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1. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Head Joints
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Site cast concrete slabs

2. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Stress at the point of failure
4000 psi
AISC Type II Connection
Increase the strength of beam in shear

3. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Modular
True
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

4. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Two flange plates
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

5. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Site cast concrete slabs
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Grade 50 steel
tempered glass

6. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Live end
16'
Fibrous

7. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
1kip=1000psi
Henry Bessemer in 1855

8. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Better

9. Which type of EIF is most used?
Control joints in concrete do what?
PB pg 703
8 in
T section

10. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Fibrous
Depth of the joist in inches
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Is embedded in the walls

11. Thermal Mass is _____
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Live end
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Type S

12. How is a T section made?
Veneer wall
By Splitting I sections in half
True
8 and 30 in

13. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Composite
Head Joints
Chairs
T section

14. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Cohesive
Steel fabricator
tempered glass

15. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
where soil is not strong.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Immediately above
Tube

16. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
16 in
EAF - OHF - BOF
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

17. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Floor decks

18. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
90 to 180 degress
2in
After World War 2

19. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Gauge number
every floor
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

20. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Live end
Pink
Alkali resistant
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

21. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Pile
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Columns
Gauge number

22. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Joists
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

23. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
American Standard Shape
EAF - BOF - OHF
Floor decks

24. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
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
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

25. A pour stop is generally used with
Floor decks
A ductile material
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
A reinforced-masonry frame

26. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Grade 50 steel
Zinc
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

27. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
2
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
M -S -N -O
After World War 2

28. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Live end
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Tougher pg 617
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

29. Retempering of motar means...
The concrete is cast at the site
Isolation Joints
every floor
Adding water to the mortar

30. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
A conventional wood light frame building
Carbon steel

31. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
3/8
Tension
18'
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

32. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

33. HSS can be what Shape?
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Square - rectangular or round

34. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Elevated Slabs
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
A conventional wood light frame building
True

35. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Hot Rolling
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Mild
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

36. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
1in
True
Chairs
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

37. 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?
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Brick ledge
4000 psi
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

38. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Basic Oxygen Furnace
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Type N

39. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
The concrete is cast at the site
Beams
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

40. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Mildly
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Capillary break
Construction Joint

41. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Hollow structural section
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
2in

42. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
AISC Type II Connection
field bolting of steel member
3/8

43. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Air tight
Structural concrete fill
structural frame
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

44. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Capillary break
Noncohesive Soils
Compression
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

45. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
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
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Concave
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

46. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Dead End
Joists
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
18'

47. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Tube
Lintel angle
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Length - L - of unit

48. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
2

49. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Floor decks
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Grade 50 steel
Mock-up

50. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Soft-coat EIFS
Each floor level
Angle section (L)
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion