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Construction Basics

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1. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______






2. 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...






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






4. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...






5. What is the bottom piece called?






6. Flashing material must be impervious to...






7. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints






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






9. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which






10. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






11. What is a construction joint?






12. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






13. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as






14. A common type of Form Tie is ____






15. Stress Formula






16. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer






17. Roof deck is generally topped with _____






18. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...






19. Stack casting is used when






20. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?






21. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






22. Fine Grained soles are______ with water






23. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____






24. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?






25. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones






26. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression






27. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material






28. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?






29. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?






30. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer






31. W-Shape is also called _____






32. Z-flashing is effective in...






33. A joint screen is an






34. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material






35. Arch welding is where






36. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment






37. What is the First arrow point at?






38. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension






39. What is the formula for stress?






40. Camber refers to...






41. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically






42. The Dark things in the Corner are ____






43. Weep Holes are...






44. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______






45. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?






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






47. Strain Formula






48. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...






49. Fine Grained soles are______ with water






50. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam