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1. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Steel Grade
Modular
4000 psi
Shelf angles

2. What does SJI stand for?
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
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Steel Joist Institute
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

3. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Base Plate
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
2in

4. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
125psi
Peter Zumther
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

5. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Composite
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Lug
Immediately about a flashing

6. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
2in
2
1kip=1000psi
16 in

7. A pour stop is generally used with
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Live end
Floor decks

8. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
2in

9. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Gravel
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

10. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
cohesive
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
2in pg 645
Stress / strain = E

11. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
CMU backed brick veneer
Cinder Block
Strip Footing

12. Bond beams are _____
W - S - HP - M
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Immediately above the flashing

13. Twist-off Bolt method is...
36 ksi
The Framework
AISC Type III Connection
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

14. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
perpendicular
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Isolated pad footing
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

15. What is the Fill Made up of?
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Noncohesive Soils
Gravel
Henry Bessemer in 1855

16. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Gravity load support to the veneer
connection beam flanges
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Lighter member that spans between the girders

17. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Veneer wall
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Mock-up
Pink

18. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
2
4 to 6 ft
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Acrylic polymer-based mix

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20. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Simple Connection
5000 psi
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

21. a backup wall is required in a...
Veneer wall
Metals that do not contain Metals
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

22. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Metals that contain Iron
Lateral load support to the veneer

23. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Modular

24. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Roof and Floor
Columns
I Section

25. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Support Pylons
Metals that contain Iron

26. The Very middle one is called _____
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
I Section
Air tight
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

27. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
The cladding resists all the wind load
2in
Gauge number
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

28. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
HHS
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Gravel

29. Form liners are used to...
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Horizontal reinforcement
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Veneer wall

30. In what order are roof componants placed:
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

31. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Cohesive
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Vertical reinforcing bars

32. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
144^2 - 18ft.
Scratch coat
Lug

33. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Angle section (L)
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Shores
Electric Arc Furnace

34. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Live end
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

35. The most water tight joint is ____
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Steel
3000 psi
Concave

36. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
The Framework

37. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Beams
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

38. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Brown coat
every floor
Pre-tensioned concrete
A 100% solid unit

39. How is a T section made?
Roof and Floor
By Splitting I sections in half
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

40. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Providing an impervious barrier to water
40 ft
Structural concrete fill
Grouted Space

41. Simple Connection is also called...
2 in
Isolation Joints
AISC Type II Connection
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

42. Weep Holes are...
=change in length/original length
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Asymmetry
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

43. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
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
Open Headed joint
Grouted Space
Some veneer walls

44. The Term Tendons includes Strands
True
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Vertical reinforcing bars
Cinder Block

45. Capillary break is a...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Pipe Section

46. Which type of EIF is most used?
Lintel angle
every floor
Hot Rolling
PB pg 703

47. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
16'
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

48. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Tougher pg 617
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Metals that do not contain Metals
Live end

49. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Mild
30ft
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

50. Twist-off Bolt method is...
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A992
Strip Footing
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt