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1. BOF full name is _______
Air tight
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Chairs
Cohesive

2. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Site cast concrete slabs
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Parallel - wider

3. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
Tension
2 to 4 ft
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

4. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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5. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
After World War 2
Concave
Bed Joints
Lintel angle

6. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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7. W-Shape is also called _____
Beams
Cinder Block
Wide-Flange section
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

8. Stress Formula
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Cranes and rails
Air tight

9. What does TCA stand for?
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Less than it's ultimate stress
Tilt-up Concrete Association

10. What is the Fill Made up of?
Capillary break
Hard coat EIFS
Gravel
Peter Zumther

11. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
4000 psi
Within the plane of the veneer
Alkali resistant
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.

12. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
8 in to 30 in
Zinc
Pile

13. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
S50X30
False
8

14. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Site cast concrete slabs
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
False
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

15. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

16. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Footing
Live end
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

17. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
A continuous closure strip
Hard coat EIFS
Type S
Heavier members and spans from column to column

18. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
1in
Pile
Lateral load support to the veneer

19. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
3/8 in
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

20. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
5000 psi
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Zero (0)

21. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
EAF - BOF - OHF
Mild
Gravel
8

22. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Mock-up
Brick ledge
Joists
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

23. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
2in
Alkali resistant
Compressive strength

24. S section I beam with a nominal depth of 50' and a weight of 60 lbs per 3 feet
4000 psi
S50X30
Barrier walls
Zero (0)

25. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
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
A horizontal butt join in cladding

26. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Immediately about a flashing
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

27. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
Capillary break
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
20 ft

28. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
That it is welded
Tunnel Form
Shelf angles
10-13 feet.

29. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
2in
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Is embedded in the walls
Cross bearing Walls plane

30. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Metals that do not contain Metals
Pile
Spraying the mix over a mold
8 in to 30 in

31. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
A conventional wood light frame building
Rain-screen wall
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Mildly

32. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
windward face
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Type N

33. Wicks consist of...
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Force / Area
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

34. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Solid unit
Steel Grade
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

35. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Live ends
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Spraying the mix over a mold
True

36. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
By functioning as a water reservior
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Isolation Joints

37. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Flying forms
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
True
Continuous Stip footing

38. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Water Proofing
Support Pylons
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Sloped toward the interior roof

39. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
2
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
3in
One piece anchors

40. OHF full name is?
Open-Hearth furnace
3000 psi
40 ft
Reinforced concrete member

41. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Concave
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
4000 psi
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

42. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Isolated pad footing
A992
Brown coat

43. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Compressive strength
Joists
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Live end

44. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
5 in
4
True
Better

45. K-series has a depth range of?
shear force=force/area
3000 PSI
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
8 in to 30 in

46. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Less than it's ultimate stress
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Stretcher Face

47. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Walls with overhangs
Head Joints
Columns
SJI

48. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Open Headed joint
8 in
50
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

49. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
125psi
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Brown coat
excavation

50. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Immediately above the flashing
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
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
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______