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1. StiffBacks
4000 psi
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Lighter weight
2.67 ft

2. High-strength bolts are made from
Tunnel Form
High-treated carbon steel
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
18'

3. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Simple Connection
True
Chairs
Live ends

4. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Rain-screen wall
Mild
Reservoir

5. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Live ends
shear force=force/area
Tunnel Form

6. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Is embedded in the walls
stress=force/area
Columns
Providing an impervious barrier to water

7. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Sloped toward the interior roof
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
8

8. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Wide-Flange section
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
90 to 180 degress

9. A slip-critical connection is...
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

10. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
10-13 feet.
Asymmetry
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Immediately about a flashing

11. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Scaffolding
Alkali resistant
Stiff
Actual strength / required strength

12. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
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.
A continuous closure strip
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.

13. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
M -S -N -O
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Pile

14. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Immediately about a flashing
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
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Grouted Space

15. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Peter Zumther
Isolated pad footing

16. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Zero (0)
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Noncohesive Soils

17. Weep Holes are...
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Base Plate
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Type S

18. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
3 in
Vertical reinforcing bars
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
4

19. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Better
Grade 50 steel
=change in length/original length
Base Plate

20. HSS can be what Shape?
Live end
Noncohesive Soils
Square - rectangular or round
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

21. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
144^2 - 18ft.
Steel
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

22. W-Shape is also called _____
AISC Type I Connection
Wide-Flange section
Reinforced concrete member
CMU backed brick veneer

23. What is the Fill Made up of?
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Gravel
3 in
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

24. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Gas or arc
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

25. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Soft-coat EIFS
Tube
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Square - rectangular or round

26. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Asymmetry
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
G30 - G60 - G120
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

27. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
More easily constructable.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
More easily constructable.

28. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Pipe Section
Wide-Flange section
By functioning as a water reservior
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

29. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Vertical
connection beam flanges
Stiff
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

30. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Some veneer walls
every floor
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
4000 psi

31. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
General contractor
Steel fabricator
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

32. Clay is _______
Cranes and rails
cohesive
Joists
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

33. What is Core Holes?
Steel
Pile
Metals that do not contain Metals
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

34. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Angle section (L)
A325
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

35. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
2in pg 645
7 in
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

36. Standard CMU size
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
3 in
G30 - G60 - G120
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

37. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Depth of the joist in inches
Plortland cement-based mix
Water Proofing

38. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Construction Joint
Steel Grade
0.0025
Isolation Joints

39. Mechanical couplers are used
Grouted Space
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Grouted Space

40. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
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.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
where soil is not strong.
Grouted Space

41. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
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
A continuous closure strip
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

42. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Base Plate
=change in length/original length
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Square - rectangular or round

43. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Columns
Vertical
Carbon steel
2in

44. A typical bond beam is provided with
Horizontal reinforcement
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Live end
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

45. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
After World War 2
Expanded metal lath
False

46. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Favorably
Simple Connection
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
stress=force/area

47. Materials used for Formwork are___
Plortland cement-based mix
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Elevated Slabs

48. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Live end
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

49. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
1in
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
T section
Tube

50. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Grade 50 steel
Cranes and rails
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast