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1. A Tunnel form consists of...
Control joints in concrete do what?
Tube
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.
W - S - HP - M

2. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Stress at the point of failure
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
excavation
3/8

3. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
3in
Elevated Slabs
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
More easily constructable.

4. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
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SJI
Scratch coat

5. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Noncohesive Soils
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

6. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
American Standard Shape
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Is embedded in the walls
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

7. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Heavier members and spans from column to column
1in
Is embedded in the walls
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

8. Shear stress formula
8 and 30 in
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
A992
Force / Area

9. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Weep holes
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Bearing connection
Dead End

10. Twist-off Bolt method is...
Mild
Cranes and rails
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
annealed glass

11. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
3000 PSI
90 to 180 degress
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Open-Hearth furnace

12. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Width - W - of Unit
False
Pre-tensioned concrete
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

13. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
30 ft
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Walls with overhangs
Drainage Walls

14. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
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K-series - LH series - DHL series
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

15. HSS can be what Shape?
Open Headed joint
Square - rectangular or round
2in
Vertical

16. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
4000 psi
Angle section (L)
Molded bricks
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

17. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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18. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
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Walls with overhangs

19. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Lintel angle
windward face
Stretcher Face

20. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
8 in
Two flange plates
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Type S

21. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Drainage Walls
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Mild
Weep holes

22. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
3/8
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Construction Joint
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

23. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
A conventional wood light frame building
16 in
Vertical

24. Rain screen is...
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

25. Shores are used for...
3/8
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
shear force=force/area
Walls with vertical reinforcement

26. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
240 in =20ft
Beams

27. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Tunnel Form
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Gauge number
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.

28. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Mock-up
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
One piece anchors

29. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Construction Joint
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Vertical reinforcing bars

30. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Pre-tensioned concrete
Immediately above
3/8
Steel fabricator

31. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Acrylic polymer-based mix
7 in
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Composite

32. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

33. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Brick ledge
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Flying forms

34. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A 100% solid unit
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
3in

35. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Better
Parallel - wider
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

36. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Immediately above
Bearing connection
Shelf angles
Sloped - thinner

37. a backup wall is required in a...
1in
Veneer wall
Plortland cement-based mix
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

38. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Brown coat
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

39. The most water tight joint is ____
same
tempered glass
Failure stress / allowable stress
Concave

40. Flashing material must be impervious to...
3 in
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
40 ft
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

41. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Walls with vertical reinforcement
G30 - G60 - G120
Barrier walls
S50X30

42. Which type of EIF is most used?
Sloped on both sides
Elastic
PB pg 703
8 in

43. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Pile
same
Beams

44. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
True
Noncohesive Soils
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Immediately above the flashing

45. Rain screen is...
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Site cast concrete slabs

46. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
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25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Gauge number

47. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Sloped on both sides
Angle section (L)
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

48. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Joists
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
CMU backed brick veneer

49. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Shelf angles
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Pink
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

50. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Favorably
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Chairs
By functioning as a water reservior