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1. Materials used for Formwork are___
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Shores
Open-Hearth furnace

2. The purpose of flashing is to...
Extruded Bricks
High-treated carbon steel
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

3. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Weep holes
same
Dead End

4. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Gravel
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

5. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
G30 - G60 - G120
More easily constructable.
5 in
Grouted Space

6. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Steel pipes
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
16 in
Steel Grade

7. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Chairs
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Steel Joist Institute
Better

8. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
Much lower
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
False

9. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Alkali resistant
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.
One piece anchors
Pre-tensioned concrete

10. Stripping time is ___
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Vertical
Hard coat EIFS

11. 1 kip = ____psi
Hot Rolling
1kip=1000psi
AISC Type III Connection
W16X25

12. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
2 1/2 in
Support Pylons

13. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Strip Footing
cohesive
1in
Control joints in concrete do what?

14. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Horizontal reinforcement
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Hard coat EIFS
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

15. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Hollow structural section
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

16. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
M -S -N -O
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Electric Arc Furnace

17. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations

18. Cold formings is when __
Brown coat
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

19. Most common used Veneer wall is...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
The Framework
S50X30
False

20. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
30 ft
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
125psi
Gas or arc

21. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
3000 PSI
A conventional wood light frame building
30ft
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

22. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
Cross bearing Walls plane
Shelf angles
American Standard Shape

23. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
5000 psi
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
18 to 48 in
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

24. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Within the plane of the veneer
Adding water to the mortar
7 in
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

25. How is a T section made?
By Splitting I sections in half
Dead End
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Gravity load support to the veneer

26. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
2 in
Drilled pier footing

27. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Actual strength / required strength
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
A reinforced-masonry frame

28. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Cohesive
Steel
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

29. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
10-13 feet.
At each floor level and roof level
same
Square - rectangular or round

30. What does HHS stand for?
Hollow structural section
Live ends
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Pink

31. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Head Joints
Hollow structural section
Mildly
Metals that do not contain Metals

32. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
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
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Walls with overhangs
Immediately above the flashing

33. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
T section
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
1/2 to 3/4 thick

34. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Wide-Flange section
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Steel Joist Institute
Elevated Slabs

35. What is the formula for strain?
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
shear force=force/area
=change in length/original length
Alkali resistant

36. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
Tube
Shores
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Concave

37. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
I Section
3/8
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

38. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
Brick ledge
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
SJI
Extruded Bricks

39. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Less than it's ultimate stress
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Depth of the joist in inches

40. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Elastic-plastic
Isolation Joints
Footing
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

41. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
excavation
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
16'

42. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Shores
Gravity load support to the veneer
Base Plate
2

43. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Live end
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Tube
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

44. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Floor decks
General contractor
tempered glass

45. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
=change in length/original length
True
Weep holes

46. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Type N
Henry Bessemer in 1855
3/8

47. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Carbon steel
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
4 to 6 ft

48. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Copper and stainless steel
True
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Sloped toward the interior roof

49. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
field bolting of steel member
Base Plate
A 100% solid unit
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

50. A snape Tie consits of...
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Carbon steel