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1. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
Surface tension
By Splitting I sections in half
40 ft

2. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Isolation Joints
Cohesive

3. Two-way deck is a ____
General contractor
Lintel angle
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

4. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
Live end
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Tougher pg 617

5. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
Steel
2.67 ft
Cohesive
Bed Joints

6. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Molded bricks
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Sloped - thinner

7. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Solid unit
3/8
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
By Splitting I sections in half

8. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Type N
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Concave

9. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
3/8
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
A continuous closure strip

10. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Isolation Joints
52-72
7 in

11. The first coat of stucco is called...
Scratch coat
Concave
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Metals that contain Iron

12. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
windward face
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Wide-Flange section
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

13. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
Tension
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
1in
Columns

14. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Capillary break
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

15. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Angle section (L)
Elevated Slabs
1kip=1000psi
A992

16. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Reinforced concrete member
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
5000 psi
connection beam flanges

17. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
2
Isolation Joints
The Framework
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

18. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
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.
Within the plane of the veneer
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Less than it's ultimate stress

19. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Lighter weight
3in
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
2

20. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
20 ft
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

21. Rain screen is...
FBX
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
True

22. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
That it is welded
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

23. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Alkali resistant
5000 psi
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Steel

24. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
50
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Better

25. Cold formings is when __
Scratch coat
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

26. Shelf angles are...
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
AISC Type I Connection
A325
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

27. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
True
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

28. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
5 in
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
EAF - BOF - OHF
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

29. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
7 in
Stretcher Face
4 to 6 ft

30. Conventional stucco is also called...
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Barrier walls
Steel
Portland cement stucco

31. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

32. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
3/8
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

33. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
Drainage Walls
Leveling Nut
stablize joists

34. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
After World War 2
Support Pylons
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

35. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Vertical
36 ksi
T section

36. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
10-13 feet.
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Concrete masonry Units
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

37. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Electric Arc Furnace
True
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Fibrous

38. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Mock-up
Thermal Mass
1kip=1000psi
2in

39. Modulus of elasticity
Stress / strain = E
shear force=force/area
General contractor
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

40. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Air tight
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
That it is welded

41. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
AISC Type II Connection
False
Steel
Tension

42. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Residential
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
3/8
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

43. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
T section
8 in
4000 psi
Actual strength / required strength

44. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Reservoir
Veneer wall
That it is welded
Water Proofing

45. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Metals that contain Iron
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
EAF - OHF - BOF
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

46. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Percast at the construction site
perpendicular
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
cohesive

47. Materials used for Formwork are___
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Square - rectangular or round
Zero (0)

48. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Surface tension
field bolting of steel member
Construction Joint
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.

49. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
shear force=force/area
4000 psi
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

50. Site-cast is when ____
By functioning as a water reservior
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
The concrete is cast at the site