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1. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Vertical reinforcing bars
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Bed Joints
Molded bricks

2. How is a T section made?
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
By Splitting I sections in half
Site cast concrete slabs

3. What is the formula for stress?
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
stress=force/area
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Site cast concrete slabs

4. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Plortland cement-based mix
Better
Gravity load support to the veneer
Mock-up

5. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
tempered glass
Tube
field bolting of steel member
4

6. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Mock-up
That it is welded

7. What does TCA stand for?
5 in
Floor decks
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Open-Hearth furnace

8. One-way deck is a ______
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
20 ft
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

9. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Cross bearing Walls plane
Elastic
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Pipe Section

10. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Portland cement stucco
Soft-coat EIFS
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.

11. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
0.0025
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
True

12. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Solid unit
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Tension
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

13. What is the formula for shear force?
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Force / Area
shear force=force/area
Noncohesive Soils

14. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
General contractor
Columns

15. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Columns
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Grouted Space

16. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Live end

17. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Grade 50 steel
A 100% solid unit
False

18. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
PB pg 703
False
Lug

19. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
4000 psi
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
Immediately about a flashing
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

20. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Snap Tie
W - S - HP - M
Hot Rolling

21. A Simple Connection is...
3 in
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
AISC Type II Connection
Providing an impervious barrier to water

22. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Reinforced concrete member
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
tempered glass

23. Stress Formula
Grade 50 steel
Immediately above
Immediately above
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

24. Site-cast is when ____
The concrete is cast at the site
Roof and Floor
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

25. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Veneer wall
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Highly Crosive - Extreme
stress=force/area

26. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Brick ledge
Veneer wall
connection beam flanges
2in

27. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Pink
Snap Tie
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Support Pylons

28. Clay is _______
cohesive
3/8
Compressive strength
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

29. Rain screen is...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Steel Joist Institute
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

30. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
52-72
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
False

31. Girder is...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
S50X30
Immediately above
Scaffolding

32. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Is embedded in the walls
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Elastic-plastic
Support Pylons

33. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
3000 PSI
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Scratch coat

34. K-series has a depth range of?
Plortland cement-based mix
8 in to 30 in
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Vertical

35. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Gas or arc
2.67 ft
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

36. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
T section
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Tube
Control joints in concrete do what?

37. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Weep holes
Stiff
125psi
W16X25

38. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Providing an impervious barrier to water
perpendicular
2in

39. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
4 to 6 ft
Pipe Section
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Gas or arc

40. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Joists
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
Pre-tensioned concrete
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

41. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Basic Oxygen Furnace
8 and 30 in
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
2 1/2 in

42. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
Horizontal reinforcement
Tube
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
Modular

43. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
3000 PSI
3/8
Support Pylons
A ductile material

44. A pour stop is generally used with
Floor decks
HHS
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Gravity load support to the veneer

45. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Columns
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

46. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
36 ksi
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
8 in

47. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
7 in
True
EAF - BOF - OHF
Walls with overhangs

48. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Compression
Drilled pier footing
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Site cast concrete slabs

49. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
T section
True
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

50. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Carbon steel
2 1/2 in
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Depth of the joist in inches