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1. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Columns
Hot Rolling
American Standard Shape
Alkali resistant

2. The most common used size of brick is...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
False
T section
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

3. Precast is where____
Failure stress / allowable stress
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Alkali resistant
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

4. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
every floor
Gravity - wind and surface tension

5. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Lateral load support to the veneer

6. 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.
90 to 180 degress
I Section
Mildly
4

7. Built-up sections are made by _____
After World War 2
Dead End
2in pg 645
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

8. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Barrier walls
Fibrous
Increase the strength of beam in shear
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

9. Form liners are used to...
False
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Residential

10. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Site cast concrete slabs
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Open-Hearth furnace

11. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
240 in =20ft
10-13 feet.
M -S -N -O
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

12. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
same
After World War 2
Elastic-plastic
Tougher pg 617

13. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
EAF - BOF - OHF
Shelf angles
Gravity load support to the veneer
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

14. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Support Pylons
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Pile
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.

15. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Barrier walls
Highly Crosive - Extreme
90 to 180 degress
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

16. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
2in
Weep holes
T section

17. The use of ______ concrete is customary
3 in
Barrier walls
4000 psi
Steel

18. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Walls with overhangs
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Lintel angle

19. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Steel Joist Institute
Steel fabricator
Column Footing

20. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
1in
A reinforced-masonry frame
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

21. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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22. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Strands
10-13 feet.
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

23. Most of the cost comes from _____
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
The Framework
Pile
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

24. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Drainage Walls
excavation
Capillary break

25. Frame Structure is defined by ________
I Section
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Gravity - wind and surface tension
2.67 ft

26. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
8
A continuous closure strip
Hard coat EIFS
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

27. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Hollow structural section
Steel
40 ft
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

28. The most water tight joint is ____
every floor
Concave
Water Proofing
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.

29. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Barrier walls
Favorably
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
50

30. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Scaffolding
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
By functioning as a water reservior
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

31. In an English-bonded Wall
The Framework
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Shelf angles
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

32. What does TCA stand for?
stress=force/area
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

33. What is the bottom piece called?
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
That it is welded
Footing

34. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
8 in to 30 in
Width - W - of Unit
Better

35. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
More easily constructable.
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

36. Which type of EIF is most used?
PB pg 703
Isolation Joints
Lateral load support to the veneer
8 and 30 in

37. Rain screen is...
8 in
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

38. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Base Plate
Isolation Joints
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

39. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
240 in =20ft
every floor
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

40. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Is embedded in the walls
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Stretcher Face
EAF - OHF - BOF

41. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Lintel angle
Rain-screen wall
Tube

42. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
8
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
G30 - G60 - G120
Porland cement - lime - and sand

43. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Tube
Hard coat EIFS
240 in =20ft

44. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Compression
2in
90 to 180 degress
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

45. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Joists
2 1/2 in

46. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Walls with overhangs
Stretcher Face

47. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Highly Crosive - Extreme
4000 psi
Zinc
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

48. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Two piece wire anchors
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

49. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Some veneer walls
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

50. Bond beams are _____
Depth of the joist in inches
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Zero (0)
Isolation Joints

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