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1. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Construction Joint
4000 psi
AISC Type III Connection
Highly Crosive - Extreme

2. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
5 in
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Concrete masonry Units
2 in

3. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Barrier walls
Angle section (L)
Lintel angle
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

4. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Construction Joint
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

5. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
7/8in
W16X25
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

6. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
I Section
18'
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

7. A rigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type I Connection
Water Proofing
Tunnel Form
T section

8. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Either tension or compression
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Lintel angle

9. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
8
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Isolation Joints

10. Shear stress formula
36 ksi
144^2 - 18ft.
Force / Area
5000 psi

11. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
24in
1in
36 ksi
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.

12. Shelf angles are...
Live end
Steel
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
125psi

13. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Peter Zumther
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Modular
4000 psi

14. A slip-critical connection is...
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Pre-tensioned concrete
Tunnel Form
Cross bearing Walls plane

15. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
annealed glass
1in
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
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

16. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
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
every floor
5000 psi
Pile

17. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
2
Carbon steel
125psi
1/2 to 3/4 thick

18. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Lug
True
Grade 50 steel
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

19. Unfinished bolts are made from
Pink
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Carbon steel

20. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
Elastic-plastic
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
7/8in
Pink

21. 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
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Isolation Joints
90 to 180 degress
Pipe Section

22. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Live end
Lighter member that spans between the girders
same
Walls with overhangs

23. The second coat of stucco is called...
Within the plane of the veneer
Horizontal reinforcement
perpendicular
Brown coat

24. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Steel pipes
Drainage Walls
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
3000 psi

25. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
shear force=force/area
Footing
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

26. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Pile
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

27. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Walls with vertical reinforcement
40 ft
18 to 48 in
Reinforced concrete member

28. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Lighter weight
High-treated carbon steel
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

29. Rain screen is...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

30. Form liners are used to...
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

31. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
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
90 to 180 degress
Columns

32. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
2.67 ft
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.
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Residential

33. The GFRC skin is typically
Scaffolding
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Beams

34. Most of the cost comes from _____
The Framework
Strip Footing
At each floor level and roof level
Zinc

35. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
windward face
Footing

36. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Gravel
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
High-treated carbon steel

37. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Lug
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
True
True

38. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
0.0025
Favorably
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Bearing connection

39. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
=change in length/original length
Cinder Block
2 in
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

40. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
The concrete is cast at the site
Control joints in concrete do what?

41. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Zero (0)
Shores
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.
Strands

42. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
connection beam flanges
Base Plate
PB pg 703
Lighter member that spans between the girders

43. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
True
Wide-Flange section
windward face
5 in

44. 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 ___
Chairs
True
Isolation Joints
144^2 - 18ft.

45. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Mildly
Stretcher Face
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
False

46. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
W - S - HP - M
Construction Joint
Peter Zumther

47. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Gravel
Some veneer walls
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

48. A tube is referred to as a ____
True
A992
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
HHS

49. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

50. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
8 in
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand