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1. What is the formula for strain?
=change in length/original length
A 100% solid unit
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

2. Materials used for Formwork are___
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Bearing connection
True
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

3. Shear stress formula
A reinforced-masonry frame
tempered glass
Footing
Force / Area

4. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Concrete masonry Units
Walls with vertical reinforcement
2in
Reinforced concrete member

5. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Leveling Nut
Sloped on both sides
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

6. Stirrups are generally made of...
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
18 to 48 in
240 in =20ft
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

7. What is one of the Empirical rules?
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Flying forms
Two piece wire anchors

8. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Pre-tensioned concrete
Steel Joist Institute
Site cast concrete slabs
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

9. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Floor decks
Scratch coat
Solid unit

10. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
American Standard Shape
3/8 in
Open-Hearth furnace

11. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Much lower
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
18'

12. Z-flashing is effective in...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
3/8 in
2in
Lug

13. The most water tight joint is ____
2in
Concave
Pre-tensioned concrete
Is embedded in the walls

14. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
tempered glass
Live ends
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

15. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Steel Joist Institute
Tube
10-13 feet.
That it is welded

16. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
0.0025
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Vertical reinforcing bars
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

17. A joint screen is an
Hard coat EIFS
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Live end
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

18. LH series has a depth range of...
A Waffle Slab
18 to 48 in
3/8
HHS

19. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
Gauge number
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Roof and Floor

20. 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
Pink
30ft
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

21. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Cinder Block
Carbon steel
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

22. Galvanizing is...
Beams
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Compression
A325

23. The most common thickness for mortar is____
Stress at the point of failure
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
3/8
4

24. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Favorably
Type S
PB pg 703

25. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
After World War 2
2
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

26. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
Extruded Bricks
Steel
Type N

27. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
FBX
Fibrous

28. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Barrier walls
W16X25
More easily constructable.
Grouted Space

29. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Lateral load support to the veneer
Adding water to the mortar

30. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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31. Slagwool is _____
Percast at the construction site
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
The Framework

32. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Type N
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

33. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
The concrete is cast at the site
Angle section (L)
Steel fabricator

34. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
3000 psi
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Fibrous

35. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
50
Columns
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Solid unit

36. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Elastic-plastic
S50X30
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

37. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
By Splitting I sections in half
Solid unit
EAF - OHF - BOF
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

38. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
2
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

39. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
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
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
annealed glass
Ground-Supported slabs area____

40. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Thermal Mass
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Head Joints

41. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Ground-Supported slabs area____
A reinforced-masonry frame
Walls with overhangs
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

42. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Tunnel Form
Open Headed joint
K-series - LH series - DHL series
By functioning as a water reservior

43. 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
True
False
A horizontal butt join in cladding

44. Which type of EIF is most used?
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
PB pg 703
The Framework
Immediately about a flashing

45. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Angle section (L)
CMU backed brick veneer
Square - rectangular or round

46. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Tension
Spraying the mix over a mold
3000 psi
Open-Hearth furnace

47. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
annealed glass
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Weak in shear

48. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Each course consists of Strechers
Grouted Space
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
2

49. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
Carbon steel
3/8
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

50. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Is embedded in the walls
Mildly
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs