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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Materials used for Formwork are___






2. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some






3. The most common used size of brick is...






4. Where are deep foundations used?






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






6. 1 kip = ____psi






7. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?






8. BOF full name is _______






9. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






10. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally






11. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________






12. Capillary break is a...






13. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.






14. In what order are roof componants placed:






15. What is ultimate stress?






16. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived






17. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...






18. The GFRC skin is typically






19. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment






20. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






21. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that






22. What is the formula for stress?






23. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...






24. Capillary break is a...






25. The Top right hand Beam is called a






26. Slagwool is _____






27. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by






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






29. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____






30. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?






31. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick






32. S-Shape is also called ____






33. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases






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

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35. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.






36. Effloresecence






37. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night






38. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within






39. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






40. Stripping time is ___






41. What is the bottom piece called?






42. Effloresecence






43. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.






44. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass






45. Flashing material must be impervious to...






46. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape






47. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall






48. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______






49. Which type of EIF is most used?






50. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...