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1. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
2
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Reinforced concrete member
Noncohesive Soils

2. 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...
30 ft
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
16'
Elastic-plastic

3. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Gas or arc
2 in
Lug
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

4. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Concrete masonry Units
Pile
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

5. What is the Fill Made up of?
4000 psi
Composite
Gravel
AISC Type II Connection

6. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
8 in to 30 in
7/8in

7. Stack casting is used when
Copper and stainless steel
Modular
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Two flange plates

8. What is the 2 arrow?
Lighter weight
Tube
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Base Plate

9. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
Site cast concrete slabs
The cladding resists all the wind load
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
FBX

10. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
True

11. Clay is _______
Steel fabricator
Sloped toward the interior roof
cohesive
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

12. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
More easily constructable.
Weak in shear
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Isolated pad footing

13. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
EAF - OHF - BOF
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
Weak in shear
Capillary break

14. Where are deep foundations used?
AISC Type I Connection
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Sloped - thinner
where soil is not strong.

15. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Lug
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Drainage Walls
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

16. Precast is where____
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Molded bricks
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Compression

17. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Floor decks
Cranes and rails

18. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Drainage Walls
Molded bricks

19. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Construction Joint
Bed Joints
A992
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

20. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Cross bearing Walls plane
Open-Hearth furnace

21. Arch welding is where
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
T section
Hot Rolling

22. Retempering of motar means...
Base Plate
Adding water to the mortar
Force / Area
5000 psi

23. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
90 to 180 degress
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Width - W - of Unit
Pre-tensioned concrete

24. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Reservoir
Construction Joint
Steel Grade
Simple Connection

25. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Asymmetry
18 to 48 in
Angle section (L)
Joists

26. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
W - S - HP - M
4 to 6 ft
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

27. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
18'
Gravel
More easily constructable.
same

28. Ferrous Metals are...
Stress / strain = E
16 in
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Metals that contain Iron

29. What is the First arrow point at?
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Leveling Nut
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

30. A Soft story is a _______
Electric Arc Furnace
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
shear force=force/area
1/2 to 3/4 thick

31. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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32. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Noncohesive Soils
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

33. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Percast at the construction site
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

34. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Zero (0)
Electric Arc Furnace
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
True

35. Most of the cost comes from _____
Isolation Joints
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
The Framework
Gauge number

36. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
False
Immediately above the flashing
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.
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

37. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
16 in
Metals that contain Iron
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

38. A pour stop is generally used with
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Floor decks
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.
Pile

39. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Tunnel Form
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

40. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
By functioning as a water reservior
EAF - BOF - OHF
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Pre-tensioned concrete

41. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Immediately about a flashing
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
every floor

42. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Hollow structural section
Hard coat EIFS
A ductile material
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

43. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Solid unit
Copper and stainless steel

44. A two way joist floor is also called...
Steel pipes
Porland cement - lime - and sand
I Section
A Waffle Slab

45. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A 100% solid unit
annealed glass
Wide-Flange section
AISC Type I Connection

46. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Grouted Space
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Bearing connection
18 to 48 in

47. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
4000 psi
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Compression
Control joints in concrete do what?

48. BOF full name is _______
Walls with overhangs
Hollow structural section
Steel fabricator
Basic Oxygen Furnace

49. Bond beams are _____
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Hollow structural section
Cohesive

50. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Surface tension
Parallel - wider
More easily constructable.
At each floor level and roof level