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1. Retempering of motar means...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
T section
Adding water to the mortar

2. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
4000 psi
True
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Type N

3. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Type N
W - S - HP - M
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.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

4. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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5. Mechanical couplers are used
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Mild
T section
Flexural and Shear.

6. The Term Tendons includes Strands
A992
True
Pile
Concave

7. A tube is referred to as a ____
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
field bolting of steel member
HHS

8. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
2in
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Roof and Floor
Composite

9. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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10. Where are deep foundations used?
Construction Joint
Scratch coat
Lug
where soil is not strong.

11. A slip-critical connection is...
Lateral load support to the veneer
Angle section (L)
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

12. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Favorably
Steel fabricator
Hard coat EIFS
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

13. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
5 in
Lug
2 to 4 ft
Lintel angle

14. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Thermal Mass
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.
4000 psi
24

15. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
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.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

16. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Cross bearing Walls plane
Elastic
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

17. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Zinc
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.

18. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
8
True
10-13 feet.

19. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Stiff
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

20. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Pile
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Columns

21. HSS can be what Shape?
Scaffolding
Capillary break
Square - rectangular or round
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

22. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
10-13 feet.
That it is welded
Bed Joints

23. Most common used Veneer wall is...
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Within the plane of the veneer
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

24. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Metals that do not contain Metals
Heavier members and spans from column to column
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Tilt-up Concrete Association

25. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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26. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Gas or arc
American Standard Shape
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

27. A typical bond beam is provided with
Structural concrete fill
AISC Type I Connection
Horizontal reinforcement
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.

28. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Walls with overhangs
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Control joints in concrete do what?
5000 psi

29. Precast is where____
4
Brick ledge
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Air tight

30. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Grade 50 steel
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Sloped - thinner

31. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Scaffolding
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Two piece wire anchors
Stretcher Face

32. 1 kip = ____psi
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
1kip=1000psi
8 in to 30 in
Gas or arc

33. NonFerrous Metals are...
Peter Zumther
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Metals that do not contain Metals
Hot Rolling

34. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Highly Crosive - Extreme
8 in to 30 in
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
T section

35. 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
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Reservoir
True
Two piece wire anchors

36. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
AISC Type III Connection
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

37. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Hollow structural section
Mild
Spraying the mix over a mold
A continuous closure strip

38. Form liners are used to...
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Sloped - thinner
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

39. What is the First arrow point at?
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
At each floor level and roof level
By Splitting I sections in half
Leveling Nut

40. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Rain-screen wall
Strip Footing
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

41. Stripping time is ___
Lintel angle
Water Proofing
Lighter member that spans between the girders
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

42. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
T section
Horizontal reinforcement
Steel pipes
0.0025

43. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Pipe Section
False
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

44. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Thermal Mass
Drainage Walls
Base Plate
Hot Rolling

45. A Blast Furnace is a ______
A Waffle Slab
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Much lower
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.

46. Cold formings is when __
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Mock-up
Failure stress / allowable stress

47. Girder is...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
More easily constructable.
Tension
Wide-Flange section

48. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Footing
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
W - S - HP - M

49. Compressive Strength Formula
W - S - HP - M
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Providing an impervious barrier to water

50. Twist-off Bolt method is...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Pipe Section
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

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