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1. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
4000 psi
Tube
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

2. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
False
3000 psi
Hard coat EIFS

3. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Footing
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Live end

4. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Noncohesive Soils
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
2 in

5. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
Live end
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Cinder Block

6. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Noncohesive Soils

7. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Capillary break
T section

8. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Weep holes
Steel
Spraying the mix over a mold
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

9. What is the bottom piece called?
Expanded metal lath
Basic Oxygen Furnace
8 in
Footing

10. How is a T section made?
By Splitting I sections in half
W16X25
Grade 50 steel
Cohesive

11. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Immediately about a flashing
Parallel - wider
connection beam flanges
By Splitting I sections in half

12. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Reinforced concrete member
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
field bolting of steel member

13. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Width - W - of Unit
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Lateral load support to the veneer
8

14. The Very middle one is called _____
Concave
2
Grouted Space
I Section

15. Stirrups are generally made of...
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
where soil is not strong.
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Shores

16. What is a construction joint?
125psi
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Hard coat EIFS
Weep holes

17. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Beams and Columns
Grade 50 steel
Chairs
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

18. Site-cast is when ____
The concrete is cast at the site
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
False
2 to 4 ft

19. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Immediately above
90 to 180 degress
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

20. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
True
3000 PSI
Soft-coat EIFS
Drainage Walls

21. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Support Pylons
Thermal Mass
False
Veneer wall

22. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Horizontal reinforcement
Zinc

23. Girder is...
Live end
Horizontal reinforcement
A ductile material
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

24. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
Veneer wall
Basic Oxygen Furnace
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

25. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
2 in
Steel
Site cast concrete slabs

26. What is the formula for stress?
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
True
stress=force/area
30 ft

27. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
FBX
By functioning as a water reservior
Columns

28. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Lug
3/8
Lighter member that spans between the girders

29. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Cranes and rails
Pre-tensioned concrete
Simple Connection
Grade 50 steel

30. Cast Iron is formed when _______
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Portland cement stucco
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
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.

31. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Carbon steel
50
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Drainage Walls

32. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Live end

33. Bricks that have frogs are...
Molded bricks
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
240 in =20ft
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

34. 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 ____
3/8
Within the plane of the veneer
The cladding resists all the wind load
Flying forms

35. Semirigid Connection is also called...
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Percast at the construction site
AISC Type III Connection

36. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
30ft
That it is welded

37. 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
24in
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
T section
Gravity load support to the veneer

38. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
True
Mild
Beams
Veneer wall

39. Two-way deck is a ____
AISC Type II Connection
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Joists
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

40. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Copper and stainless steel
20 ft
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
4000 psi

41. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Henry Bessemer in 1855
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.
structural frame
2 1/2 in

42. OHF full name is?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Open-Hearth furnace
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

43. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
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.
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Cranes and rails

44. Retempering of motar means...
Adding water to the mortar
Expanded metal lath
1in
After World War 2

45. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Elastic
annealed glass
windward face

46. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Immediately above the flashing
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Peter Zumther
24

47. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Favorably
T section
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Henry Bessemer in 1855

48. What is one of the Empirical rules?
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Either tension or compression
Strip Footing
Percast at the construction site

49. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
8 in to 30 in
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
A325
Isolated pad footing

50. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
Less than it's ultimate stress
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

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