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1. 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...
Cohesive
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Immediately above

2. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Elevated Slabs
cohesive
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Simple Connection

3. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Residential
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Pink
shear force=force/area

4. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
A992
T section
5 in
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a

5. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Drainage Walls
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

6. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Scaffolding
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Brown coat
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

7. A rigid Connection is also called...
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Vertical reinforcing bars
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
AISC Type I Connection

8. W-Shape is also called _____
Wide-Flange section
W - S - HP - M
3/8
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

9. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
2
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
AISC Type III Connection
Zinc

10. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Open Headed joint
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
Site cast concrete slabs

11. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Steel Grade
Vertical
Hollow structural section
Live end

12. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Steel
Noncohesive Soils
Length - L - of unit

13. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
2
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Steel

14. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
A conventional wood light frame building
stablize joists
Beams and Columns
Within the plane of the veneer

15. Formwork is refereed to as
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
3/8
Portland cement stucco

16. 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?
30 ft
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Brick ledge
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

17. What is an Isolation Joint?

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18. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Steel fabricator
Gravel

19. OHF full name is?
Lug
Isolation Joints
Open-Hearth furnace
Gauge number

20. What is the Fill Made up of?
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Support Pylons
Gravel
Water Proofing

21. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Better
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Base Plate
Extruded Bricks

22. A slip-critical connection is...
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Portland cement stucco
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
A36

23. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Reservoir
3/8
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

24. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
W16X25
Sloped toward the interior roof
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
2 1/2 in

25. The Very middle one is called _____
Grade 50 steel
Leveling Nut
I Section
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

26. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
More easily constructable.
Live ends
Walls with vertical reinforcement
That it is welded

27. What is the 2 arrow?
Favorably
Base Plate
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Plortland cement-based mix

28. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Favorably
Snap Tie
Rain-screen wall
Reinforced concrete member

29. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
W16X25
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Is embedded in the walls
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

30. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Electric Arc Furnace
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
T section

31. Mechanical couplers are used
Open Headed joint
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

32. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Capillary break
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
Isolated pad footing
Vertical

33. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Length - L - of unit
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
windward face

34. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
3/8 in
Porland cement - lime - and sand
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
HHS

35. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Elastic
Steel
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Fibrous

36. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Construction Joint
Basic Oxygen Furnace

37. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
144^2 - 18ft.
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Compressive strength

38. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
S50X30
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Length - L - of unit
Elastic-plastic

39. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Rain-screen wall

40. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Mild
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

41. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Shelf angles
PB pg 703
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

42. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
field bolting of steel member
Elastic-plastic
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Beams and Columns

43. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
Composite
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Gravity - wind and surface tension

44. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
2 1/2 in
Barrier walls
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

45. Shores are used for...
24in
S50X30
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

46. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Live ends
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Tilt-up Concrete Association
same

47. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
SJI
Metals that contain Iron
The cladding resists all the wind load
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

48. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Two flange plates
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
30 ft
Either tension or compression

49. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
K-series - LH series - DHL series
1/2 to 3/4 thick
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Porland cement - lime - and sand

50. Stack casting is used when
Length - L - of unit
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.