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1. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
240 in =20ft
That it is welded
Residential

2. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Surface tension
Hard coat EIFS
Flexural and Shear.

3. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Support Pylons
Immediately above the flashing
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Vertical reinforcing bars

4. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
Leveling Nut
Site cast concrete slabs
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

5. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Base Plate
Grouted Space
Pipe Section

6. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Gas or arc
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

7. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
36 ksi
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
4000 psi

8. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Each course consists of Strechers
Angle section (L)
Water Proofing
Lateral load support to the veneer

9. What is the formula for shear force?
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
shear force=force/area
Carbon steel
Elevated Slabs

10. Capillary break is a...
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Surface tension
Hard coat EIFS

11. 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
Isolation Joints
Length - L - of unit
At each floor level and roof level
Capillary break

12. What is the 2 arrow?
annealed glass
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Base Plate
Scaffolding

13. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Drainage Walls
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
shear force=force/area
Structural concrete fill

14. CMU is _____
Cinder Block
Veneer wall
Columns
That it is welded

15. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
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
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
5000 psi

16. Which type of EIF is most used?
PB pg 703
Steel
False
T section

17. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Some veneer walls
Less than it's ultimate stress

18. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Veneer wall
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Thermal Mass
0.0025

19. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Hollow structural section
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
True
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

20. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Alkali resistant
2in
Is embedded in the walls

21. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
A reinforced-masonry frame
annealed glass
W16X25
8

22. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
3/8 in
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

23. The Slag is what?
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Cohesive
2
A conventional wood light frame building

24. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
30 ft
Within the plane of the veneer
Modular
One piece anchors

25. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
240 in =20ft
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

26. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Steel
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Soft-coat EIFS
1/2 to 3/4 thick

27. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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28. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
W - S - HP - M
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

29. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Water Proofing
Pile
Reservoir
AISC Type II Connection

30. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Parallel - wider
Bed Joints
Vertical

31. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Length - L - of unit
40 ft
Live ends
3000 psi

32. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Tube
Pile
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

33. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Bed Joints

34. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Barrier walls
By Splitting I sections in half
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
every floor

35. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Capillary break
8
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Beams

36. 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?
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Stress / strain = E
FBX
Structural concrete fill

37. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Composite
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Concrete masonry Units

38. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Metals that do not contain Metals
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

39. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Immediately above the flashing
Zero (0)
Adding water to the mortar
G30 - G60 - G120

40. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
Gravity load support to the veneer
30ft
Flying forms
True

41. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Steel fabricator
Vertical
T section
Simple Connection

42. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
Zinc
Pink
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

43. 1 kip = ____psi
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
1kip=1000psi
Tougher pg 617

44. Stress Formula
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Continuous Stip footing
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

45. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Zinc
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Dead End
American Standard Shape

46. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
The cladding resists all the wind load
Either tension or compression
False
Live end

47. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
8 and 30 in
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Each floor level

48. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Live end
Sloped - thinner
144^2 - 18ft.
2

49. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
2
Roof and Floor
True
Lug

50. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Elastic-plastic
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
2in pg 645
Columns