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1. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Thermal Mass
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
36 ksi
Acrylic polymer-based mix

2. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Column Footing

3. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
Capillary break
20 ft
Lighter member that spans between the girders

4. Z-flashing is effective in...
T section
Brown coat
2.67 ft
A horizontal butt join in cladding

5. Standard CMU size
Isolated pad footing
8 in
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Gauge number

6. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
Stretcher Face
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
More easily constructable.
Alkali resistant

7. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
field bolting of steel member
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
2 in

8. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Steel fabricator
Type N
Gravity load support to the veneer
Spraying the mix over a mold

9. 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?
Solid unit
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Brick ledge
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

10. 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.
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Simple Connection
Isolation Joints

11. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
EAF - OHF - BOF
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Compressive strength
Footing

12. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Joists
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Tube

13. Shores are used for...
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Bed Joints

14. Simple Connection is also called...
Base Plate
AISC Type II Connection
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Favorably

15. Conventional stucco is also called...
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Portland cement stucco

16. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A 100% solid unit
Mild
AISC Type I Connection
Elastic

17. A Simple Connection is...
Site cast concrete slabs
A reinforced-masonry frame
Pile
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

18. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
excavation
Brick ledge
Pile

19. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Brick ledge
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
2
That it is welded

20. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Capillary break
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Live end

21. Modulus of elasticity
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Stress / strain = E
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Veneer wall

22. A rigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type I Connection
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
American Standard Shape
4

23. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Increase the strength of beam in shear
30 ft
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

24. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Lug
stablize joists
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

25. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
Porland cement - lime - and sand
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
16 in
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

26. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
tempered glass
High-treated carbon steel
Shores
Sloped toward the interior roof

27. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
4000 psi

28. Which type of EIF is most used?
Cranes and rails
2
PB pg 703
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

29. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Pink

30. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
tempered glass
Parallel - wider
Air tight
Elevated Slabs

31. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
By functioning as a water reservior
Immediately about a flashing
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Hard coat EIFS

32. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Two flange plates
At each floor level and roof level

33. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
I Section
Walls with vertical reinforcement
2.67 ft
Floor decks

34. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
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.
5000 psi
Angle section (L)
Reservoir

35. Effloresecence
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

36. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
Cohesive
Stress / strain = E
Mock-up
Parallel - wider

37. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Asymmetry
Sloped on both sides
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

38. Most of the cost comes from _____
The Framework
Solid unit
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
T section

39. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
8 in
True

40. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
20 ft
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Drainage Walls
A325

41. What is the First arrow point at?
FBX
Percast at the construction site
Leveling Nut
Column Footing

42. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Type N
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

43. Wicks consist of...
where soil is not strong.
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Open Headed joint
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

44. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Snap Tie
Gravity load support to the veneer
Elastic

45. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Within the plane of the veneer
Mild
Columns

46. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
The Framework
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Parallel - wider
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

47. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Is embedded in the walls
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Two piece wire anchors
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

48. What is the Fill Made up of?
Joists
5 in
Gravel
Angle section (L)

49. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
I Section
Lug
Shores
Henry Bessemer in 1855

50. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
4000 psi
8 in to 30 in
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Solid unit