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1. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
At each floor level and roof level
Stress / strain = E
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

2. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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3. 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
125psi
Floor decks
Thermal Mass
7/8in

4. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Gravity load support to the veneer
90 to 180 degress
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

5. 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?
Brick ledge
Open Headed joint
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
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.

6. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
connection beam flanges
Mild

7. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Construction Joint
Tunnel Form
3/8
Open Headed joint

8. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
M -S -N -O
Isolation Joints
Is embedded in the walls

9. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Control joints in concrete do what?
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
3/8 in
Pile

10. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Beams
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Type N

11. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
16'
Adding water to the mortar
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
2in

12. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Reservoir
3000 PSI
Water Proofing
Sloped toward the interior roof

13. High-strength bolts are made from
Pink
G30 - G60 - G120
High-treated carbon steel
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

14. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Beams and Columns
Barrier walls
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Molded bricks

15. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
S50X30
Stress at the point of failure
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

16. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Some veneer walls
3000 psi
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

17. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Type S
same
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

18. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Base Plate
8 and 30 in
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

19. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
Fibrous
3/8
K-series - LH series - DHL series

20. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
True
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

21. A common type of Form Tie is ____
where soil is not strong.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Grouted Space
Snap Tie

22. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Tilt-up Concrete Association
1in
Portland cement stucco

23. Site-cast is when ____
The concrete is cast at the site
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
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

24. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Residential
Hard coat EIFS
Sloped - thinner
Pre-tensioned concrete

25. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
7 in
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Force / Area

26. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
0.0025
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Mock-up
3000 PSI

27. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Immediately above the flashing
Joists
Elevated Slabs

28. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Copper and stainless steel
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Live end
Weep holes

29. The required color of a stucco surface is...
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

30. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
That it is welded
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

31. Rain screen is...
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Beams and Columns
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

32. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Sloped - thinner
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
5 in

33. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Pre-tensioned concrete
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Isolated pad footing
Snap Tie

34. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Gravel
Zero (0)
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
A325

35. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Compressive strength
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Cross bearing Walls plane

36. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
4000 psi
Much lower
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

37. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
4
Tube
2 in
T section

38. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Steel Joist Institute
Lintel angle
Pre-tensioned concrete
EAF - OHF - BOF

39. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Compressive strength
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Thermal Mass
American Standard Shape

40. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
A992
Hollow structural section
False
AISC Type I Connection

41. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Water Proofing
Tunnel Form
Gravel
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

42. What is the 2 arrow?
Weak in shear
Length - L - of unit
Grouted Space
Base Plate

43. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Extruded Bricks
Scratch coat
Solid unit
Gravel

44. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
2in
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Surface tension
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

45. A rigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type I Connection
Type N
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Walls with overhangs

46. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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47. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Mild
Tougher pg 617
Control joints in concrete do what?
Fibrous

48. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Favorably
T section
A ductile material
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

49. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Stretcher Face
144^2 - 18ft.
Gravity load support to the veneer
T section

50. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Pile
Each floor level
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.