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1. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
0.0025
Vertical
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

2. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Air tight
True
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

3. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
4 to 6 ft
American Standard Shape
Brown coat
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

4. Pile
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
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

5. Factor for safety formula
Elastic
Failure stress / allowable stress
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

6. The most common thickness for mortar is____
The cladding resists all the wind load
3/8
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
3/8

7. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Strip Footing
A36
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

8. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Favorably
Cinder Block
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

9. Stirrups are generally made of...
CMU backed brick veneer
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Tube
Support Pylons

10. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Square - rectangular or round
2
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Spraying the mix over a mold

11. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
8
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Dead End

12. OHF full name is?
Open-Hearth furnace
Angle section (L)
Surface tension
Asymmetry

13. 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 ____
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Flying forms
shear force=force/area

14. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Lighter weight
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Cohesive
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

15. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Compression
A325
90 to 180 degress
Shores

16. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Weak in shear
2 to 4 ft
Lug
True

17. Site-cast is when ____
Joists
Expanded metal lath
The concrete is cast at the site
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

18. Strain Formula
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Head Joints
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

19. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Tilt-up Concrete Association
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Tension
Concrete masonry Units

20. A tube is referred to as a ____
Gravel
HHS
Pink
Gravel

21. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Stress at the point of failure
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Hard coat EIFS
Either tension or compression

22. strongbacks can

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23. Cellular-type plan is ______
Construction Joint
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Less than it's ultimate stress
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

24. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
False
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

25. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Construction Joint
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
30 ft

26. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
2 1/2 in
Drainage Walls
Capillary break
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

27. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Joists
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Isolated pad footing

28. Bricks that have frogs are...
Reinforced concrete member
Molded bricks
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

29. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
A Waffle Slab
Pile
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
General contractor

30. A rigid Connection is also called...
Wide-Flange section
Soft-coat EIFS
Hard coat EIFS
AISC Type I Connection

31. Materials used for Formwork are___
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
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
Gravity load support to the veneer
A conventional wood light frame building

32. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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33. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
1in
Either tension or compression
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

34. Unfinished bolts are made from
4000 psi
Carbon steel
Elevated Slabs
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

35. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
A ductile material

36. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Strands
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
A325
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

37. Retempering of motar means...
Adding water to the mortar
Gravity load support to the veneer
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
Lintel angle

38. What is an Isolation Joint?

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39. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Snap Tie
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
True
20 ft

40. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
General contractor
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Stress / strain = E

41. Most of the cost comes from _____
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Bed Joints
FBX
The Framework

42. A typical bond beam is provided with
Force / Area
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.
Horizontal reinforcement
I Section

43. A snape Tie consits of...
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Fibrous
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

44. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
M -S -N -O
Width - W - of Unit

45. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
2
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
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

46. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
7/8in
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Type S

47. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
1in
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
every floor
8 in

48. Form liners are used to...
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Lateral load support to the veneer
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Ground-Supported slabs area____

49. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
4 to 6 ft
Joists
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

50. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Joists
Drainage Walls
W-Shaped Columns and Beams