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1. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Zero (0)
Spraying the mix over a mold
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

2. Where are deep foundations used?
Providing an impervious barrier to water
where soil is not strong.
4000 psi
Henry Bessemer in 1855

3. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
every floor
Columns

4. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

5. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
True
Hard coat EIFS
240 in =20ft

6. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Scratch coat
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Henry Bessemer in 1855

7. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Mildly
Plortland cement-based mix
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

8. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
True
At each floor level and roof level
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Weep holes

9. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
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
5000 psi
Lintel angle
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

10. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Support Pylons
16 in
2 1/2 in
Mild

11. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Drilled pier footing
perpendicular
Residential
Percast at the construction site

12. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Joists
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

13. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
50
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Modular
Favorably

14. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Rain-screen wall
One piece anchors
10-13 feet.
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

15. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Joists
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Stretcher Face
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

16. A material that is weak in tension is...
Alkali resistant
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Metals that contain Iron
Weak in shear

17. Shelf angles are...
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
HHS
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Metals that do not contain Metals

18. Thermal Mass is _____
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Construction Joint
Some veneer walls
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

19. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
CMU backed brick veneer
A continuous closure strip
Parallel - wider
Providing an impervious barrier to water

20. The purpose of flashing is to...
Vertical
8 in
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

21. Stress Formula
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Drilled pier footing
The concrete is cast at the site
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

22. Shear stress formula
Force / Area
Percast at the construction site
Residential
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

23. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
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.
Residential
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

24. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
10-13 feet.
Drainage Walls
Peter Zumther

25. Simple Connection is also called...
10-13 feet.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
AISC Type II Connection
T section

26. The purpose of flashing is to...
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Sloped - thinner
Pipe Section
3 in

27. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Zero (0)
Flying forms
3/8
Steel pipes

28. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
M -S -N -O
Water Proofing
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Lug

29. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
True
Carbon steel
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
0.0025

30. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Head Joints
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
After World War 2
Electric Arc Furnace

31. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
Stretcher Face
False
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
24in

32. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
2 1/2 in
Leveling Nut
EAF - OHF - BOF
Sloped - thinner

33. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
HHS
3/8
More easily constructable.

34. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
AISC Type III Connection
Width - W - of Unit
Pre-tensioned concrete

35. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
A325
Elevated Slabs
T section
Barrier walls

36. OHF full name is?
Some veneer walls
Open-Hearth furnace
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
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

37. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Acrylic polymer-based mix
7 in
0.0025
I Section

38. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
same
Drainage Walls
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

39. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Simple Connection
Solid unit
Live end

40. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
240 in =20ft
W16X25
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Joists

41. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
20 ft
The cladding resists all the wind load
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

42. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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43. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
Less than it's ultimate stress
CMU backed brick veneer
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
W - S - HP - M

44. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
Water Proofing
Hollow structural section
125psi
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

45. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Leveling Nut
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Highly Crosive - Extreme

46. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Pile
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Open-Hearth furnace
Roof and Floor

47. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Either tension or compression
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
3/8
Within the plane of the veneer

48. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Footing
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

49. 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
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Drainage Walls

50. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Copper and stainless steel
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
144^2 - 18ft.
8 and 30 in