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1. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Each course consists of Strechers
Noncohesive Soils
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

2. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
10-13 feet.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

3. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Chairs
stablize joists
Elevated Slabs
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

4. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
90 to 180 degress
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

5. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Lug
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Each floor level
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

6. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
0.0025
Live ends
52-72
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

7. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Pre-tensioned concrete
True
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Beams

8. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
False
where soil is not strong.
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Metals that contain Iron

9. Materials used for Formwork are___
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Cross bearing Walls plane
Pile
Strip Footing

10. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Residential
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
3/8
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

11. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Modular

12. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Concave
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Cohesive

13. In what order are roof componants placed:
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Water Proofing
Walls with vertical reinforcement

14. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
connection beam flanges
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Gravel
20 ft

15. 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
Columns
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

16. Semirigid Connection is also called...
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
AISC Type III Connection
A reinforced-masonry frame

17. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
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.
Steel Grade
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

18. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
EAF - BOF - OHF
A ductile material
Peter Zumther
36 ksi

19. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
A325
Reinforced concrete member
Base Plate
Residential

20. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
7 in
36 ksi
Zinc
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

21. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
3/8
2in
Less than it's ultimate stress
52-72

22. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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23. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
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
Floor decks
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Two flange plates

24. Clay is _______
Steel fabricator
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
cohesive
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

25. Most common used Veneer wall is...
That it is welded
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

26. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Immediately about a flashing
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

27. Conventional stucco is also called...
Base Plate
Scaffolding
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Portland cement stucco

28. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Concrete masonry Units
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Reinforced concrete member
Brown coat

29. the GFRC skin is obtained by
3/8
Spraying the mix over a mold
Barrier walls
Hard coat EIFS

30. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Noncohesive Soils
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
40 ft

31. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
The concrete is cast at the site
Elastic
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Asymmetry

32. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Hard coat EIFS
8
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

33. The second coat of stucco is called...
Simple Connection
240 in =20ft
Tube
Brown coat

34. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Surface tension
52-72
Barrier walls
Water Proofing

35. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
3/8
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

36. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
50
A 100% solid unit
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
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

37. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
True
8
Zero (0)

38. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Tube
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

39. The Term Tendons includes Strands
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Stretcher Face
True
Elevated Slabs

40. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Molded bricks
Two piece wire anchors
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

41. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Column Footing
Bed Joints
Compressive strength
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

42. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Is embedded in the walls
Fibrous
Tension
2in

43. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Each floor level
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Metals that do not contain Metals
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

44. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Beams
7/8in
50

45. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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46. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Depth of the joist in inches
240 in =20ft
Lateral load support to the veneer
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

47. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Base Plate
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

48. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Heavier members and spans from column to column
5 in
36 ksi
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

49. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Joists
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

50. Simple Connection is also called...
Square - rectangular or round
36 ksi
Noncohesive Soils
AISC Type II Connection

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