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1. a backup wall is required in a...
Veneer wall
Tunnel Form
Beams and Columns
8 in

2. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Square - rectangular or round
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Grouted Space

3. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
field bolting of steel member
Drilled pier footing
Angle section (L)
Carbon steel

4. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
4 to 6 ft
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

5. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
24in
A992
Grouted Space
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

6. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
EAF - OHF - BOF

7. Precast is where____
Footing
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Angle section (L)
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

8. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
field bolting of steel member
2 to 4 ft
Metals that contain Iron
Live end

9. Formwork is refereed to as
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
2

10. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Simple Connection
Molded bricks

11. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
8 and 30 in
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
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

12. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Construction Joint
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Mock-up
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

13. Conventional stucco is also called...
Site cast concrete slabs
Portland cement stucco
Mild
Head Joints

14. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Brick ledge
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Percast at the construction site
cohesive

15. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Head Joints
A Waffle Slab
Column Footing
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.

16. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Portland cement stucco
Carbon steel
Column Footing
windward face

17. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
field bolting of steel member
24in

18. Ferrous Metals are...
Metals that contain Iron
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Open Headed joint

19. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
True

20. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Gravity load support to the veneer
2
False
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

21. Capillary break is a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Water Proofing
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Hot Rolling

22. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Percast at the construction site
Adding water to the mortar
8 in

23. A typical bond beam is provided with
Dead End
Mildly
Length - L - of unit
Horizontal reinforcement

24. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
5 in
2.67 ft
Gauge number

25. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
same
every floor
Concave
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

26. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
At each floor level and roof level
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Sloped on both sides
Shores

27. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
Much lower
Scratch coat
4
Joists

28. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Base Plate
Reinforced concrete member

29. Cellular-type plan is ______
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Isolated pad footing
AISC Type II Connection

30. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
Vertical
Veneer wall
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

31. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Vertical reinforcing bars
Hard coat EIFS
Expanded metal lath

32. Stress Formula
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Fibrous
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

33. EAF full name is?
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
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.
Electric Arc Furnace
16 in

34. What is the First arrow point at?
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.
Angle section (L)
Leveling Nut
Flying forms

35. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
4
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
By functioning as a water reservior
Stretcher Face

36. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Reservoir
Leveling Nut
Composite
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

37. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Tension
Live end
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
4 to 6 ft

38. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
annealed glass
True
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

39. What does HHS stand for?
3000 psi
connection beam flanges
Hollow structural section
Sloped on both sides

40. Pile
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
16'
False
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

41. In what order are roof componants placed:
Concave
Steel Joist Institute
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

42. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Pink
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Weep holes

43. Unfinished bolts are made from
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Carbon steel
Expanded metal lath

44. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
By Splitting I sections in half
Reinforced concrete member
AISC Type I Connection

45. NonFerrous Metals are...
Metals that do not contain Metals
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
T section
Ground-Supported slabs area____

46. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
Tube
2 in
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

47. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Lighter weight
125psi
excavation

48. What is the Fill Made up of?
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Gravel
3/8

49. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Steel fabricator
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Some veneer walls
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

50. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Solid unit
2
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Stabilizing members that space across the joists