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1. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
A992
3/8
True

2. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Mild
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

3. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Barrier walls
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Pipe Section
Tunnel Form

4. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Barrier walls
Vertical
Thermal Mass
American Standard Shape

5. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Extruded Bricks
Shelf angles
Zinc
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

6. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
3/8 in
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

7. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
A 100% solid unit
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
structural frame

8. Strain Formula
A conventional wood light frame building
High-treated carbon steel
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

9. Mechanical couplers are used
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
4000 psi
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

10. Z-flashing is effective in...
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Pipe Section
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

11. The most common thickness for mortar is____
Lug
False
Metals that contain Iron
3/8

12. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
Shores
Either tension or compression
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Less than it's ultimate stress

13. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
7 in
Adding water to the mortar
Column Footing
Zinc

14. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
I Section
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
same

15. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
AISC Type III Connection
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Type S
Grade 50 steel

16. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Weak in shear
A 100% solid unit
4000 psi
Acrylic polymer-based mix

17. 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 ___
Gas or arc
144^2 - 18ft.
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

18. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
False
annealed glass
structural frame

19. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
Some veneer walls
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
HHS

20. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Modular
3/8
Length - L - of unit
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

21. What is Core Holes?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Head Joints
2in
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

22. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
Cohesive
Copper and stainless steel
2in
2in

23. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Columns
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Snap Tie

24. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Peter Zumther
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
SJI
Steel fabricator

25. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
Sloped on both sides
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
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
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

26. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
90 to 180 degress
Steel
Weep holes
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

27. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Footing
EAF - OHF - BOF
HHS

28. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
2in

29. Semirigid Connection is also called...
Solid unit
AISC Type III Connection
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Structural concrete fill

30. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
Drilled pier footing
Expanded metal lath
Scratch coat

31. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Drainage Walls
Chairs
Pile

32. A tube is referred to as a ____
Isolation Joints
T section
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
HHS

33. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
Residential
A 100% solid unit
Actual strength / required strength

34. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Some veneer walls
Gravity - wind and surface tension

35. The Very middle one is called _____
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Isolation Joints
I Section
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

36. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
I Section
Noncohesive Soils
Width - W - of Unit
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

37. A Soft story is a _______
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
That it is welded
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Zinc

38. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Weak in shear
Drilled pier footing
A36
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

39. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Joists
Rain-screen wall
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

40. StiffBacks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

41. Ferrous Metals are...
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Metals that contain Iron

42. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Base Plate
Gravel
G30 - G60 - G120
240 in =20ft

43. A vapor retarder is required under
Stiff
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Gravel

44. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Cohesive
144^2 - 18ft.
Grouted Space

45. One-way deck is a ______
Sloped toward the interior roof
I Section
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

46. Frame Structure is defined by ________
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Lighter member that spans between the girders
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Column Footing

47. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Gravel
2 in

48. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
At each floor level and roof level
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Residential
Concrete masonry Units

49. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
A36
Parallel - wider
Asymmetry
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

50. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
4
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.