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1. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Hot Rolling
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

2. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
A ductile material
same

3. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Angle section (L)
Elastic-plastic
Flexural and Shear.
True

4. EAF full name is?
4000 psi
Electric Arc Furnace
Immediately above the flashing
Open-Hearth furnace

5. A typical bond beam is provided with
Live end
Horizontal reinforcement
K-series - LH series - DHL series
2 1/2 in

6. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
4000 psi
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Beams

7. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
3 in
EAF - OHF - BOF

8. 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
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
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.
125psi
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

9. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Column Footing
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

10. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Shores
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Scaffolding
8 and 30 in

11. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
A992
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

12. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Reservoir
Mock-up
Angle section (L)

13. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Sloped toward the interior roof
Thermal Mass
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

14. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
True
More easily constructable.

15. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
1in
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Force / Area
Heavier members and spans from column to column

16. What is the formula for stress?
stress=force/area
Lateral load support to the veneer
HHS
Chairs

17. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Walls with overhangs
Open Headed joint
Grade 50 steel

18. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
Copper and stainless steel
A36
5000 psi

19. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Some veneer walls
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Veneer wall

20. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Either tension or compression
PB pg 703
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

21. What is Core Holes?
Strands
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

22. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A 100% solid unit
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
Metals that contain Iron
Stress / strain = E

23. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Either tension or compression
Much lower
Copper and stainless steel
Tilt-up Concrete Association

24. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
annealed glass
3000 psi
Drainage Walls
False

25. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Isolated pad footing
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

26. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
A36
2in pg 645
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Bearing connection

27. A Simple Connection is...
Open-Hearth furnace
Electric Arc Furnace
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Acrylic polymer-based mix

28. Site-cast is when ____
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Pre-tensioned concrete
The concrete is cast at the site
4000 psi

29. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
1kip=1000psi
FBX
Spraying the mix over a mold

30. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Roof and Floor
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Live end
Mild

31. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
Zero (0)
Drilled pier footing
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
tempered glass

32. Clay is _______
Footing
cohesive
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
True

33. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Pile
The cladding resists all the wind load

34. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
8 in
Cranes and rails
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

35. Frame Structure is defined by ________
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Length - L - of unit
2in
Walls with overhangs

36. Cast Iron is formed when _______
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.
Vertical reinforcing bars
Live ends
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

37. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
1in
Elastic
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

38. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Type N
8
Hard coat EIFS

39. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
A reinforced-masonry frame
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

40. K series are more frequently used because they ____
3/8
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Portland cement stucco

41. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
3 in
Zero (0)
Sloped - thinner
Steel

42. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Stiff
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
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

43. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Wide-Flange section

44. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
Steel
7/8in
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
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

45. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Weak in shear
That it is welded
Stiff

46. Working is the process by which____
Some veneer walls
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
A325
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

47. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Noncohesive Soils
=change in length/original length
Square - rectangular or round

48. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Grouted Space
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
General contractor
4000 psi

49. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Elastic-plastic
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
That it is welded
Zero (0)

50. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Heavier members and spans from column to column
True
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

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