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1. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Scratch coat
Live end
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

2. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

3. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
24
Acrylic polymer-based mix

4. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
That it is welded
AISC Type I Connection
More easily constructable.

5. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
A36
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Elevated Slabs
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

6. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
3in
Tube
Chairs
Force / Area

7. A two way joist floor is also called...
CMU backed brick veneer
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
A Waffle Slab
3in

8. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
SJI
Grouted Space
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Barrier walls

9. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
A325
Drilled pier footing
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Live end

10. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Barrier walls
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

11. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Sloped on both sides
2in pg 645

12. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
where soil is not strong.
16'
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

13. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Pink
Base Plate
American Standard Shape
perpendicular

14. Stripping time is ___
T section
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Cinder Block

15. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
field bolting of steel member
Fibrous
Roof and Floor
5000 psi

16. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Lug
Surface tension
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
A ductile material

17. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Roof and Floor
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
5 in
Columns

18. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Noncohesive Soils

19. What is ultimate stress?
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Stress at the point of failure
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

20. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Solid unit
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
Better

21. 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...
52-72
30 ft
Lighter member that spans between the girders
I Section

22. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Cranes and rails
Alkali resistant
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W-shaped beams - Steel joints

23. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
A325
2 to 4 ft
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

24. K-series has a depth range of?
8 in to 30 in
Compressive strength
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

25. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
Flying forms
16 in
Angle section (L)
Brick ledge

26. StiffBacks
2 1/2 in
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Footing
Roof and Floor

27. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
stablize joists
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

28. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
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.
Residential
False

29. Twist-off Bolt method is...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
T section
Elevated Slabs

30. A vapor retarder is required under
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Providing an impervious barrier to water
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

31. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Ground-Supported slabs area____
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
2in

32. The GFRC skin is typically
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
stress=force/area
1/2 to 3/4 thick
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

33. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
One piece anchors
Support Pylons

34. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Better
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

35. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Pile
Square - rectangular or round
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
2in

36. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
connection beam flanges
Cross bearing Walls plane
Portland cement stucco
Pipe Section

37. Stress Formula
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
True

38. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
3000 PSI
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

39. The most common thickness for mortar is____
Joists
Drilled pier footing
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
3/8

40. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Shelf angles
At each floor level and roof level
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

41. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
4000 psi
Scratch coat
Isolated pad footing

42. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
annealed glass
That it is welded
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
perpendicular

43. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Zero (0)
The cladding resists all the wind load
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

44. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Live ends

45. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
shear force=force/area

46. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Actual strength / required strength
True
cohesive
More easily constructable.

47. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
8 in
High-treated carbon steel
Two flange plates
Elevated Slabs

48. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
125psi
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
3/8

49. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Footing
Pipe Section
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

50. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Elastic
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
perpendicular
Steel