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1. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Some veneer walls
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Steel
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

2. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
windward face
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.
18'

3. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Cinder Block
Water Proofing
4 to 6 ft

4. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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5. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Structural concrete fill
Capillary break
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

6. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Lateral load support to the veneer
Snap Tie
Immediately above the flashing
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

7. Semirigid Connection is also called...
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Extruded Bricks
AISC Type III Connection

8. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Barrier walls
Pre-tensioned concrete
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

9. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Columns
Tilt-up Concrete Association
2in

10. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Horizontal reinforcement
Continuous Stip footing
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Steel Grade

11. Benefits of reinforced masonry
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
Water Proofing
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

12. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Steel Grade
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
General contractor
Veneer wall

13. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
M -S -N -O
Pipe Section

14. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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15. OHF full name is?
Open-Hearth furnace
Mock-up
True
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

16. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
Ground-Supported slabs area____
144^2 - 18ft.
Tube
S50X30

17. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
5000 psi
18 to 48 in
SJI
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

18. Weep Holes are...
More easily constructable.
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Grouted Space

19. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Wide-Flange section
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Hard coat EIFS

20. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
The concrete is cast at the site
same
A continuous closure strip
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

21. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Steel Grade
Expanded metal lath
Much lower

22. Capillary break is a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Spraying the mix over a mold
Support Pylons
S50X30

23. The purpose of flashing is to...
24
Pile
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

24. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Mildly
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Copper and stainless steel

25. Unfinished bolts are made from
Construction Joint
Shores
Veneer wall
Carbon steel

26. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Metals that contain Iron
True
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Zinc

27. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Surface tension
3/8

28. What is the formula for shear force?
16 in
3/8
4000 psi
shear force=force/area

29. 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
Solid unit
Isolated pad footing
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
125psi

30. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Elastic
Compressive strength
EAF - BOF - OHF
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

31. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
Sloped on both sides
I Section
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

32. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Angle section (L)
Site cast concrete slabs
Concrete masonry Units
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

33. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
tempered glass
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

34. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
AISC Type II Connection
Concrete masonry Units
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

35. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
A conventional wood light frame building
16'
One piece anchors

36. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
50
Tunnel Form
Drilled pier footing

37. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
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
Structural concrete fill
By Splitting I sections in half

38. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
Barrier walls
2in
Concave
True

39. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Molded bricks
Stress at the point of failure
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

40. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Lug

41. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
Steel pipes
I Section
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

42. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Immediately about a flashing
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Parallel - wider

43. In what order are roof componants placed:
Cohesive
Base Plate
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
where soil is not strong.

44. One-way deck is a ______
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
AISC Type II Connection
Open-Hearth furnace
Compression

45. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
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.
windward face
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
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

46. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Type N
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Immediately about a flashing
2 in

47. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Mild
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Leveling Nut
T section

48. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
I Section
True
PB pg 703
Mild

49. Two-way deck is a ____
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Better
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

50. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
2 1/2 in
A325
18'
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing