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1. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
structural frame
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
More easily constructable.
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

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

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3. 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
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Floor decks
Actual strength / required strength

4. Mechanical couplers are used
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Lug
Roof and Floor
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

5. Arch welding is where
Spraying the mix over a mold
Beams
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Cranes and rails

6. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
2in
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
same

7. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
3000 psi
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Shelf angles
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

8. Shear stress formula
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Gravel
Force / Area

9. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Floor decks
Column Footing
Providing an impervious barrier to water

10. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Barrier walls
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
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

11. 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
Hollow structural section
Steel fabricator
Cinder Block

12. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Within the plane of the veneer
3000 psi
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Control joints in concrete do what?

13. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Immediately above the flashing
Zero (0)
That it is welded

14. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Site cast concrete slabs

15. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
36 ksi
SJI
Columns
Providing an impervious barrier to water

16. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
CMU backed brick veneer
G30 - G60 - G120
W - S - HP - M
Stiff

17. Where are deep foundations used?
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Tube
where soil is not strong.
A 100% solid unit

18. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Compression
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
True

19. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Gravity load support to the veneer
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Hard coat EIFS
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

20. Frame Structure is defined by ________
Cross bearing Walls plane
Dead End
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Columns

21. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Pile
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Soft-coat EIFS

22. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Live end
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Reservoir
Beams

23. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
7 in
Sloped toward the interior roof
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
5000 psi

24. K-series has a depth range of?
Elevated Slabs
Isolated pad footing
Asymmetry
8 in to 30 in

25. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Compressive strength
W16X25
False
Type N

26. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
AISC Type I Connection
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
16 in

27. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Isolation Joints
Pile
One piece anchors
A reinforced-masonry frame

28. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
2
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
30ft

29. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Composite
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Compressive strength

30. Semirigid Connection is also called...
Elevated Slabs
AISC Type III Connection
Angle section (L)
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

31. Modulus of elasticity
18 to 48 in
Concave
Stress / strain = E
Extruded Bricks

32. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Stress at the point of failure
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Steel
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

33. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
False
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Either tension or compression
8 in

34. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Live end
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Water Proofing

35. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Cross bearing Walls plane
True
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

36. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
More easily constructable.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

37. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Some veneer walls
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

38. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Better
At each floor level and roof level
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
every floor

39. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
True
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
8 in to 30 in
Flexural and Shear.

40. A slip-critical connection is...
Pipe Section
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
40 ft
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

41. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Reservoir
HHS
Walls with overhangs
Gauge number

42. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Structural concrete fill
EAF - OHF - BOF
Immediately above
50

43. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Gravel
annealed glass
Walls with vertical reinforcement

44. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
8 in to 30 in
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

45. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Spraying the mix over a mold
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
2in
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

46. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Square - rectangular or round
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Barrier walls

47. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Each floor level
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Lintel angle

48. the GFRC skin is obtained by
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Spraying the mix over a mold
Gravity load support to the veneer
Concrete masonry Units

49. Bricks that have frogs are...
Square - rectangular or round
Molded bricks
Gravel
Cross bearing Walls plane

50. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
A325
The cladding resists all the wind load
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Type S