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1. What is the First arrow point at?
36 ksi
Leveling Nut
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
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.
2. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
1in
3/8
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
3. 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 from the floor or roof deck to the wall
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
The cladding resists all the wind load
Joists
4. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
24in
5 in
5. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Henry Bessemer in 1855
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Some veneer walls
Noncohesive Soils
6. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Heavier members and spans from column to column
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
Continuous Stip footing
Zero (0)
7. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
1kip=1000psi
Strip Footing
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
36 ksi
8. Site-cast is when ____
Spraying the mix over a mold
The concrete is cast at the site
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
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
9. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
windward face
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
10. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
True
False
structural frame
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
11. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Tougher pg 617
3/8 in
Immediately above
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
12. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
That it is welded
Beams
Grouted Space
Construction Joint
13. In what order are roof componants placed:
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
EAF - BOF - OHF
A36
A conventional wood light frame building
14. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Snap Tie
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Barrier walls
Leveling Nut
15. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
1kip=1000psi
Columns
W - S - HP - M
Site cast concrete slabs
16. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Lug
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Electric Arc Furnace
17. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
3/8
field bolting of steel member
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
18. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
same
5 in
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
19. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Lintel angle
T section
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
20. A typical bond beam is provided with
Beams
The concrete is cast at the site
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Horizontal reinforcement
21. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
AISC Type I Connection
Weak in shear
Grade 50 steel
Asymmetry
22. What is one of the Empirical rules?
4
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Mock-up
23. Which type of EIF is most used?
Tube
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Reservoir
PB pg 703
24. Built-up sections are made by _____
Portland cement stucco
That it is welded
Compressive strength
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
25. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Gravel
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Tilt-up Concrete Association
26. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
False
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
The Framework
27. Capillary break is a...
Plortland cement-based mix
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
28. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Parallel - wider
Tube
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
29. A Simple Connection is...
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
30. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
3/8 in
Horizontal reinforcement
Lug
31. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Construction Joint
Isolation Joints
30 ft
32. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Simple Connection
Site cast concrete slabs
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Sloped on both sides
33. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
2in
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Solid unit
Columns
34. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
HHS
2 to 4 ft
Pipe Section
Reservoir
35. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
T section
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
36. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
A conventional wood light frame building
2in pg 645
3000 psi
Mildly
37. Thermal Mass is _____
Air tight
Lug
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
38. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
By functioning as a water reservior
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
39. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
3/8 in
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Horizontal reinforcement
Beams
40. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Immediately above
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Joists
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
41. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
A continuous closure strip
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
42. Stress Formula
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Stress / strain = E
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
43. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
8 in
Lug
Cross bearing Walls plane
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
44. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
8 and 30 in
Residential
Water Proofing
T section
45. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
True
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
I Section
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
46. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
That it is welded
Column Footing
Rain-screen wall
47. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
0.0025
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
8 and 30 in
G30 - G60 - G120
48. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Mildly
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Residential
Construction Joint
49. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
3/8 in
Steel
50. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?
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