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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rain screen is...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Porland cement - lime - and sand

2. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
tempered glass
Structural concrete fill
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

3. DLH series has a depth range of...
52-72
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Live ends
field bolting of steel member

4. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
3/8
Elevated Slabs

5. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
50
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Tension
EAF - BOF - OHF

6. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Composite
30 ft
1kip=1000psi
Leveling Nut

7. The term FLying form refers to...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
True

8. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Grouted Space
Leveling Nut
7/8in
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

9. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

10. Slagwool is _____
Tension
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Steel Grade
Structural concrete fill

11. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
2in
Columns
Vertical
Extruded Bricks

12. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Cross bearing Walls plane
True
shear force=force/area

13. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
20 ft
Noncohesive Soils
A conventional wood light frame building
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

14. Most of the cost comes from _____
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.
3/8
Isolation Joints
The Framework

15. The term FLying form refers to...
Fibrous
3/8
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

16. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
stress=force/area
Copper and stainless steel

17. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Flying forms
Two flange plates
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
36 ksi

18. Stress Formula
Mock-up
Angle section (L)
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

19. What does TCA stand for?
Tilt-up Concrete Association
W16X25
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Scaffolding

20. Shelf angles are...
Lug
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Gas or arc

21. The GFRC skin is typically
Increase the strength of beam in shear
8 in
1/2 to 3/4 thick
5000 psi

22. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
3/8 in
Hard coat EIFS
Length - L - of unit

23. Compressive Strength Formula
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Capillary break
Columns
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

24. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
2in
Tube
structural frame
Metals that contain Iron

25. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
AISC Type III Connection
Brick ledge
FBX
Flexural and Shear.

26. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Live ends
2
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
3/8

27. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
Gravel
Modular
Drainage Walls

28. What does SJI stand for?
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Support Pylons
Steel Joist Institute

29. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
Steel Grade
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
SJI
That it is welded

30. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
A36
16 in
Modular

31. W-Shape is also called _____
Mild
Wide-Flange section
52-72
I Section

32. The first coat of stucco is called...
Scratch coat
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Tube

33. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
The concrete is cast at the site
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
W - S - HP - M
That it is welded

34. High-strength bolts are made from
Highly Crosive - Extreme
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Brown coat
High-treated carbon steel

35. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
annealed glass
True
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Reinforced concrete member

36. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
30ft
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
3/8
Adding water to the mortar

37. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Lighter member that spans between the girders
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
stablize joists
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

38. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Parallel - wider
Immediately about a flashing
2in

39. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
7 in
AISC Type I Connection
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
annealed glass

40. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Beams
where soil is not strong.
Drainage Walls
Is embedded in the walls

41. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Cross bearing Walls plane
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.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

42. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Peter Zumther
Rain-screen wall

43. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Construction Joint
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
cohesive
Grouted Space

44. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
M -S -N -O
Construction Joint
Metals that contain Iron
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

45. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Is embedded in the walls
every floor
Pile

46. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Length - L - of unit

47. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
shear force=force/area
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
125psi

48. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Weak in shear
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Compressive strength

49. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Weak in shear
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
16 in

50. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
The concrete is cast at the site
Modular
Composite