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1. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Pipe Section
Steel
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Tube

2. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Bed Joints
Weep holes
2in
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

3. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Live ends
Leveling Nut
Rain-screen wall
Grade 50 steel

4. In an English-bonded Wall
3/8 in
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Cranes and rails
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

5. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Air tight
Steel Joist Institute

6. Which type of EIF is most used?
18 to 48 in
PB pg 703
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Two piece wire anchors

7. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Lighter member that spans between the girders
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

8. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
5000 psi
Depth of the joist in inches

9. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Each course consists of Strechers
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
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
perpendicular

10. In what order are roof componants placed:
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Pipe Section
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

11. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Type S
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Asymmetry

12. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Air tight
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.
By functioning as a water reservior
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

13. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
2in pg 645
16 in
That it is welded

14. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
CMU backed brick veneer

15. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
2 1/2 in

16. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
G30 - G60 - G120
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Steel Joist Institute

17. What is Core Holes?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
240 in =20ft
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

18. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Spraying the mix over a mold
T section
Grouted Space
Two piece wire anchors

19. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
18 to 48 in
Strands
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

20. What is a construction joint?
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Depth of the joist in inches
3/8
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

21. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Wide-Flange section
Air tight
True
windward face

22. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Weak in shear
Sloped - thinner
Lug
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

23. Stress Formula
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Simple Connection
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

24. Rain screen is...
Force / Area
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Hot Rolling

25. Weep Holes are...
A Waffle Slab
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
American Standard Shape
Columns

26. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Square - rectangular or round
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Live end

27. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Tougher pg 617
Immediately about a flashing

28. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Cranes and rails
Base Plate

29. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Veneer wall
Open Headed joint
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

30. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
3/8
Gravity - wind and surface tension
That it is welded

31. The required color of a stucco surface is...
2 in
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Dead End
Footing

32. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Surface tension
2 to 4 ft
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
5 in

33. What is ultimate stress?
Hollow structural section
Stress at the point of failure
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Expanded metal lath

34. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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35. 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
24in
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Gas or arc

36. What is a construction joint?
Angle section (L)
AISC Type I Connection
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
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

37. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
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
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Surface tension
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

38. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Two piece wire anchors
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Bearing connection

39. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
SJI
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

40. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Drainage Walls
Footing
Water Proofing
3000 PSI

41. The Very middle one is called _____
Spraying the mix over a mold
Zero (0)
I Section
Steel pipes

42. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
4 to 6 ft
A conventional wood light frame building
Type N
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

43. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
One piece anchors
Type S
G30 - G60 - G120
Tube

44. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Elevated Slabs
Scaffolding
3/8
A992

45. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
5 in
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Width - W - of Unit

46. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Zero (0)
Pre-tensioned concrete
Tougher pg 617

47. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Gauge number
cohesive
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

48. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Base Plate
stress=force/area
Tougher pg 617
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

49. BOF full name is _______
More easily constructable.
Alkali resistant
where soil is not strong.
Basic Oxygen Furnace

50. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
7/8in
Drilled pier footing