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1. 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.
Mildly
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Tougher pg 617

2. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
After World War 2
Fibrous
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
30 ft

3. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
FBX
Tougher pg 617
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

4. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Favorably
Isolation Joints
Steel fabricator
Isolated pad footing

5. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
30 ft
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Joists

6. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
M -S -N -O
Column Footing
4000 psi

7. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Water Proofing
Lug

8. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Hot Rolling
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
36 ksi
Stress at the point of failure

9. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
30 ft
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

10. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
A conventional wood light frame building
Highly Crosive - Extreme
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

11. Bond beams are _____
Porland cement - lime - and sand
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Gauge number
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

12. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
125psi
annealed glass
7/8in
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

13. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Gravity load support to the veneer
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

14. EAF full name is?
Electric Arc Furnace
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Air tight
16'

15. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Sloped on both sides
Tube
Stretcher Face

16. Formwork is refereed to as
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Immediately above the flashing
30 ft
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

17. 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?
Simple Connection
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Brick ledge

18. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
1in
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Percast at the construction site

19. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Immediately above
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Pipe Section

20. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
The Framework
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Mild
tempered glass

21. Shores are used for...
Columns
Stiff
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
T section

22. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
At each floor level and roof level
Grade 50 steel
same

23. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Structural concrete fill
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Steel
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

24. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Lug
Footing
American Standard Shape
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

25. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
field bolting of steel member
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
1in
I Section

26. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Ground-Supported slabs area____
By Splitting I sections in half
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

27. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Lug
Steel
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Fibrous

28. Frame Structure is defined by ________
50
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Beams
8

29. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
Rain-screen wall
30ft
Support Pylons
3000 PSI

30. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
A 100% solid unit
Residential
Expanded metal lath

31. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Sloped - thinner
Elevated Slabs
Capillary break
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

32. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
2in
Pile
Scaffolding
A horizontal butt join in cladding

33. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Cross bearing Walls plane
Construction Joint
A Waffle Slab
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

34. Simple Connection is also called...
AISC Type II Connection
1in
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Isolation Joints

35. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
8 in to 30 in
excavation
2 1/2 in
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

36. S section I beam with a nominal depth of 50' and a weight of 60 lbs per 3 feet
S50X30
2 in
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

37. 1 kip = ____psi
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
1kip=1000psi
True
144^2 - 18ft.

38. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
A Waffle Slab
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Pile
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

39. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
3/8
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Structural concrete fill

40. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Noncohesive Soils
False
The cladding resists all the wind load
Length - L - of unit

41. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Force / Area
Immediately above
Air tight
Steel Joist Institute

42. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Isolation Joints
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Grade 50 steel
3000 psi

43. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Each course consists of Strechers
Water Proofing
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

44. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Pipe Section
Gauge number
Immediately above
Grade 50 steel

45. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Better
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

46. Factor for safety formula
Dead End
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Failure stress / allowable stress

47. Shelf angles are...
20 ft
True
connection beam flanges
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

48. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
A992
stablize joists
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

49. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Gravity load support to the veneer
40 ft
20 ft
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

50. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Fibrous
Type S
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint