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1. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night






2. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists






3. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons






4. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






5. CMU is _____






6. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.






7. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically






8. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?






9. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...






10. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __






11. A joint screen is an






12. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...






13. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?






14. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...






15. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






16. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?






17. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall






18. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____






19. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding






20. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...






21. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...






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?






23. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?






24. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?






25. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____






26. A common type of Form Tie is ____






27. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...






28. Working is the process by which____






29. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.






30. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point






31. What is the First arrow point at?






32. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____






33. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from






34. A Soft story is a _______






35. BOF full name is _______






36. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___






37. A two way joist floor is also called...






38. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel






39. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






40. The Very middle one is called _____






41. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...






42. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...






43. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...






44. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?






45. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____






46. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____






47. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






48. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...






49. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?






50. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?







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