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1. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Drilled pier footing
Either tension or compression

2. 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?
Extruded Bricks
Within the plane of the veneer
Drainage Walls
FBX

3. What is ultimate stress?
Stress at the point of failure
Asymmetry
5 in
K-series - LH series - DHL series

4. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Concave
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Immediately above the flashing
Chairs

5. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Lug
36 ksi
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

6. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

7. Formwork is refereed to as
3 in
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Shelf angles
Rain-screen wall

8. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Acrylic polymer-based mix
4000 psi
S50X30
Mild

9. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Sloped toward the interior roof
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
A horizontal butt join in cladding

10. The Slag is what?
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Cross bearing Walls plane
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

11. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
A325
Wide-Flange section
A992
AISC Type I Connection

12. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
A conventional wood light frame building
Concave

13. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
After World War 2
Continuous Stip footing
10-13 feet.
4000 psi

14. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Snap Tie
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
American Standard Shape

15. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
3 in
More easily constructable.
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Steel

16. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
Metals that contain Iron
Shores
Each course consists of Strechers
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

17. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
CMU backed brick veneer
Control joints in concrete do what?
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Zero (0)

18. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Elastic
Vertical reinforcing bars
Is embedded in the walls

19. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Brick ledge
Live end
Is embedded in the walls
Length - L - of unit

20. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Bearing connection
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Gravel
10-13 feet.

21. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Structural concrete fill
Elevated Slabs
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

22. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Sloped - thinner
Pipe Section
Pile
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

23. Camber refers to...
One piece anchors
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Strip Footing

24. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Open Headed joint
Weep holes
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
3/8

25. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
True
Pile
8 in
3/8 in

26. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Joists
Beams
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

27. Effloresecence
Footing
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
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

28. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
52-72
EAF - BOF - OHF
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

29. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
AISC Type II Connection
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Strip Footing

30. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
cohesive
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

31. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
CMU backed brick veneer
A reinforced-masonry frame
Beams and Columns
2 in

32. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
True
Joists
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
3/8

33. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Shelf angles
annealed glass
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

34. Benefits of reinforced masonry
Column Footing
Elevated Slabs
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
Immediately about a flashing

35. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Some veneer walls
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition

36. What is the Fill Made up of?
Elastic
Gravel
Hard coat EIFS
Actual strength / required strength

37. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Square - rectangular or round
24
At each floor level and roof level
Lighter member that spans between the girders

38. Which type of EIF is most used?
stress=force/area
Copper and stainless steel
3/8
PB pg 703

39. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
2 in
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
EAF - BOF - OHF

40. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
T section
True
Compressive strength
Head Joints

41. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
3/8
Tube
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

42. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Reservoir
Elastic-plastic
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Construction Joint

43. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
8 in to 30 in
American Standard Shape
Compressive strength
Open Headed joint

44. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
2 to 4 ft
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Hollow structural section

45. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Weep holes
Surface tension

46. Mechanical couplers are used
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Hot Rolling
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

47. Built-up sections are made by _____
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Steel
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Expanded metal lath

48. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
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
Porland cement - lime - and sand
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

49. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Column Footing
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Favorably
Wide-Flange section

50. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
High-treated carbon steel
Drilled pier footing
At each floor level and roof level
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously