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1. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Zinc

2. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Lighter weight
20 ft
Barrier walls

3. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Two flange plates
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Is embedded in the walls

4. What is a construction joint?
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Joists
Drainage Walls

5. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

6. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
Soft-coat EIFS
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
16 in
Henry Bessemer in 1855

7. Formwork is refereed to as
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
A 100% solid unit
G30 - G60 - G120

8. A snape Tie consits of...
Zero (0)
I Section
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Strip Footing

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

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10. What is ultimate stress?
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Mock-up
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Stress at the point of failure

11. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Floor decks
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Pink

12. What is the 2 arrow?
Bed Joints
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Base Plate
Column Footing

13. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Beams
Mildly
True
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

14. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Pipe Section
Angle section (L)
Parallel - wider
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

15. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
2in
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Pile
T section

16. Conventional stucco is also called...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Portland cement stucco
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Drilled pier footing

17. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Flying forms
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Peter Zumther

18. The first coat of stucco is called...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Scratch coat
Alkali resistant
CMU backed brick veneer

19. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
50
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Tube
Heavier members and spans from column to column

20. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Gravel
Ground-Supported slabs area____
The concrete is cast at the site
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

21. The most common used size of brick is...
Concave
Lateral load support to the veneer
0.0025
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

22. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Mock-up

23. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
A reinforced-masonry frame
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Noncohesive Soils

24. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Structural concrete fill
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Open-Hearth furnace
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

25. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Extruded Bricks
50
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

26. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Water Proofing
30 ft
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

27. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Leveling Nut
Steel
True
Elastic

28. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Joists
Roof and Floor
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
1in

29. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Actual strength / required strength
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Tougher pg 617

30. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Site cast concrete slabs
A 100% solid unit
3000 PSI
2in

31. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Water Proofing
True
5000 psi

32. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
5 in
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Concave
Increase the strength of beam in shear

33. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Sloped toward the interior roof
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Fibrous

34. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Within the plane of the veneer
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
3/8 in

35. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
5 in
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

36. StiffBacks
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
Barrier walls
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Base Plate

37. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Strands
24
36 ksi
Horizontal reinforcement

38. A slip-critical connection is...
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

39. A Simple Connection is...
At each floor level and roof level
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Capillary break
Alkali resistant

40. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
W - S - HP - M
125psi
Drainage Walls
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

41. What is the First arrow point at?
Strands
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
1in
Leveling Nut

42. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
stablize joists
3000 PSI
Water Proofing
Veneer wall

43. A slip-critical connection is...
Less than it's ultimate stress
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
every floor

44. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
A conventional wood light frame building
3/8
same
Drainage Walls

45. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
True
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Each course consists of Strechers

46. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Length - L - of unit
A992
Angle section (L)

47. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Shores
2.67 ft
Reservoir

48. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Mildly
same
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Footing

49. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
2 in
Mildly
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

50. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Open-Hearth furnace
Peter Zumther
2 to 4 ft
Length - L - of unit