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1. 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.
M -S -N -O
That it is welded
Tougher pg 617
Drainage Walls

2. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
A 100% solid unit
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
A992

3. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
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
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
Isolation Joints

4. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Depth of the joist in inches
Length - L - of unit
Stretcher Face
S50X30

5. W-Shape is also called _____
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Wide-Flange section
stress=force/area
Better

6. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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7. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
16'
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Mildly

8. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Lateral load support to the veneer
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
240 in =20ft

9. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Solid unit
Steel
Pipe Section
3 in

10. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Lintel angle
Continuous Stip footing
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

11. 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 ____
Sloped on both sides
Strands
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Flying forms

12. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
2in pg 645
Joists
30 ft

13. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Actual strength / required strength
5 in

14. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
40 ft
Construction Joint
Gas or arc
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

15. In what order are roof componants placed:
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Grouted Space
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
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

16. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
7 in
Wide-Flange section
Immediately above the flashing
Immediately above the flashing

17. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Shores
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
4000 psi
Column Footing

18. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
Much lower
Water Proofing
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
AISC Type III Connection

19. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
3000 PSI

20. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
A 100% solid unit
Portland cement stucco
Hollow structural section
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

21. What is an Isolation Joint?

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22. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
Open-Hearth furnace
A continuous closure strip
8 in
Thermal Mass

23. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Elastic
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Reservoir
2 in

24. 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 ___
Sloped toward the interior roof
Elevated Slabs
1kip=1000psi
144^2 - 18ft.

25. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Shores
Carbon steel
Lug
Extruded Bricks

26. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Noncohesive Soils
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Vertical reinforcing bars

27. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Beams and Columns
Steel Grade
4000 psi
Providing an impervious barrier to water

28. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
AISC Type I Connection
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Two piece wire anchors
2in

29. LH series has a depth range of...
18 to 48 in
Highly Crosive - Extreme
2in
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

30. What does SJI stand for?
Steel Joist Institute
Within the plane of the veneer
Sloped on both sides
Basic Oxygen Furnace

31. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
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
Air tight
Parallel - wider
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

32. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
7 in
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Asymmetry
FBX

33. Benefits of reinforced masonry
2in
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
True

34. Effloresecence
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
125psi
Pile
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.

35. The GFRC skin is typically
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
1/2 to 3/4 thick
annealed glass
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

36. The term FLying form refers to...
Brick ledge
1kip=1000psi
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
perpendicular

37. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Base Plate
2
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

38. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
2 in
Horizontal reinforcement
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

39. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
cohesive
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Gas or arc
A992

40. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Type N
Structural concrete fill

41. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Weep holes
Hard coat EIFS
Vertical reinforcing bars
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

42. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Steel
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
1in
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

43. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Weep holes
Control joints in concrete do what?
S50X30
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

44. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Compression
FBX
3000 PSI
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

45. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Snap Tie

46. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
I Section
40 ft
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

47. What does HHS stand for?
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
144^2 - 18ft.
Hollow structural section
Continuous Stip footing

48. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
50
=change in length/original length
Ground-Supported slabs area____

49. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
8
Tube
Parallel - wider
Concrete masonry Units

50. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
SJI
Lug
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.