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1. 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.






2. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings






3. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally






4. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?






5. W-Shape is also called _____






6. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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7. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment






8. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____






9. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______






10. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...






11. 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 ____






12. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






13. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






14. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding






15. In what order are roof componants placed:






16. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...






17. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






18. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...






19. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______






20. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?






21. What is an Isolation Joint?

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22. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...






23. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...






24. 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 ___






25. Bricks that have core holes are ____






26. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains






27. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






28. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?






29. LH series has a depth range of...






30. What does SJI stand for?






31. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be






32. 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?






33. Benefits of reinforced masonry






34. Effloresecence






35. The GFRC skin is typically






36. The term FLying form refers to...






37. K series are more frequently used because they ____






38. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...






39. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings






40. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.






41. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...






42. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...






43. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.






44. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally






45. Roof deck is generally topped with _____






46. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____






47. What does HHS stand for?






48. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.






49. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






50. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?