression
30ft
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Sloped on both sides

9. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
False
36 ksi
4000 psi
W - S - HP - M

10. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Columns
Some veneer walls
windward face
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

11. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
16 in
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
18'
Strands

12. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Highly Crosive - Extreme

13. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
M -S -N -O
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Gas or arc
Construction Joint

14. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
2in
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Weak in shear
Stress at the point of failure

15. The Term Tendons includes Strands
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
40 ft
More easily constructable.
True

16. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Pre-tensioned concrete
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Lighter weight
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

17. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Elevated Slabs

18. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Zero (0)
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Bearing connection
The concrete is cast at the site

19. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Copper and stainless steel
Structural concrete fill
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Steel pipes

20. 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...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Increase the strength of beam in shear
30 ft
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

21. Arch welding is where
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Open Headed joint
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

22. Stirrups are generally made of...
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
T section
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Depth of the joist in inches

23. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
windward face

24. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
5000 psi
Reservoir
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Tube

25. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Reservoir
Asymmetry
Hot Rolling
36 ksi

26. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
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
Joists
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Bearing connection

27. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Lug
SJI
G30 - G60 - G120

28. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
connection beam flanges
False
Gravel
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

29. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Increase the strength of beam in shear
SJI

30. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
AISC Type III Connection
2 to 4 ft
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
2in

31. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
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.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

32. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
Vertical
Stretcher Face
SJI
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

33. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Barrier walls
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Column Footing

34. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Mildly
Open-Hearth furnace
Steel pipes
Elastic

35. W-Shape is also called _____
Wide-Flange section
Barrier walls
Leveling Nut
Thermal Mass

36. Standard CMU size
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Horizontal reinforcement

37. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
Construction Joint
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

38. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Joists
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
After World War 2
Expanded metal lath

39. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Gravity load support to the veneer
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

40. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Force / Area
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Acrylic polymer-based mix

41. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
General contractor
Pipe Section
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Lintel angle

42. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Mild
1in
Barrier walls
36 ksi

43. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Fibrous
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

44. Cellular-type plan is ______
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
FBX
Extruded Bricks
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

45. Capillary break is a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
where soil is not strong.
Mild
Vertical

46. What is the Fill Made up of?
4 to 6 ft
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Gravel
3/8

47. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Steel fabricator
Soft-coat EIFS
Rain-screen wall
Stiff

48. What is ultimate stress?
Mild
Open Headed joint
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Stress at the point of failure

49. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
24in
Much lower
HHS

50. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Shelf angles
Construction Joint
2
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.