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1. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Walls with overhangs
Hollow structural section
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

2. EAF full name is?
Drilled pier footing
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Electric Arc Furnace
1/2 to 3/4 thick

3. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
2.67 ft
Angle section (L)
Drilled pier footing

4. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

5. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Brick ledge

6. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
20 ft
Carbon steel
Within the plane of the veneer

7. Formwork is refereed to as
Open Headed joint
Compression
General contractor
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

8. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

9. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Stress / strain = E
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

10. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Stiff
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

11. Simple Connection is also called...
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Square - rectangular or round
40 ft
AISC Type II Connection

12. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
M -S -N -O
Air tight
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

13. Camber refers to...
Adding water to the mortar
Zinc
Brick ledge
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

14. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
tempered glass
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Walls with vertical reinforcement

15. What does SJI stand for?
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Steel Joist Institute
Immediately above the flashing
Percast at the construction site

16. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Metals that contain Iron
Lateral load support to the veneer
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

17. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Grouted Space
0.0025
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

18. What is the First arrow point at?
Depth of the joist in inches
Carbon steel
5 in
Leveling Nut

19. 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
3000 psi
PB pg 703
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

20. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Shores
By functioning as a water reservior
Steel
Water Proofing

21. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Mock-up
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

22. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Dead End
Column Footing

23. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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24. Working is the process by which____
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Compressive strength
Construction Joint

25. Conventional stucco is also called...
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
=change in length/original length
2.67 ft
Portland cement stucco

26. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
perpendicular
Barrier walls
Columns
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

27. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
I Section
Gas or arc
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
5000 psi

28. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
Hot Rolling
8
Lug
Dead End

29. CMU is _____
Cinder Block
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Electric Arc Furnace

30. Cold formings is when __
Continuous Stip footing
2in pg 645
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
False

31. Frame Structure is defined by ________
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
field bolting of steel member
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

32. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
4
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Column Footing
18'

33. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Barrier walls
A ductile material
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

34. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
125psi
Vertical reinforcing bars
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

35. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
stress=force/area
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
That it is welded
Lug

36. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Depth of the joist in inches
18 to 48 in

37. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
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
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
3/8
That it is welded

38. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
36 ksi
Lug
Pipe Section
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

39. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Compression
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Alkali resistant

40. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Cinder Block
4000 psi
Live ends
1in

41. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
A325
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Type S
Sloped - thinner

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

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43. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Capillary break
Reservoir
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

44. Arch welding is where
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Tunnel Form
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

45. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Roof and Floor
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
T section
Steel

46. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
connection beam flanges
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Two piece wire anchors
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

47. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Each floor level
cohesive
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

48. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
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
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Square - rectangular or round
2in

49. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Weep holes
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
False
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

50. What is one of the Empirical rules?
3 in
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.