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1. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Better
SJI
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
G30 - G60 - G120

2. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
True
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.
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

3. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Air tight
Leveling Nut
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Grouted Space

4. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Support Pylons
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

5. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Plortland cement-based mix
shear force=force/area
Angle section (L)

6. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
Peter Zumther
3/8
HHS
same

7. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Gravel
20 ft
Tube
5 in

8. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
PB pg 703
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Air tight

9. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
More easily constructable.
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

10. The second coat of stucco is called...
True
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Brown coat
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.

11. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Continuous Stip footing
Site cast concrete slabs
24in
Construction Joint

12. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Tube
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Mock-up

13. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
False
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
That it is welded
EAF - BOF - OHF

14. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Compressive strength
AISC Type III Connection
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

15. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Extruded Bricks
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
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Noncohesive Soils

16. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
3000 psi
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
3 in
Sloped on both sides

17. Shores are used for...
Gravel
G30 - G60 - G120
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Alkali resistant

18. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Highly Crosive - Extreme
I Section
CMU backed brick veneer
Cross bearing Walls plane

19. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
30 ft
=change in length/original length
A 100% solid unit

20. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Steel
That it is welded
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
2 in

21. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Structural concrete fill
Cinder Block
Force / Area
8 in

22. What is the Fill Made up of?
Either tension or compression
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
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
Gravel

23. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Width - W - of Unit
Much lower
S50X30
Metals that do not contain Metals

24. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Compression
annealed glass
W16X25

25. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
excavation
Sloped on both sides
Sloped toward the interior roof

26. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
2in
Peter Zumther
Pink
1in

27. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
A ductile material
High-treated carbon steel

28. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
Spraying the mix over a mold
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
A reinforced-masonry frame
Isolated pad footing

29. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
True
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
stablize joists
Live ends

30. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Two flange plates

31. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Tilt-up Concrete Association

32. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Snap Tie
3/8 in
Pile
Highly Crosive - Extreme

33. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Live end
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

34. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Pile
4000 psi
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

35. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Footing
Sloped toward the interior roof
3/8
General contractor

36. Arch welding is where
Wide-Flange section
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Continuous Stip footing

37. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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38. Clay is _______
Veneer wall
Lug
Joists
cohesive

39. The term FLying form refers to...
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
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

40. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Cinder Block
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
2 to 4 ft

41. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
1kip=1000psi
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

42. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
5 in
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
7 in
Roof and Floor

43. The Slag is what?
8
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

44. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Gas or arc
240 in =20ft
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
General contractor

45. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Steel
Immediately above
stablize joists
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

46. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Isolated pad footing
Stress / strain = E
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Composite

47. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Surface tension
Structural concrete fill
30 ft
Head Joints

48. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Zero (0)
The concrete is cast at the site

49. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
perpendicular
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

50. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Columns
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

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