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Construction Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...






2. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?






3. The term FLying form refers to...






4. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick






5. Bricks that have frogs are...






6. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately






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






8. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____






9. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______






10. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...






11. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some






12. A pour stop is generally used with






13. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






14. What are the 3 types of furnaces?






15. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through






16. The most common used size of brick is...






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






18. Which type of EIF is most used?






19. What are the 3 types of furnaces?






20. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






21. Simple Connection is also called...






22. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____






23. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide






24. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?






25. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks






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






27. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis






28. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?






29. Semirigid Connection is also called...






30. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...






31. 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






32. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____






33. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the






34. The Very middle one is called _____






35. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an






36. Shores are used for...






37. 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 ___






38. Capillary break is a...






39. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?






40. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____






41. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?






42. Flashing must be accompanied by _____






43. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____






44. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal






45. A bond Beam is provided at ______






46. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...






47. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






48. Stirrups are generally made of...






49. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...






50. Retempering of motar means...