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1. Materials used for Formwork are___
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
2
EAF - OHF - BOF
Steel

2. Shores are used for...
stress=force/area
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

3. What is the formula for strain?
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Adding water to the mortar
=change in length/original length

4. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Scaffolding
Each floor level
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

5. Cold formings is when __
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
90 to 180 degress
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

6. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Actual strength / required strength
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
Lintel angle

7. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
2
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Immediately above

8. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
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
2 in

9. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Beams and Columns
The cladding resists all the wind load
Percast at the construction site
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

10. What is one of the Empirical rules?
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
3/8 in
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Strip Footing

11. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Vertical reinforcing bars
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Length - L - of unit

12. StiffBacks
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Better

13. What does HHS stand for?
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Hollow structural section
2in
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

14. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Steel fabricator
1in
Roof and Floor
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

15. Arch welding is where
A36
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Immediately above the flashing

16. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Width - W - of Unit
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Snap Tie
0.0025

17. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Mild
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

18. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Hollow structural section
Live ends
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Lateral load support to the veneer

19. Bond beams are _____
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
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

20. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Each floor level
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Walls with vertical reinforcement

21. BOF full name is _______
Gas or arc
Basic Oxygen Furnace
2in
Column Footing

22. The Top right hand Beam is called a
annealed glass
T section
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

23. What is the 2 arrow?
3in
Base Plate
Pile
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

24. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
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25. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Isolation Joints
After World War 2
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

26. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
Plortland cement-based mix
2
Gravity - wind and surface tension

27. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
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
Live end

28. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
16 in
Better
Zinc
Residential

29. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
7 in
Sloped - thinner
Tension
S50X30

30. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Beams
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Cranes and rails
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

31. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Isolation Joints
Veneer wall
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
Immediately above

32. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Vertical reinforcing bars
S50X30
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Composite

33. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Percast at the construction site
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
tempered glass

34. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
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Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Walls with overhangs
Acrylic polymer-based mix

35. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
W - S - HP - M
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Less than it's ultimate stress
Base Plate

36. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
3000 psi
Angle section (L)
8 in
Better

37. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Live ends
Reservoir
Lighter member that spans between the girders
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.

38. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Thermal Mass
connection beam flanges

39. The first coat of stucco is called...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
connection beam flanges
Elevated Slabs
Scratch coat

40. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Each floor level
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

41. Where are deep foundations used?
2 1/2 in
5 in
where soil is not strong.
Sloped - thinner

42. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Shelf angles
3 in
Tube

43. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Elevated Slabs

44. DLH series has a depth range of...
52-72
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Parallel - wider

45. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Less than it's ultimate stress
3/8

46. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Grade 50 steel
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
By functioning as a water reservior

47. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
3/8
Cinder Block
Live ends
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

48. Stirrups are generally made of...
Isolation Joints
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
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
Compression

49. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Pile
Angle section (L)
Bearing connection
Columns

50. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
1in
True
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
General contractor