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1. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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2. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
That it is welded

3. What is the bottom piece called?
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
1kip=1000psi
Footing

4. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Electric Arc Furnace
Expanded metal lath
Steel fabricator
Compressive strength

5. Z-flashing is effective in...
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Live ends

6. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
40 ft
2in
windward face

7. Cellular-type plan is ______
True
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Joists
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

8. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
3000 psi
Site cast concrete slabs
3/8 in

9. What is the formula for stress?
Scaffolding
where soil is not strong.
Simple Connection
stress=force/area

10. A Soft story is a _______
Elastic-plastic
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

11. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Isolated pad footing
Rain-screen wall
Sloped - thinner
Wide-Flange section

12. A Tunnel form consists of...
Lug
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.
A992
144^2 - 18ft.

13. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Scaffolding
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
False

14. NonFerrous Metals are...
Width - W - of Unit
FBX
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Metals that do not contain Metals

15. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
3000 psi
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
T section

16. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Stress at the point of failure
Rain-screen wall
Lighter weight
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

17. The purpose of flashing is to...
7/8in
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Grade 50 steel
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

18. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
W - S - HP - M
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

19. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Control joints in concrete do what?
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
W16X25
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

20. Standard CMU size
Better
Angle section (L)
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

21. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Surface tension
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

22. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
2in
Column Footing
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

23. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Immediately about a flashing
Square - rectangular or round
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Beams

24. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Immediately above the flashing
Spraying the mix over a mold
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
I Section

25. What is the 2 arrow?
structural frame
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Base Plate
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

26. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
2 in
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete

27. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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28. What does TCA stand for?
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
8
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Tilt-up Concrete Association

29. A snape Tie consits of...
Weep holes
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

30. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
20 ft
52-72
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
connection beam flanges

31. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
240 in =20ft
stablize joists
Solid unit
5 in

32. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Immediately above
Air tight
Base Plate

33. Two-way deck is a ____
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
General contractor
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

34. The use of ______ concrete is customary
3000 psi
Sloped toward the interior roof
4000 psi
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

35. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
2in
2in pg 645
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Weep holes

36. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Beams
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Shelf angles

37. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
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
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

38. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
2
125psi
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

39. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Length - L - of unit
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Each course consists of Strechers
Footing

40. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Stress at the point of failure
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

41. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Mildly
A 100% solid unit
structural frame
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

42. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
EAF - OHF - BOF
Vertical
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Construction Joint

43. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
8 in
False
3/8 in
Modular

44. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Electric Arc Furnace
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
1in
tempered glass

45. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Reservoir

46. 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
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
30ft
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Veneer wall

47. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Mildly
90 to 180 degress
1/2 to 3/4 thick
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

48. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Continuous Stip footing
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Spraying the mix over a mold

49. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
EAF - BOF - OHF
Pile
Open Headed joint
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

50. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Thermal Mass
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Zinc
A continuous closure strip