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1. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Pile
Immediately about a flashing
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Roof and Floor

2. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
American Standard Shape
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Noncohesive Soils

3. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Reinforced concrete member
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

4. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
True
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
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Mock-up

5. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Metals that contain Iron
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Steel
field bolting of steel member

6. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Each floor level
Some veneer walls

7. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Percast at the construction site

8. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
A Waffle Slab
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Parallel - wider
Type S

9. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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10. Girder is...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

11. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Live ends
General contractor
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Grouted Space

12. What does HHS stand for?
Pipe Section
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Lug
Hollow structural section

13. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
3/8 in
30ft

14. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
2in
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Tube
240 in =20ft

15. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
Tunnel Form
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Beams
True

16. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
20 ft
Columns
That it is welded
Isolated pad footing

17. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

18. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Tube
Failure stress / allowable stress
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Elastic

19. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Tension
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
16 in
Tube

20. A two way joist floor is also called...
Continuous Stip footing
A Waffle Slab
Immediately above the flashing
Barrier walls

21. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
cohesive
True
Molded bricks
Percast at the construction site

22. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Walls with overhangs
50
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Either tension or compression

23. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Walls with vertical reinforcement
AISC Type I Connection

24. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
perpendicular
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

25. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
A ductile material
After World War 2
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Columns

26. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Angle section (L)
Roof and Floor
Steel Grade
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

27. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Shelf angles
Square - rectangular or round
Air tight
That it is welded

28. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Spraying the mix over a mold
5 in
T section
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

29. Mechanical couplers are used
4000 psi
2in
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Rain-screen wall

30. Rasping is what?
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
One piece anchors

31. A tube is referred to as a ____
Type N
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
HHS

32. A two way joist floor is also called...
2 1/2 in
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
A Waffle Slab

33. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Hard coat EIFS
Columns
Failure stress / allowable stress
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

34. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
30 ft
Bed Joints
Hot Rolling

35. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
Steel fabricator
M -S -N -O
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

36. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Percast at the construction site
Parallel - wider
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

37. Formwork is refereed to as
W16X25
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Type S
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

38. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
Actual strength / required strength
Sloped - thinner
False

39. A Blast Furnace is a ______
2in
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Two piece wire anchors
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.

40. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
PB pg 703
Tube
5 in
Mild

41. A Blast Furnace is a ______
3/8
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
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.
Copper and stainless steel

42. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Thermal Mass
2in pg 645
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

43. What is the Fill Made up of?
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Gravel
M -S -N -O
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

44. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
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.
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Gauge number
W - S - HP - M

45. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Extruded Bricks
every floor
Scratch coat
Joists

46. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Extruded Bricks
5000 psi
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Lug

47. Effloresecence
3/8
Pile
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

48. What is the formula for strain?
=change in length/original length
Gravity - wind and surface tension
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

49. Camber refers to...
Rain-screen wall
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
At each floor level and roof level

50. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
7/8in
EAF - BOF - OHF
Joists
Solid unit