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1. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Less than it's ultimate stress
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a

2. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Pile
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
20 ft

3. Factor for safety formula
Mildly
PB pg 703
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Failure stress / allowable stress

4. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
structural frame
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

5. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Cohesive
Steel fabricator
Site cast concrete slabs

6. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
Pink
4
4000 psi

7. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Sloped toward the interior roof
EAF - BOF - OHF
Joists

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

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9. Rain screen is...
16 in
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Simple Connection

10. Bond beams are _____
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
G30 - G60 - G120
A325
Tougher pg 617

11. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Vertical
4

12. The term FLying form refers to...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
10-13 feet.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

13. A rigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type I Connection
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

14. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Hollow structural section
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

15. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Compressive strength
Spraying the mix over a mold
Thermal Mass
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

16. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
windward face
Copper and stainless steel
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

17. What is a construction joint?
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Hot Rolling
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

18. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
W16X25
Chairs
Isolation Joints

19. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
A ductile material
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Live end

20. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Immediately above
Water Proofing
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Immediately above

21. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Compression
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Zero (0)
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

22. A pour stop is generally used with
2in
Floor decks
Barrier walls
Brown coat

23. What is the bottom piece called?
stablize joists
Footing
Open-Hearth furnace
Brown coat

24. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Joists
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

25. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Continuous Stip footing
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

26. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

27. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
connection beam flanges
Live end
Elevated Slabs
Strands

28. BOF full name is _______
shear force=force/area
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Basic Oxygen Furnace

29. Simple Connection is also called...
AISC Type II Connection
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Gas or arc
Dead End

30. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Lateral load support to the veneer
Percast at the construction site
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

31. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Pink
Strands
Pile
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

32. The most water tight joint is ____
Failure stress / allowable stress
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Concave
Scratch coat

33. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Metals that do not contain Metals
perpendicular
Square - rectangular or round
windward face

34. The Term Tendons includes Strands
True
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
2
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

35. Cold formings is when __
stress=force/area
Angle section (L)
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
2 in

36. Standard CMU size
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
2in

37. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A 100% solid unit
A Waffle Slab
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
4

38. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Gravity load support to the veneer
Expanded metal lath
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

39. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
Type N
Simple Connection
Gravity load support to the veneer
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

40. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Water Proofing
2in
125psi
Tension

41. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Columns
Peter Zumther
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Heavier members and spans from column to column

42. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Gauge number
8 and 30 in
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

43. Retempering of motar means...
cohesive
Adding water to the mortar
M -S -N -O
36 ksi

44. 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
A36
Immediately above the flashing
Scaffolding

45. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
2in
4000 psi
3/8 in
Vertical reinforcing bars

46. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Tilt-up Concrete Association
3000 PSI
Actual strength / required strength

47. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Soft-coat EIFS
Strands
Compressive strength

48. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Sloped toward the interior roof
Vertical
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

49. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
40 ft
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Heavier members and spans from column to column
every floor

50. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Grouted Space
Grouted Space
Extruded Bricks