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1. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Residential
Simple Connection
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

2. A joint screen is an
Drainage Walls
Roof and Floor
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Air tight

3. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Pile
annealed glass
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Steel fabricator

4. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Steel
Isolation Joints
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Elevated Slabs

5. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
A992
Drilled pier footing
Elastic-plastic

6. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Continuous Stip footing
American Standard Shape
Tunnel Form
Increase the strength of beam in shear

7. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Electric Arc Furnace
Flying forms
A reinforced-masonry frame

8. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

9. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Steel Joist Institute
3/8 in
True
Live ends

10. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Noncohesive Soils
field bolting of steel member
Wide-Flange section
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

11. Benefits of reinforced masonry
Heavier members and spans from column to column
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.
By functioning as a water reservior
Each floor level

12. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
3000 psi
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Grouted Space

13. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Soft-coat EIFS
3 in
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Cinder Block

14. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Pre-tensioned concrete
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Reinforced concrete member

15. Mechanical couplers are used
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Gravity - wind and surface tension
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Pile

16. 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
Width - W - of Unit
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
SJI

17. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
AISC Type III Connection
Angle section (L)
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Grouted Space

18. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
4000 psi
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
A992

19. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Strip Footing
Zinc
Alkali resistant
False

20. The Term Tendons includes Strands
True
A Waffle Slab
Fibrous
Shelf angles

21. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Shelf angles
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Immediately above

22. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
90 to 180 degress
Column Footing

23. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Solid unit
Two flange plates
4 to 6 ft
Columns

24. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Stiff
Surface tension

25. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
SJI
4000 psi
Pipe Section
Metals that contain Iron

26. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Column Footing
Support Pylons
excavation

27. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Dead End
4000 psi
That it is welded
Grade 50 steel

28. Pile
Lateral load support to the veneer
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
10-13 feet.
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

29. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
2 1/2 in
Two piece wire anchors
4

30. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Column Footing
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Stiff
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.

31. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
M -S -N -O
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Scaffolding
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

32. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Live end
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Immediately above

33. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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34. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Length - L - of unit
excavation
Stress at the point of failure
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

35. a backup wall is required in a...
CMU backed brick veneer
General contractor
1in
Veneer wall

36. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
where soil is not strong.
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
8 in to 30 in
7/8in

37. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Tension
Steel Grade
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

38. Shores are used for...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Weak in shear
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Leveling Nut

39. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Depth of the joist in inches
Isolation Joints
Much lower

40. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
structural frame
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

41. Shear stress formula
Force / Area
Asymmetry
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Pipe Section

42. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Force / Area
Capillary break
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
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

43. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Elastic
Lintel angle
Favorably
Live end

44. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Hard coat EIFS
8 and 30 in
That it is welded
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

45. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
Steel fabricator
Hollow structural section
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

46. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
A continuous closure strip
20 ft
Steel Grade
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

47. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Length - L - of unit
Increase the strength of beam in shear
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

48. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Zero (0)
1in
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Heavier members and spans from column to column

49. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Stiff
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Elastic

50. A wall footing is also called _____
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Strip Footing
Stiff
Steel