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1. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Steel fabricator
Barrier walls
every floor
Beams and Columns

2. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Stress / strain = E
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
7 in
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

3. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
windward face
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Mild
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations

4. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Vertical reinforcing bars
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.

5. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Scaffolding
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
3in

6. Cold formings is when __
annealed glass
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Site cast concrete slabs

7. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
A36
Vertical
Compressive strength

8. The width of an expansion joint is ___
A992
True
3/8
Elastic-plastic

9. What is a control joint used for?
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Residential
Tunnel Form
Steel Joist Institute

10. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
False
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Strands

11. A Soft story is a _______
A 100% solid unit
Reinforced concrete member
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

12. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Roof and Floor
Barrier walls

13. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Live end
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Extruded Bricks

14. The most common thickness for mortar is____
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
3/8
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Soft-coat EIFS

15. Rasping is what?
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Live end
Footing
Steel

16. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
After World War 2
Composite
20 ft
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

17. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
True
1in
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

18. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
1in

19. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

20. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Open-Hearth furnace
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
A ductile material
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

21. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Metals that do not contain Metals
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Air tight

22. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Elastic
Column Footing
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

23. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
A ductile material
Roof and Floor
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Immediately above

24. DLH series has a depth range of...
True
52-72
Construction Joint
Footing

25. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
Barrier walls
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Strands

26. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Steel
4 to 6 ft
2in

27. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
American Standard Shape
Flexural and Shear.
Mock-up
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

28. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Dead End
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
K-series - LH series - DHL series
A325

29. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
0.0025
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Isolated pad footing
Square - rectangular or round

30. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

31. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Either tension or compression
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations

32. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
False
Base Plate
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Base Plate

33. The Top right hand Beam is called a
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Construction Joint
Henry Bessemer in 1855
T section

34. Shear stress formula
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Force / Area
AISC Type III Connection
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

35. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
5 in
3/8 in

36. A Simple Connection is...
Within the plane of the veneer
Portland cement stucco
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

37. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
More easily constructable.
Angle section (L)
Grouted Space
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

38. In a running-bond wall
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Each course consists of Strechers
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

39. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Gravity load support to the veneer
Open Headed joint
Flexural and Shear.
Henry Bessemer in 1855

40. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Vertical
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
36 ksi

41. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
True
Better
Type S

42. In what order are roof componants placed:
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Residential
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

43. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

44. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Angle section (L)
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.
Open Headed joint
Joists

45. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
3 in
24in
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

46. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
tempered glass
7 in
Lug
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

47. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
2in
Grouted Space
Type S
A325

48. Working is the process by which____
False
2in
Pre-tensioned concrete
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

49. 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 _____
Immediately above the flashing
Thermal Mass
2.67 ft
Porland cement - lime - and sand

50. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Zinc
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection