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1. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Zero (0)
90 to 180 degress
Vertical reinforcing bars
Lug

2. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
Isolated pad footing
Sloped - thinner
Support Pylons
Flying forms

3. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
The concrete is cast at the site
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

4. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Flexural and Shear.
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Two piece wire anchors
True

5. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Leveling Nut
Open Headed joint
True
Tube

6. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Live ends
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Beams and Columns

7. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
By functioning as a water reservior
Barrier walls

8. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
CMU backed brick veneer
Tension
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

9. In what order are roof componants placed:
Head Joints
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
=change in length/original length
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

10. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Drainage Walls
7/8in
Tunnel Form
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

11. StiffBacks
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
SJI
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

12. A two way joist floor is also called...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
A Waffle Slab
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Expanded metal lath

13. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
1in
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Sloped toward the interior roof

14. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Air tight
Porland cement - lime - and sand
24
Live end

15. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
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.
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Cross bearing Walls plane

16. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
144^2 - 18ft.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

17. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
10-13 feet.
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
2in pg 645

18. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
18 to 48 in
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Surface tension
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

19. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
5 in
4000 psi
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
4000 psi

20. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
Columns
Elevated Slabs
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

21. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Actual strength / required strength
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Pile

22. Shear stress formula
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Force / Area
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Tension

23. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
Live ends
Drilled pier footing
Henry Bessemer in 1855
30ft

24. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Open Headed joint
Columns

25. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Portland cement stucco
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
36 ksi
Columns

26. Cold formings is when __
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
The concrete is cast at the site
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

27. Ferrous Metals are...
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Elastic-plastic
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Metals that contain Iron

28. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Elastic
Gauge number
=change in length/original length

29. Z-flashing is effective in...
8
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Wide-Flange section
Gravity load support to the veneer

30. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Barrier walls
That it is welded
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Scaffolding

31. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
Barrier walls
Cohesive
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Composite

32. the GFRC skin is obtained by
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Live end
40 ft
Spraying the mix over a mold

33. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Scratch coat
cohesive
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Mild

34. What is an Isolation Joint?

35. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Vertical
stablize joists
2
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

36. What does HHS stand for?
Hollow structural section
3/8
36 ksi
connection beam flanges

37. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Air tight
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

38. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
8 in
Horizontal reinforcement
Porland cement - lime - and sand

39. A common type of Form Tie is ____
1kip=1000psi
Column Footing
Snap Tie
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

40. 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
True
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Open-Hearth furnace
Surface tension

41. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Width - W - of Unit
Failure stress / allowable stress
every floor

42. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
True
2in
7 in
False

43. DLH series has a depth range of...
52-72
Metals that contain Iron
2.67 ft
Strands

44. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
7/8in
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

45. Stripping time is ___
Lateral load support to the veneer
T section
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Bed Joints

46. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Stress at the point of failure
Support Pylons
Construction Joint
Gas or arc

47. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
W16X25
Pile
Alkali resistant
Shores

48. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
2in
Type S
Tube

49. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

50. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Concrete masonry Units
Leveling Nut
Surface tension
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole