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1. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
American Standard Shape
8 and 30 in
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Ground-Supported slabs area____

2. Twist-off Bolt method is...
A 100% solid unit
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
American Standard Shape
8 in to 30 in

3. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
shear force=force/area
A36
Some veneer walls
1in

4. Slagwool is _____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
cohesive
I Section
3/8 in

5. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Brick ledge
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
General contractor
A 100% solid unit

6. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Live end
Pink
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

7. A slip-critical connection is...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Chairs
Joists
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

8. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Lug
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

9. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Dead End
Open-Hearth furnace
Stiff
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

10. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Copper and stainless steel
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Beams and Columns
16'

11. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Sloped on both sides
Joists
T section

12. What is the Fill Made up of?
EAF - OHF - BOF
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Gravel
Lighter member that spans between the girders

13. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
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
Live ends
Zero (0)
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

14. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
40 ft
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
perpendicular

15. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
True
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Reinforced concrete member
Footing

16. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
EAF - OHF - BOF
A conventional wood light frame building
Acrylic polymer-based mix

17. Shelf angles are...
Open-Hearth furnace
Copper and stainless steel
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
2.67 ft

18. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
SJI
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Steel pipes
24

19. Built-up sections are made by _____
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Pile

20. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Thermal Mass
Leveling Nut
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
True

21. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
4
Steel Joist Institute
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
True

22. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
Elevated Slabs
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Beams and Columns
Elastic

23. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Either tension or compression
Column Footing

24. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Better
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

25. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
General contractor
Cranes and rails
K-series - LH series - DHL series

26. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Surface tension
By functioning as a water reservior
Barrier walls

27. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Columns
A reinforced-masonry frame
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

28. A Tunnel form consists of...
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
CMU backed brick veneer
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
True

29. a backup wall is required in a...
Veneer wall
Grouted Space
A reinforced-masonry frame
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

30. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Width - W - of Unit
G30 - G60 - G120
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

31. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Vertical reinforcing bars
18 to 48 in
20 ft
Fibrous

32. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
FBX
Floor decks
Copper and stainless steel
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

33. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
False
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
0.0025

34. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
T section
Construction Joint
A Waffle Slab

35. A rigid Connection is also called...
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
AISC Type I Connection
2in pg 645
A992

36. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
5000 psi
7/8in
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

37. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Two piece wire anchors
Veneer wall
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

38. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Alkali resistant
Thermal Mass
Molded bricks

39. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
3/8
True

40. The term FLying form refers to...
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
4000 psi
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

41. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Walls with overhangs
Elevated Slabs
Immediately above the flashing
Live end

42. Formwork is refereed to as
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Scaffolding
excavation
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

43. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Immediately above the flashing
Beams
Elevated Slabs
Copper and stainless steel

44. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
30ft
False
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

45. What is the formula for strain?
=change in length/original length
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Molded bricks
Steel fabricator

46. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
16'
2 1/2 in
Acrylic polymer-based mix

47. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Some veneer walls
24in
Within the plane of the veneer

48. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
tempered glass
Favorably
False

49. Precast is where____
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Failure stress / allowable stress
Vertical reinforcing bars

50. Twist-off Bolt method is...
Modular
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
20 ft