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1. What is the Fill Made up of?
Elevated Slabs
Gravel
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
True

2. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Plortland cement-based mix
4
More easily constructable.

3. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
perpendicular
10-13 feet.
Dead End
More easily constructable.

4. Arch welding is where
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Lug
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

5. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Grade 50 steel
Flexural and Shear.
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
3/8

6. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Mock-up
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

7. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Less than it's ultimate stress
Fibrous
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
windward face

8. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Reservoir
Parallel - wider
Less than it's ultimate stress
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

9. K-series has a depth range of?
8 in to 30 in
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
50
Residential

10. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
0.0025
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Fibrous
Zinc

11. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
Leveling Nut
18'
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.

12. A Simple Connection is...
PB pg 703
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
T section
Zero (0)

13. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Joists
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
American Standard Shape

14. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
True
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Copper and stainless steel

15. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
4
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
36 ksi

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.
4
shear force=force/area
Horizontal reinforcement
AISC Type I Connection

17. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
True
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
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.

18. What is the formula for stress?
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
By Splitting I sections in half
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
stress=force/area

19. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
2in
8
36 ksi
144^2 - 18ft.

20. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
52-72
Either tension or compression
A horizontal butt join in cladding

21. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
S50X30
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
T section

22. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
PB pg 703
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
20 ft

23. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
EAF - BOF - OHF
Steel
stablize joists
structural frame

24. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
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.
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

25. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
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.
Steel
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

26. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Water Proofing

27. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Two flange plates
Each course consists of Strechers
Column Footing
Increase the strength of beam in shear

28. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Pink
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
T section
Failure stress / allowable stress

29. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
144^2 - 18ft.
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

30. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
Capillary break
Surface tension
Stress at the point of failure
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

31. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
A conventional wood light frame building
cohesive

32. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Metals that contain Iron
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Plortland cement-based mix

33. Stress Formula
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
cohesive
Support Pylons
Drilled pier footing

34. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Each floor level
Floor decks
144^2 - 18ft.

35. Twist-off Bolt method is...
Weep holes
Drainage Walls
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Basic Oxygen Furnace

36. The GFRC skin is typically
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
cohesive
1/2 to 3/4 thick

37. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
Mildly
16 in
Sloped toward the interior roof
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.

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

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39. Effloresecence
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Strip Footing

40. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
AISC Type III Connection
Steel Grade
Lighter weight
Drainage Walls

41. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Alkali resistant
Weak in shear

42. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
EAF - BOF - OHF
A conventional wood light frame building
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Columns

43. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
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
perpendicular
The Framework
10-13 feet.

44. What is the Fill Made up of?
Carbon steel
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
52-72
Gravel

45. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
stablize joists
Concrete masonry Units
After World War 2

46. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
Drainage Walls
1in
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

47. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Within the plane of the veneer
Alkali resistant

48. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Columns
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
2 to 4 ft
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

49. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
M -S -N -O
4000 psi
Width - W - of Unit
Sloped on both sides

50. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Steel pipes
Pipe Section
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
CMU backed brick veneer