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1. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
5000 psi
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Metals that do not contain Metals

2. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Peter Zumther
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
The Framework
Mock-up

3. How is a T section made?
cohesive
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Copper and stainless steel
By Splitting I sections in half

4. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Pile
Snap Tie
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

5. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
4
One piece anchors
Snap Tie

6. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
AISC Type II Connection
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

7. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Live ends
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
tempered glass

8. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Barrier walls
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
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Vertical

9. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Stress at the point of failure
2 to 4 ft
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Barrier walls

10. What is the bottom piece called?
Cranes and rails
Plortland cement-based mix
Footing
American Standard Shape

11. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
5000 psi
HHS
50
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

12. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

13. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
16 in
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

14. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Drilled pier footing
Two flange plates

15. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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16. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Parallel - wider
24in
Each floor level

17. What does SJI stand for?
Elastic-plastic
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Steel Joist Institute
Weep holes

18. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Molded bricks
Wide-Flange section
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Elevated Slabs

19. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Hard coat EIFS
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.
Favorably
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

20. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Gauge number
10-13 feet.
Some veneer walls
True

21. Simple Connection is also called...
AISC Type II Connection
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Better

22. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
cohesive
Wide-Flange section
Compression

23. A snug-Tight condition is _____
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Angle section (L)
3/8
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

24. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Site cast concrete slabs
3 in
30 ft
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

25. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
where soil is not strong.
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Width - W - of Unit

26. A material that is weak in tension is...
The Framework
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Weak in shear
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

27. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
True
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Joists

28. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
Grouted Space
1kip=1000psi
Wide-Flange section

29. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Electric Arc Furnace
20 ft
False
Two piece wire anchors

30. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Type S
every floor
Strands
Barrier walls

31. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Drainage Walls
A36
40 ft
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

32. Factor for safety formula
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Failure stress / allowable stress
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Leveling Nut

33. Formwork is refereed to as
M -S -N -O
3000 PSI
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

34. 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?
EAF - BOF - OHF
4 to 6 ft
Leveling Nut
Brick ledge

35. 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.
Tougher pg 617
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Pile
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

36. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Thermal Mass
Air tight
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

37. A typical bond beam is provided with
Site cast concrete slabs
Horizontal reinforcement
Cinder Block
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

38. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Weak in shear
Continuous Stip footing
Stretcher Face

39. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
Flying forms
cohesive
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Residential

40. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Each floor level
A36
M -S -N -O

41. 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
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
By functioning as a water reservior
Within the plane of the veneer
30 ft

42. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...
True
3 in
2in
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

43. A rigid Connection is also called...
3 in
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
AISC Type I Connection
SJI

44. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Is embedded in the walls
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

45. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
At each floor level and roof level
Scaffolding
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
Simple Connection

46. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Fibrous
Sloped on both sides
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

47. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Steel Joist Institute
8 in
Weep holes
Lighter member that spans between the girders

48. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
SJI
Cross bearing Walls plane
2.67 ft
PB pg 703

49. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Zero (0)
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Grade 50 steel
Angle section (L)

50. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Steel Joist Institute
Drilled pier footing
T section
Length - L - of unit

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