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1. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Residential
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Lug
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

2. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Water Proofing
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Isolation Joints
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

3. S-Shape is also called ____
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Veneer wall
American Standard Shape
Pink

4. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Roof and Floor
7 in
Two piece wire anchors

5. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
windward face
True
Steel
Molded bricks

6. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Gas or arc
Open Headed joint
Force / Area
Elevated Slabs

7. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Steel fabricator
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Live end

8. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Extruded Bricks
30 ft
Expanded metal lath
Within the plane of the veneer

9. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Drilled pier footing
Floor decks

10. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
FBX
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

11. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
4
That it is welded
Solid unit

12. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Walls with overhangs
Beams
Pile
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.

13. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
American Standard Shape
False
Depth of the joist in inches

14. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Elevated Slabs
stress=force/area
Weep holes
False

15. What is one of the Empirical rules?
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Carbon steel
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Concave

16. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
AISC Type III Connection
16'
4
Base Plate

17. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
Weep holes
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
excavation
Tube

18. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Sloped - thinner
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Gauge number

19. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Chairs
2 in
Open Headed joint
True

20. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Molded bricks
=change in length/original length
Vertical

21. Stack casting is used when
Zero (0)
A conventional wood light frame building
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

22. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
90 to 180 degress
7/8in
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

23. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Tube
Lug
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

24. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Better
Leveling Nut
After World War 2
Cohesive

25. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Reservoir
4000 psi
30 ft
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

26. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
M -S -N -O
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

27. The first coat of stucco is called...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Scratch coat
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

28. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
5 in
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Water Proofing
By functioning as a water reservior

29. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Stiff
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
3/8

30. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Actual strength / required strength
Bearing connection
K-series - LH series - DHL series

31. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Continuous Stip footing
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

32. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Reinforced concrete member
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
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

33. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
3in
2in pg 645
That it is welded
Water Proofing

34. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
4000 psi
7 in

35. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
EAF - BOF - OHF
Parallel - wider
50
The concrete is cast at the site

36. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
18'

37. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Lighter weight
Water Proofing
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

38. Camber refers to...
30ft
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
20 ft

39. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Width - W - of Unit
Column Footing

40. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Construction Joint
3000 psi
Extruded Bricks
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

41. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Continuous Stip footing
Peter Zumther
Force / Area

42. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Pipe Section
Air tight
Thermal Mass

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

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44. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Sloped - thinner
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

45. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
2
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
False
connection beam flanges

46. The most common used size of brick is...
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Zero (0)
False
Type S

47. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
7 in
Asymmetry
Continuous Stip footing
Portland cement stucco

48. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Some veneer walls
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

49. 1 kip = ____psi
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
1kip=1000psi
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

50. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Column Footing
windward face
After World War 2
where soil is not strong.