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1. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Composite
20 ft
2 1/2 in

2. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
8
Vertical reinforcing bars
General contractor
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

3. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
A325
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Two flange plates

4. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Immediately above
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

5. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Square - rectangular or round
EAF - BOF - OHF

6. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Providing an impervious barrier to water
5 in
Barrier walls

7. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
3/8
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
4000 psi
Chairs

8. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
A325
Base Plate
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
3 in

9. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
M -S -N -O
W - S - HP - M
Actual strength / required strength
I Section

10. Pile
Immediately above the flashing
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

11. Where are deep foundations used?
A continuous closure strip
where soil is not strong.
Shelf angles
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

12. Walers
24in
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Pre-tensioned concrete
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

13. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Chairs
Air tight
Is embedded in the walls
Steel

14. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Elevated Slabs
Adding water to the mortar
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Brown coat

15. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Joists
7/8in
Live ends
Increase the strength of beam in shear

16. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Lug
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

17. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
American Standard Shape
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
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

18. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Copper and stainless steel
Lateral load support to the veneer
Steel Joist Institute
5000 psi

19. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Water Proofing
Soft-coat EIFS
Pre-tensioned concrete

20. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Chairs
A325
Walls with overhangs
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

21. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
2

22. In what order are roof componants placed:
Open-Hearth furnace
1in
FBX
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

23. What is a control joint used for?
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Concrete masonry Units
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

24. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Flying forms
perpendicular

25. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Gauge number
Elastic-plastic
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

26. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Peter Zumther
Pile
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
1in

27. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
W - S - HP - M
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

28. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
Footing
Support Pylons
Isolation Joints
4000 psi

29. Factor for safety formula
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
0.0025
Lighter weight
Failure stress / allowable stress

30. A two way joist floor is also called...
Each course consists of Strechers
Vertical
A Waffle Slab
4 to 6 ft

31. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Lighter weight
A conventional wood light frame building
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Spraying the mix over a mold

32. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
24
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

33. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Dead End
Peter Zumther
Hard coat EIFS
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

34. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
High-treated carbon steel
Less than it's ultimate stress
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

35. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
90 to 180 degress
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
3 in

36. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Isolation Joints
Sloped - thinner
EAF - OHF - BOF
Steel pipes

37. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Construction Joint
Lug
Water Proofing

38. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Air tight
8 and 30 in
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

39. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Expanded metal lath
Lintel angle
Strip Footing
Heavier members and spans from column to column

40. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Tunnel Form
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
2in

41. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Head Joints
Base Plate
Increase the strength of beam in shear
excavation

42. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
shear force=force/area
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Weak in shear

43. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Portland cement stucco
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Flying forms
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

44. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
same
That it is welded
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

45. Shear stress formula
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Force / Area
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Tube

46. A Simple Connection is...
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
The Framework
Percast at the construction site
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

47. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
A 100% solid unit
Mildly
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

48. Materials used for Formwork are___
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Gravity load support to the veneer
Fibrous

49. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
3/8
perpendicular
PB pg 703
2in

50. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Brown coat
Flying forms
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Dead End