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1. Safety Margin formula
Actual strength / required strength
AISC Type III Connection
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

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
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
M -S -N -O
Isolation Joints
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

3. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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4. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Veneer wall
240 in =20ft
Mock-up
Simple Connection

5. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Zero (0)
Angle section (L)
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

6. LH series has a depth range of...
18 to 48 in
1kip=1000psi
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
7 in

7. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Base Plate
0.0025
Pile
The concrete is cast at the site

8. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
0.0025
240 in =20ft
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
stablize joists

9. Unfinished bolts are made from
True
By Splitting I sections in half
Carbon steel
Pile

10. strongbacks can

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11. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Composite
Reinforced concrete member
G30 - G60 - G120
Porland cement - lime - and sand

12. 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.
=change in length/original length
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
4
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

13. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
3/8
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Elastic-plastic
G30 - G60 - G120

14. A two way joist floor is also called...
Shores
Immediately above
A Waffle Slab
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

15. What is the 2 arrow?
Portland cement stucco
Failure stress / allowable stress
The cladding resists all the wind load
Base Plate

16. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Water Proofing
A992
Columns
W16X25

17. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
A 100% solid unit
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

18. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Pre-tensioned concrete
Site cast concrete slabs
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
At each floor level and roof level

19. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
tempered glass
Gravity load support to the veneer
every floor
1in

20. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Horizontal reinforcement
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
excavation

21. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Mild
Stretcher Face
annealed glass

22. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Type S
True
Cross bearing Walls plane
Immediately above the flashing

23. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
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
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Beams

24. LH series has a depth range of...
Drainage Walls
Grouted Space
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
18 to 48 in

25. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Bearing connection
Column Footing
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Barrier walls

26. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Is embedded in the walls
3/8 in
HHS

27. 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?
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Mildly
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
FBX

28. What is ultimate stress?
After World War 2
3/8 in
Stress at the point of failure
every floor

29. The purpose of flashing is to...
Grouted Space
T section
Base Plate
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

30. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Lateral load support to the veneer
Less than it's ultimate stress
Cross bearing Walls plane
Grouted Space

31. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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32. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Grouted Space
Base Plate

33. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Two piece wire anchors
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Weep holes
Footing

34. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
3000 PSI
Live end
I Section
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

35. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
3/8 in
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
20 ft
Metals that do not contain Metals

36. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
HHS
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
M -S -N -O
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

37. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Steel Grade
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
40 ft
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

38. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Plortland cement-based mix
Hot Rolling
7/8in

39. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Portland cement stucco
Head Joints
Actual strength / required strength
True

40. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
90 to 180 degress
Live ends

41. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
Flexural and Shear.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
3 in
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

42. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Asymmetry
3/8
Barrier walls
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

43. 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?
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
FBX
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
False

44. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
3000 psi
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

45. strongbacks can

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46. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Cinder Block
8 and 30 in
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

47. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Beams
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

48. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Barrier walls
False
AISC Type I Connection
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

49. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Steel Grade
A 100% solid unit
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

50. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
Shelf angles
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
7/8in