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1. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______






2. A snape Tie consits of...






3. What is the 2 arrow?






4. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape






5. Modulus of elasticity






6. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...






7. What is one of the Empirical rules?






8. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?






9. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures






10. 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.






11. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within






12. What is the 2 arrow?






13. Slagwool is _____






14. Bricks that have core holes are ____






15. Capillary break is a...






16. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______






17. The material in an arch is primarily in _________






18. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too






19. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?






20. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer






21. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...






22. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...






23. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones






24. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?






25. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...






26. 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






27. Ferrous Metals are...






28. A Blast Furnace is a ______






29. A joint screen is an






30. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____






31. Roof deck is generally topped with _____






32. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?






33. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...






34. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...






35. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____






36. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by






37. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?






38. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...






39. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?






40. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____






41. Flashing material must be impervious to...






42. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as






43. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...






44. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...






45. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.






46. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____






47. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...






48. What is the Fill Made up of?






49. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...






50. What is the formula for shear force?