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1. The GFRC skin is typically
Grade 50 steel
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

2. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Open-Hearth furnace
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Alkali resistant

3. What is one of the Empirical rules?
30ft
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
20 ft
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

4. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Surface tension
Molded bricks
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Column Footing

5. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Snap Tie
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Type N
2in

6. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
EAF - OHF - BOF
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
cohesive
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

7. A wall footing is also called _____
Strip Footing
True
2in
Pile

8. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Pile
1kip=1000psi
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

9. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
Gas or arc
3/8 in
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
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

10. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
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.
Highly Crosive - Extreme

11. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Electric Arc Furnace
Shelf angles
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

12. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
FBX
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

13. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Pink
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

14. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Live end
Barrier walls
PB pg 703

15. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
7/8in

16. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
EAF - OHF - BOF
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Concave
tempered glass

17. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Width - W - of Unit
Asymmetry
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

18. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Cranes and rails
Extruded Bricks
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
4 to 6 ft

19. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Solid unit
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Base Plate
EAF - OHF - BOF

20. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Steel
Each floor level
3in
False

21. A bond Beam is provided at ______
4 to 6 ft
W - S - HP - M
3000 psi
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

22. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Stretcher Face
Compression
where soil is not strong.
Barrier walls

23. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Stress / strain = E
every floor
2in pg 645
General contractor

24. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Column Footing
Veneer wall
3000 psi

25. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Scaffolding
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
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.

26. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Rain-screen wall
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Weep holes
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

27. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Composite
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.
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

28. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
Pre-tensioned concrete
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
The cladding resists all the wind load
Head Joints

29. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
EAF - BOF - OHF
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Walls with overhangs
Zero (0)

30. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Immediately above the flashing
Some veneer walls
Immediately about a flashing

31. A wall footing is also called _____
8 and 30 in
Strip Footing
A conventional wood light frame building
Joists

32. Wicks consist of...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Henry Bessemer in 1855
structural frame
144^2 - 18ft.

33. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
18 to 48 in
2
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
A 100% solid unit

34. Thermal Mass is _____
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

35. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
A ductile material
Gravity load support to the veneer
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

36. Unfinished bolts are made from
Reinforced concrete member
Head Joints
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Carbon steel

37. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Immediately above
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
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
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

38. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
field bolting of steel member
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Drainage Walls
Base Plate

39. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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40. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Tougher pg 617
Immediately about a flashing
False
Mild

41. Arch welding is where
Steel Joist Institute
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

42. The second coat of stucco is called...
Scaffolding
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Open Headed joint
Brown coat

43. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
7 in
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Head Joints

44. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Plortland cement-based mix
Cranes and rails
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Pipe Section

45. BOF full name is _______
Continuous Stip footing
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Two piece wire anchors
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

46. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
Construction Joint
Pre-tensioned concrete
Rain-screen wall

47. Thermal Mass is _____
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
CMU backed brick veneer
Tougher pg 617
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

48. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
Floor decks
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

49. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Water Proofing
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Site cast concrete slabs
connection beam flanges

50. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
One piece anchors
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Angle section (L)
Much lower