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1. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Lighter member that spans between the girders
5000 psi
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Gravel

2. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
4000 psi
One piece anchors
At each floor level and roof level
Less than it's ultimate stress

3. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Two piece wire anchors
True
Open Headed joint

4. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
cohesive
Barrier walls

5. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Veneer wall
Pipe Section
T section
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

6. Materials used for Formwork are___
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Leveling Nut
Width - W - of Unit

7. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
3in
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Structural concrete fill
Drainage Walls

8. The term FLying form refers to...
Less than it's ultimate stress
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
36 ksi
8

9. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Horizontal reinforcement
annealed glass
24
Heavier members and spans from column to column

10. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Solid unit
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Failure stress / allowable stress

11. Where are deep foundations used?
Tougher pg 617
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
where soil is not strong.
Extruded Bricks

12. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
At each floor level and roof level
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
By Splitting I sections in half
Immediately above

13. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
A conventional wood light frame building
A ductile material
2 1/2 in
Walls with vertical reinforcement

14. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
3/8
Vertical
Elevated Slabs
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

15. What is a construction joint?
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
3/8

16. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Lighter weight
By functioning as a water reservior
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Angle section (L)

17. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Spraying the mix over a mold
Compressive strength
Gravel
stablize joists

18. Factor for safety formula
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Water Proofing
Failure stress / allowable stress
Drilled pier footing

19. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
After World War 2
Grouted Space
Simple Connection

20. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
A continuous closure strip
18 to 48 in
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Solid unit

21. Form liners are used to...
Metals that do not contain Metals
Force / Area
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

22. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
3000 psi
52-72
Lintel angle

23. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Square - rectangular or round
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Elastic
False

24. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
Gravel
Head Joints
4000 psi

25. Two-way deck is a ____
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
A reinforced-masonry frame
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
240 in =20ft

26. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Shelf angles
Pile
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Lighter member that spans between the girders

27. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Columns
Width - W - of Unit
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Fibrous

28. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Pre-tensioned concrete
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
HHS
Mild

29. Factor for safety formula
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Failure stress / allowable stress
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Some veneer walls

30. The width of an expansion joint is ___
where soil is not strong.
Percast at the construction site
3000 PSI
3/8

31. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Acrylic polymer-based mix
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
24

32. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
The Framework
Cinder Block
Stress at the point of failure
10-13 feet.

33. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Wide-Flange section
8
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

34. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
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.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

35. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Gauge number
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Mildly

36. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
The cladding resists all the wind load
20 ft

37. In a running-bond wall
3 in
Each course consists of Strechers
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
8

38. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
2in
Lighter weight
Either tension or compression
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

39. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
EAF - OHF - BOF
24
That it is welded
2 in

40. Cellular-type plan is ______
Grade 50 steel
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
3/8

41. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
stress=force/area
Spraying the mix over a mold
connection beam flanges
stablize joists

42. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

43. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
3/8 in
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Composite
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

44. A rigid Connection is also called...
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
AISC Type I Connection
Rain-screen wall

45. A joint screen is an
False
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
A36

46. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Floor decks
Strands
3in

47. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
A Waffle Slab
Is embedded in the walls
Pipe Section

48. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
field bolting of steel member
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Hot Rolling
Gauge number

49. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
Basic Oxygen Furnace
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
1in
G30 - G60 - G120

50. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Type S
Open-Hearth furnace
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Tunnel Form