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1. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Pile
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Scaffolding
Drainage Walls

2. Bricks that have frogs are...
4
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Molded bricks
tempered glass

3. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Mock-up
18'
Horizontal reinforcement
18'

4. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
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
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Joists
General contractor

5. The second coat of stucco is called...
Tube
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
stablize joists
Brown coat

6. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
structural frame
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Gravel
Width - W - of Unit

7. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
1in
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Much lower

8. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
Residential
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.
16 in
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

9. The Slag is what?
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 piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

10. Conventional stucco is also called...
Gravel
Portland cement stucco
3/8 in
Beams

11. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Extruded Bricks
Fibrous
Brick ledge

12. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Parallel - wider
0.0025
HHS

13. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Copper and stainless steel
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Percast at the construction site
8 in to 30 in

14. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
0.0025
144^2 - 18ft.
2
Flying forms

15. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
1kip=1000psi
Chairs
Portland cement stucco
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

16. What is the Fill Made up of?
Plortland cement-based mix
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
CMU backed brick veneer
Gravel

17. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
4
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
connection beam flanges

18. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
The cladding resists all the wind load
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Base Plate
False

19. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
3in
Zero (0)
stress=force/area
K-series - LH series - DHL series

20. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Base Plate
Cross bearing Walls plane
Zero (0)

21. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Scaffolding
Steel pipes
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

22. Slagwool is _____
W16X25
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Shelf angles

23. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Compressive strength
Spraying the mix over a mold

24. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Hollow structural section
AISC Type II Connection
Rain-screen wall
W - S - HP - M

25. What is the First arrow point at?
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Leveling Nut
connection beam flanges

26. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
G30 - G60 - G120

27. NonFerrous Metals are...
Columns
Open-Hearth furnace
Metals that do not contain Metals
PB pg 703

28. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
2in pg 645
2in
Scaffolding

29. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
General contractor
Copper and stainless steel
Pre-tensioned concrete
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

30. Wicks consist of...
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Head Joints
Either tension or compression

31. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
That it is welded
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
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
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

32. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
True
Control joints in concrete do what?
16 in
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

33. W-Shape is also called _____
Wide-Flange section
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Tube

34. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Vertical reinforcing bars
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
Carbon steel
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

35. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Snap Tie
Immediately about a flashing
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

36. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
Beams
4000 psi
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

37. A Soft story is a _______
Air tight
Construction Joint
Drainage Walls
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

38. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
16'
Pipe Section
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
4000 psi

39. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
30 ft
Favorably
Alkali resistant
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

40. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Depth of the joist in inches
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
windward face
False

41. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Parallel - wider
Continuous Stip footing
16 in

42. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Control joints in concrete do what?
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.
W16X25
1kip=1000psi

43. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Live end
EAF - OHF - BOF
2in
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

44. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Drainage Walls
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

45. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Footing
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Columns

46. A slip-critical connection is...
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Hollow structural section
2 1/2 in
Depth of the joist in inches

47. What is the bottom piece called?
Reinforced concrete member
Footing
Each course consists of Strechers
Pile

48. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Length - L - of unit
Width - W - of Unit
stablize joists
Immediately above the flashing

49. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
50
Pipe Section
EAF - BOF - OHF
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

50. A vapor retarder is required under
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Fibrous
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces