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1. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Immediately above
2 in
True

2. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Flying forms
Much lower
5 in
Elevated Slabs

3. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
Length - L - of unit
52-72
24

4. Strain Formula
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
1kip=1000psi
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

5. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Pipe Section
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
A continuous closure strip
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

6. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
stablize joists
EAF - BOF - OHF
every floor

7. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
18'
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Footing
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

8. DLH series has a depth range of...
30 ft
3/8
52-72
A36

9. Arch welding is where
cohesive
Composite
AISC Type I Connection
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

10. How is a T section made?
Roof and Floor
20 ft
By Splitting I sections in half
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

11. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
SJI
T section
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

12. Bond beams are _____
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Each floor level
Elastic
Depth of the joist in inches

13. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
2in
Walls with overhangs
Percast at the construction site
3in

14. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Asymmetry
W - S - HP - M
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
4000 psi

15. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
2in
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
8 in
5000 psi

16. The Term Tendons includes Strands
52-72
Tube
True
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

17. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Each course consists of Strechers
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
That it is welded
A 100% solid unit

18. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Simple Connection
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

19. Frame Structure is defined by ________
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

20. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Gravel
Less than it's ultimate stress
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Reservoir

21. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
A ductile material
cohesive
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
3000 PSI

22. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
One piece anchors
Isolated pad footing
S50X30
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

23. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Grade 50 steel
cohesive
field bolting of steel member
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

24. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Construction Joint
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
90 to 180 degress

25. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Pipe Section
A horizontal butt join in cladding
3 in
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

26. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Isolation Joints
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Footing

27. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Stretcher Face
2in pg 645
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

28. A joint screen is an
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Leveling Nut
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

29. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
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
Stiff
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

30. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Simple Connection
Elastic-plastic
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

31. What does TCA stand for?
Open Headed joint
Tilt-up Concrete Association
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

32. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
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.
True
windward face
Bearing connection

33. The first coat of stucco is called...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
30ft
Scratch coat
Acrylic polymer-based mix

34. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
20 ft
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
S50X30

35. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
False

36. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
AISC Type II Connection
=change in length/original length
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

37. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
T section
2
True
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

38. A common type of Form Tie is ____
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.
16 in
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Snap Tie

39. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Each floor level
Beams and Columns
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

40. Walers
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

41. The GFRC skin is typically
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Compression
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

42. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
A36
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
3/8
Type S

43. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Cinder Block
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
True
Surface tension

44. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
Basic Oxygen Furnace
stress=force/area
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

45. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Composite
=change in length/original length
7 in
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

46. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
Shores
5000 psi
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Strands

47. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Column Footing
4000 psi
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

48. A vapor retarder is required under
AISC Type I Connection
I Section
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Support Pylons

49. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Open Headed joint
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

50. K-series has a depth range of?
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
W - S - HP - M
8 in to 30 in
Steel Joist Institute