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1. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Sloped toward the interior roof
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Rain-screen wall

2. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Grouted Space
That it is welded
Immediately above
30ft

3. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
The Framework
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Leveling Nut

4. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
Sloped on both sides
Less than it's ultimate stress
tempered glass

5. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
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.
At each floor level and roof level
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Beams and Columns

6. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
A reinforced-masonry frame
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

7. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Water Proofing
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Bearing connection
Thermal Mass

8. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
4 to 6 ft
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
A 100% solid unit

9. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
EAF - OHF - BOF
Mildly
After World War 2

10. Weep Holes are...
FBX
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
American Standard Shape

11. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

12. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
1kip=1000psi

13. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Flying forms
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Composite

14. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Cross bearing Walls plane

15. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
40 ft
EAF - OHF - BOF
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Stress / strain = E

16. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
Rain-screen wall
144^2 - 18ft.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
By Splitting I sections in half

17. What does TCA stand for?
Zero (0)
Tilt-up Concrete Association
where soil is not strong.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

18. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Bearing connection
Shelf angles
SJI

19. What does SJI stand for?
Strip Footing
Bed Joints
Steel Joist Institute
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

20. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Isolation Joints
A325
8 and 30 in
every floor

21. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Adding water to the mortar
Mildly
3 in

22. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
perpendicular
True
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.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

23. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Immediately about a flashing
Hot Rolling
Roof and Floor
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

24. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

25. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
True
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

26. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Cross bearing Walls plane
3 in
Drilled pier footing
Grade 50 steel

27. Wicks consist of...
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

28. Strain Formula
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
2
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

29. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Column Footing
More easily constructable.
24
Porland cement - lime - and sand

30. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Elevated Slabs
Mock-up

31. A pour stop is generally used with
Pile
Floor decks
Actual strength / required strength
Adding water to the mortar

32. What is ultimate stress?
Metals that do not contain Metals
Immediately about a flashing
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Stress at the point of failure

33. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Much lower
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Tube

34. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
8 in to 30 in
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Live end

35. 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 ____
A horizontal butt join in cladding
False
Flying forms
Capillary break

36. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Electric Arc Furnace
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
connection beam flanges
Weak in shear

37. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Providing an impervious barrier to water
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Structural concrete fill
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

38. Which type of EIF is most used?
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
True
PB pg 703
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

39. A pour stop is generally used with
Mildly
Beams and Columns
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Floor decks

40. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Shores
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Concave

41. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
windward face
annealed glass
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Grade 50 steel

42. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Concrete masonry Units
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

43. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Beams
Soft-coat EIFS
American Standard Shape
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

44. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
2in
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

45. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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46. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Strip Footing
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

47. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
2in
Lintel angle
That it is welded
Brick ledge

48. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
EAF - OHF - BOF
3000 psi
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

49. A slip-critical connection is...
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Width - W - of Unit
Hot Rolling
After World War 2

50. Bricks that have frogs are...
Mild
Bed Joints
Molded bricks
Live end