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1. The Slag is what?
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Open-Hearth furnace
False
stress=force/area

2. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Bearing connection
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
0.0025

3. Z-flashing is effective in...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
HHS
Scaffolding

4. Which type of EIF is most used?
A continuous closure strip
PB pg 703
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

5. The term FLying form refers to...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Pipe Section
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Snap Tie

6. S-Shape is also called ____
American Standard Shape
Joists
16 in
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

7. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Stiff
Cranes and rails
Each floor level
where soil is not strong.

8. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Parallel - wider
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
2
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

9. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
3/8
Elastic
3/8
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

10. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
True
Beams
Thermal Mass
Width - W - of Unit

11. Slagwool is _____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Alkali resistant
Carbon steel
3000 PSI

12. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Within the plane of the veneer
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
8 in to 30 in
7/8in

13. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
A Waffle Slab
General contractor
20 ft
Immediately above

14. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Structural concrete fill
Is embedded in the walls
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.
After World War 2

15. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Cranes and rails
Scratch coat
perpendicular
A continuous closure strip

16. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Pink
At each floor level and roof level
3/8
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

17. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
3/8 in
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
20 ft
Vertical reinforcing bars

18. Where are deep foundations used?
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
where soil is not strong.
Composite
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

19. Two-way deck is a ____
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Pile
18 to 48 in
Gauge number

20. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Sloped on both sides
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
That it is welded

21. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Elevated Slabs
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Failure stress / allowable stress

22. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Better
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Immediately about a flashing

23. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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24. A pour stop is generally used with
False
Floor decks
Is embedded in the walls
Hollow structural section

25. A rigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type I Connection
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Veneer wall
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

26. PT concrete is Also known as _______
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Pre-tensioned concrete
Gas or arc
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

27. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Sloped toward the interior roof
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
windward face
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

28. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Two flange plates
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

29. Strain Formula
8
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
W16X25

30. Frame Structure is defined by ________
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Veneer wall
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

31. 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 ____
2
cohesive
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Flying forms

32. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Columns
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
Dead End

33. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
2
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Spraying the mix over a mold

34. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Pink
24
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

35. A joint screen is an
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Gravity load support to the veneer
Air tight
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

36. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Elastic
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
General contractor

37. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Pre-tensioned concrete
Lintel angle
Barrier walls

38. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
2 to 4 ft
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
A continuous closure strip
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

39. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
3/8
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Column Footing
8

40. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Beams
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Tunnel Form
Gravity - wind and surface tension

41. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Compressive strength
Gravel
Peter Zumther
W16X25

42. What is Core Holes?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Construction Joint
1in
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

43. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
2 to 4 ft
Either tension or compression
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Composite

44. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Fibrous
annealed glass
Each floor level
Cross bearing Walls plane

45. The most common thickness for mortar is____
3/8
Surface tension
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Some veneer walls

46. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Stretcher Face
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Elastic-plastic
Dead End

47. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Spraying the mix over a mold
Asymmetry
CMU backed brick veneer

48. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Lug
Vertical reinforcing bars

49. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Two flange plates
The Framework
Each course consists of Strechers
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

50. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
That it is welded
Each floor level
Live ends
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.

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