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Construction Basics

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1. A tube is referred to as a ____






2. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...






3. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant






4. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____






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






6. Plymer based EIFS are also called...






7. What does SJI stand for?






8. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...






9. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength






10. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






11. Flashing needs to have these qualities






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






13. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment






14. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






15. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






16. Safety Margin formula






17. Bricks that have frogs are...






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






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






20. Ferrous Metals are...






21. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






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






23. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?






24. Conventional stucco is also called...






25. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?






26. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth






27. One-way deck is a ______






28. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...






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






30. W-Shape are mostly used for ____






31. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______






32. Strain Formula






33. Standard CMU size






34. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures






35. What is the formula for shear force?






36. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that






37. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot






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






39. What is the First arrow point at?






40. Mortar-Capturing device is a...






41. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______






42. Cellular-type plan is ______






43. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones






44. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?






45. What is one of the Empirical rules?






46. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...






47. Thermal Mass is _____






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






49. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?






50. A common type of Form Tie is ____