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1. A tube is referred to as a ____
2in
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Stress / strain = E
HHS

2. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Sloped on both sides
Immediately about a flashing
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Open-Hearth furnace

3. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
4000 psi
Within the plane of the veneer
Joists
Mock-up

4. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Thermal Mass
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Columns

5. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
G30 - G60 - G120
A36
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

6. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Water Proofing
Soft-coat EIFS

7. What does SJI stand for?
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Actual strength / required strength
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.
Steel Joist Institute

8. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Type N
EAF - BOF - OHF
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
False

9. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Tube
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Flexural and Shear.

10. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Extruded Bricks
1in
Failure stress / allowable stress
perpendicular

11. Flashing needs to have these qualities
One piece anchors
Vertical reinforcing bars
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
excavation

12. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
stablize joists
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
A 100% solid unit

13. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
PB pg 703
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Two piece wire anchors
High-treated carbon steel

14. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
30 ft
same
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Grade 50 steel

15. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Less than it's ultimate stress
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Steel Grade
Providing an impervious barrier to water

16. Safety Margin formula
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Actual strength / required strength
CMU backed brick veneer
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

17. Bricks that have frogs are...
Molded bricks
T section
S50X30
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

18. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
2.67 ft
Parallel - wider

19. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Wide-Flange section
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Pipe Section

20. Ferrous Metals are...
Metals that contain Iron
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
AISC Type III Connection
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

21. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
perpendicular
3/8
Angle section (L)
Shores

22. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Adding water to the mortar
Pile

23. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
A ductile material
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

24. Conventional stucco is also called...
Tilt-up Concrete Association
10-13 feet.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Portland cement stucco

25. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

26. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
I Section
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Compressive strength

27. One-way deck is a ______
Pipe Section
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Beams
same

28. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Metals that do not contain Metals
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Failure stress / allowable stress

29. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

30. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Head Joints
Is embedded in the walls
Stress at the point of failure
Beams and Columns

31. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Cross bearing Walls plane
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.
CMU backed brick veneer
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

32. Strain Formula
Isolated pad footing
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

33. Standard CMU size
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Portland cement stucco
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
30 ft

34. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Stiff
Pipe Section
Tunnel Form
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

35. What is the formula for shear force?
Width - W - of Unit
A ductile material
shear force=force/area
Isolation Joints

36. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Gravity - wind and surface tension
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
A325
Favorably

37. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
W16X25
Water Proofing
Drainage Walls

38. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Thermal Mass
Joists
Construction Joint
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

39. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
4000 psi
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
I Section

40. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Plortland cement-based mix
Basic Oxygen Furnace
HHS
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

41. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
7/8in
Stiff
Length - L - of unit

42. Cellular-type plan is ______
Immediately above the flashing
Plortland cement-based mix
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Type N

43. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
I Section
Type S
Surface tension

44. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Elevated Slabs
T section
Barrier walls
K-series - LH series - DHL series

45. What is one of the Empirical rules?
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

46. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Isolated pad footing
W16X25
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

47. Thermal Mass is _____
Angle section (L)
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Live ends
shear force=force/area

48. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
2in pg 645
Lug
Parallel - wider

49. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
2 in
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

50. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Snap Tie
1in
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Modular