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1. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Grouted Space
16'
At each floor level and roof level
Live end

2. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
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.
Tunnel Form
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
M -S -N -O

3. Pile
36 ksi
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
American Standard Shape
Porland cement - lime - and sand

4. What is an Isolation Joint?

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5. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Construction Joint
SJI
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Pipe Section

6. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Construction Joint
2

7. Site-cast is when ____
Type N
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
The concrete is cast at the site
Thermal Mass

8. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
The concrete is cast at the site
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Compressive strength
8

9. The most common used size of brick is...
Portland cement stucco
HHS
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

10. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Type N
Strands
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
After World War 2

11. What is the formula for shear force?
shear force=force/area
Noncohesive Soils
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

12. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Continuous Stip footing
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

13. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
A325
Vertical reinforcing bars
Flexural and Shear.
Elevated Slabs

14. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
stablize joists
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
field bolting of steel member

15. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Bed Joints
Mild
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

16. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
A36
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Composite
Angle section (L)

17. OHF full name is?
2
Concave
Open-Hearth furnace
Grouted Space

18. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Live ends
Steel fabricator
Footing
True

19. What is the First arrow point at?
excavation
Soft-coat EIFS
Leveling Nut
Steel pipes

20. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Composite
Copper and stainless steel
AISC Type I Connection
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

21. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Plortland cement-based mix
Immediately about a flashing
Joists

22. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
The cladding resists all the wind load
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
5 in
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

23. A slip-critical connection is...
Cross bearing Walls plane
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
After World War 2
10-13 feet.

24. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Base Plate
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
EAF - OHF - BOF

25. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Providing an impervious barrier to water
excavation
Soft-coat EIFS
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

26. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
2in pg 645
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
S50X30
Pipe Section

27. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Molded bricks
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Pile
2in

28. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Strip Footing

29. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Beams
Base Plate
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Width - W - of Unit

30. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
One piece anchors

31. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
American Standard Shape
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Mildly
50

32. 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 _____
2.67 ft
Much lower
Steel
Beams

33. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Immediately above the flashing
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Carbon steel
cohesive

34. The purpose of flashing is to...
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
A conventional wood light frame building
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
2in

35. Thermal Mass is _____
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Joists
Mildly
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

36. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Grade 50 steel
Asymmetry

37. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Sloped on both sides
Hard coat EIFS
144^2 - 18ft.
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

38. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
4000 psi
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
30ft
8 in

39. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Residential
0.0025
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Isolation Joints

40. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Joists
Noncohesive Soils
Within the plane of the veneer
Pipe Section

41. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Lateral load support to the veneer
True

42. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Steel Grade
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.
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

43. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Capillary break
Columns
HHS
Grouted Space

44. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
2in
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

45. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Head Joints
Elastic
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

46. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
By functioning as a water reservior
240 in =20ft
Metals that contain Iron
Gravel

47. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Live end
Lug
3in
Elevated Slabs

48. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
False
connection beam flanges
3000 PSI
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

49. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
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.
2in
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

50. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
3/8
Each floor level
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.