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1. OHF full name is?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
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.
True
Open-Hearth furnace

2. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Immediately above the flashing
Beams and Columns
3/8
PB pg 703

3. How is a T section made?
Dead End
Grouted Space
By Splitting I sections in half
A conventional wood light frame building

4. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Carbon steel
Tension
36 ksi

5. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
240 in =20ft
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Stress / strain = E
=change in length/original length

6. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Mild
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Reinforced concrete member

7. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Elevated Slabs
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Stress at the point of failure
=change in length/original length

8. K-series has a depth range of?
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Air tight
8 in to 30 in
Surface tension

9. The term FLying form refers to...
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Portland cement stucco
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Soft-coat EIFS

10. What is the Fill Made up of?
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Gravel
Length - L - of unit
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

11. 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
Walls with vertical reinforcement
High-treated carbon steel
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Isolation Joints

12. Bricks that have frogs are...
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Head Joints
Dead End
Molded bricks

13. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
Support Pylons
2 1/2 in
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

14. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

15. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
Air tight
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Elevated Slabs
30 ft

16. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Support Pylons
Base Plate
Concrete masonry Units

17. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Is embedded in the walls
36 ksi

18. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Live end
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

19. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Bearing connection
Width - W - of Unit
Sloped toward the interior roof
Lug

20. What is the formula for strain?
A conventional wood light frame building
Steel fabricator
Weep holes
=change in length/original length

21. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Control joints in concrete do what?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Rain-screen wall

22. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Extruded Bricks
Steel fabricator
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

23. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
3000 PSI
tempered glass
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
2in pg 645

24. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
Residential
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup 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.

25. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Expanded metal lath
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
2 to 4 ft

26. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Much lower
Solid unit
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

27. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
1/2 to 3/4 thick
M -S -N -O
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

28. W-Shape is also called _____
24in
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Wide-Flange section

29. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Pile
I Section
Elevated Slabs
Capillary break

30. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Chairs
A horizontal butt join in cladding
3000 PSI
W - S - HP - M

31. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Solid unit
Beams
True
tempered glass

32. What is the Fill Made up of?
1in
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Gravel
Beams

33. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Walls with overhangs
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

34. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Reservoir
Surface tension
3in
where soil is not strong.

35. BOF full name is _______
5 in
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Either tension or compression
Basic Oxygen Furnace

36. In an English-bonded Wall
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
annealed glass
3 in

37. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Surface tension
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

38. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Percast at the construction site
American Standard Shape
Gauge number
Joists

39. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Bed Joints
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

40. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
perpendicular
Solid unit
Extruded Bricks
Vertical

41. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Metals that contain Iron
Failure stress / allowable stress
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

42. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Hard coat EIFS
Floor decks

43. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Water Proofing
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
American Standard Shape

44. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Water Proofing
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Compression
same

45. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Surface tension

46. S-Shape is also called ____
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
American Standard Shape
Head Joints
Live ends

47. Semirigid Connection is also called...
After World War 2
AISC Type III Connection
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Highly Crosive - Extreme

48. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Favorably
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.
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

49. A tube is referred to as a ____
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
True
HHS
Gravity load support to the veneer

50. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
field bolting of steel member
Open-Hearth furnace
Some veneer walls
same