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1. What is Core Holes?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
30ft
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

2. Shelf angles are...
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Isolated pad footing
Stress at the point of failure

3. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Mock-up
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Support Pylons

4. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Soft-coat EIFS
Parallel - wider
30ft
Pipe Section

5. A typical bond beam is provided with
52-72
Favorably
5000 psi
Horizontal reinforcement

6. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
Residential
Base Plate
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

7. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Veneer wall

8. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
cohesive
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Steel
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

9. What is the 2 arrow?
8 and 30 in
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.
True
Base Plate

10. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Force / Area
Sloped - thinner
2 in
Lateral load support to the veneer

11. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Lug
36 ksi
Thermal Mass
W16X25

12. 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
Two flange plates
Isolation Joints
By functioning as a water reservior
30 ft

13. What is a construction joint?
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Width - W - of Unit
Barrier walls
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

14. Form liners are used to...
Column Footing
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Dead End

15. Bond beams are _____
Thermal Mass
16'
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Barrier walls

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

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17. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
Tension
Within the plane of the veneer
A reinforced-masonry frame
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

18. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Vertical
Increase the strength of beam in shear
40 ft

19. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
Steel pipes
Isolated pad footing
FBX
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

20. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Less than it's ultimate stress
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

21. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Elastic
Roof and Floor
Alkali resistant
52-72

22. Form liners are used to...
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Cohesive
A992
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

23. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Sloped - thinner
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Roof and Floor

24. What is Core Holes?
1kip=1000psi
Reservoir
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
30ft

25. A Simple Connection is...
Elevated Slabs
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
8 in
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

26. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

27. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Pink
Pile
8 in to 30 in
Angle section (L)

28. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
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.
More easily constructable.
Two flange plates

29. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
A325
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Immediately about a flashing
Zero (0)

30. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Square - rectangular or round
Each floor level
Zero (0)
W - S - HP - M

31. Standard CMU size
Reinforced concrete member
8 in to 30 in
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

32. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Gas or arc
connection beam flanges
Hollow structural section
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

33. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
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
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Copper and stainless steel

34. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Modular
Bearing connection
Stretcher Face
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

35. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
CMU backed brick veneer
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

36. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Each floor level
Footing
Length - L - of unit
EAF - BOF - OHF

37. Formwork is refereed to as
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Live end
Brick ledge
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

38. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
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
connection beam flanges
A conventional wood light frame building
2in

39. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
same
Immediately about a flashing
Cranes and rails
Molded bricks

40. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Weep holes
Less than it's ultimate stress
Hard coat EIFS
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

41. A snape Tie consits of...
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Residential
At each floor level and roof level

42. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Reservoir
T section
1/2 to 3/4 thick

43. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Simple Connection
4 to 6 ft
T section
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

44. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
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
Mock-up
Gauge number
90 to 180 degress

45. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Concrete masonry Units
Henry Bessemer in 1855
18'
General contractor

46. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Joists
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Each floor level
EAF - BOF - OHF

47. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Gas or arc
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Base Plate
Steel

48. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
A 100% solid unit
10-13 feet.
3 in
Columns

49. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Composite
K-series - LH series - DHL series
3/8
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

50. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
By Splitting I sections in half
3in
52-72
Copper and stainless steel