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Construction Basics

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1. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____






2. Weathering index of a location is a function of the






3. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?






4. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____






5. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____






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






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






8. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?






9. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____






10. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?






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






12. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____






13. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?






14. Stripping time is ___






15. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel






16. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...






17. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






18. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by






19. What is ultimate stress?






20. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks






21. 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...






22. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____






23. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____






24. K-series has a depth range of?






25. 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?






26. StiffBacks






27. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...






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






29. Twist-off Bolt method is...






30. A vapor retarder is required under






31. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?






32. The GFRC skin is typically






33. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________






34. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______






35. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____






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






37. Stress Formula






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






39. The most common thickness for mortar is____






40. Flashing needs to have these qualities






41. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






42. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________






43. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________






44. The required color of a stucco surface is...






45. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.






46. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____






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






48. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______






49. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______






50. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material