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1. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Gauge number
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
7/8in

2. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
Extruded Bricks
3/8
Type N

3. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
2
40 ft
Composite
Tunnel Form

4. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Cross bearing Walls plane
Rain-screen wall
Lateral load support to the veneer
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

5. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Porland cement - lime - and sand
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
Columns
A Waffle Slab

6. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Head Joints
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

7. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
3/8 in
Scratch coat
4
stress=force/area

8. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Plortland cement-based mix
Open Headed joint
Steel pipes

9. Most of the cost comes from _____
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
The Framework
7 in
A ductile material

10. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
A conventional wood light frame building
40 ft
Shores
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

11. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Column Footing
Length - L - of unit

12. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
A reinforced-masonry frame
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Barrier walls

13. Unfinished bolts are made from
Stretcher Face
Continuous Stip footing
Carbon steel
24in

14. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Water Proofing
Capillary break
Brick ledge

15. Slagwool is _____
16'
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
FBX
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

16. Stack casting is used when
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
FBX
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Brown coat

17. Ferrous Metals are...
Metals that contain Iron
G30 - G60 - G120
A 100% solid unit
Immediately about a flashing

18. Shear stress formula
Tube
Force / Area
Cranes and rails
Peter Zumther

19. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Metals that do not contain Metals
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Isolated pad footing

20. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Lateral load support to the veneer
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

21. Most common used Veneer wall is...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Pink
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

22. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
Electric Arc Furnace
Rain-screen wall
8
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

23. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
False
Percast at the construction site

24. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Roof and Floor
Plortland cement-based mix
Pile
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.

25. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Peter Zumther
That it is welded
Support Pylons

26. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
perpendicular
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Steel

27. Formwork is refereed to as
Pile
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
S50X30
5000 psi

28. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Increase the strength of beam in shear
True
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Tilt-up Concrete Association

29. The width of an expansion joint is ___
By Splitting I sections in half
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
3/8

30. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
40 ft
Vertical reinforcing bars
A325
Brick ledge

31. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
After World War 2
Joists
Porland cement - lime - and sand

32. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Grouted Space
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
1in

33. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
AISC Type I Connection
EAF - OHF - BOF
Head Joints

34. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
CMU backed brick veneer
W - S - HP - M
Immediately about a flashing

35. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
10-13 feet.
True
AISC Type I Connection
2 1/2 in

36. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
Flying forms
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Sloped on both sides
3/8

37. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
EAF - OHF - BOF
American Standard Shape
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
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

38. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Tube
Cohesive
More easily constructable.
3/8

39. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Gravity load support to the veneer
Metals that contain Iron
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
PB pg 703

40. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Cohesive

41. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
AISC Type III Connection
structural frame
Steel Grade
Gravity - wind and surface tension

42. What is the bottom piece called?
Sloped - thinner
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Footing
Reservoir

43. Galvanizing is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Mock-up
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Mild

44. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Grouted Space
Portland cement stucco
same
T section

45. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
annealed glass
That it is welded
Control joints in concrete do what?

46. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Tunnel Form
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Beams
Zinc

47. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Base Plate
True
16 in
every floor

48. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Electric Arc Furnace
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Lighter weight
AISC Type III Connection

49. The Very middle one is called _____
Structural concrete fill
Mildly
I Section
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

50. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
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
Adding water to the mortar
Compressive strength