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1. Materials used for Formwork are___
3in
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Construction Joint
Footing

2. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Soft-coat EIFS
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Tube

3. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Lighter weight
windward face

4. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
EAF - OHF - BOF
A reinforced-masonry frame
stress=force/area
True

5. What is the Fill Made up of?
10-13 feet.
Dead End
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Gravel

6. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Grade 50 steel
=change in length/original length
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.

7. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Structural concrete fill
Angle section (L)
After World War 2

8. 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
Pipe Section
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Isolation Joints
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

9. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
2 1/2 in
Sloped - thinner
Vertical
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

10. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
0.0025
Elastic
Lintel angle
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

11. Thermal Mass is _____
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

12. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Lintel angle
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

13. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
FBX
Stiff
Type N
Joists

14. Bond beams are _____
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Snap Tie
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

15. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Mildly
Weak in shear
Steel fabricator
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

16. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Zinc
Spraying the mix over a mold
5 in
Metals that contain Iron

17. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Concrete masonry Units
2 in
False

18. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
every floor
Structural concrete fill

19. Shear stress formula
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Force / Area
Asymmetry
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

20. Cellular-type plan is ______
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

21. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
2in
Hot Rolling
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Percast at the construction site

22. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
The concrete is cast at the site
2.67 ft

23. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
90 to 180 degress
Flexural and Shear.
That it is welded

24. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
True

25. The Term Tendons includes Strands
True
3/8
Lintel angle
Veneer wall

26. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
HHS
Column Footing
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

27. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Shelf angles
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

28. StiffBacks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Fibrous
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

29. Pile
Open-Hearth furnace
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Reinforced concrete member

30. The most common used size of brick is...
Drilled pier footing
Mock-up
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

31. The first coat of stucco is called...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
2
Scratch coat
18'

32. The term FLying form refers to...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
AISC Type II Connection
240 in =20ft
Snap Tie

33. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
windward face

34. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Fibrous
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
The concrete is cast at the site
4 to 6 ft

35. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
The Framework
3/8 in
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Bearing connection

36. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Lighter weight
Head Joints
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

37. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
A Waffle Slab
Gravity - wind and surface tension
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

38. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
True
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Support Pylons
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

39. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Spraying the mix over a mold
M -S -N -O
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Strip Footing

40. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
3/8
Expanded metal lath
Mild

41. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Joists
Peter Zumther
Structural concrete fill

42. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
More easily constructable.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
3/8
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

43. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
2in pg 645
Horizontal reinforcement
Dead End

44. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
3/8
Stiff
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

45. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Is embedded in the walls
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
2

46. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
W - S - HP - M
SJI
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
shear force=force/area

47. What does HHS stand for?
A992
Hollow structural section
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Gravel

48. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
2.67 ft
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Metals that contain Iron

49. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
2
Gas or arc
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

50. Shores are used for...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
AISC Type III Connection
Lintel angle
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches