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1. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
2
After World War 2
Zero (0)
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

2. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
=change in length/original length
That it is welded
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
perpendicular

3. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
Live end
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Highly Crosive - Extreme

4. Capillary break is a...
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Brick ledge
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
3000 PSI

5. 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
Alkali resistant
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Isolation Joints
Stress at the point of failure

6. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
same
True
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Asymmetry

7. The purpose of flashing is to...
Reinforced concrete member
Each course consists of Strechers
Column Footing
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

8. What does HHS stand for?
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Carbon steel
Hollow structural section
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

9. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Head Joints
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

10. Most of the cost comes from _____
The Framework
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Zinc

11. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Open Headed joint
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Gravity - wind and surface tension

12. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
windward face
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Modular
Stretcher Face

13. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
CMU backed brick veneer
I Section
Isolated pad footing
Fibrous

14. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
structural frame
4000 psi
Residential
Veneer wall

15. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
2in
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Steel

16. a backup wall is required in a...
Flexural and Shear.
Molded bricks
Veneer wall
8 and 30 in

17. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Hollow structural section
A 100% solid unit
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
A horizontal butt join in cladding

18. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Wide-Flange section
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Isolated pad footing
At each floor level and roof level

19. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
24
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
Plortland cement-based mix

20. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Gravel
Pile
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
EAF - BOF - OHF

21. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Thermal Mass
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Portland cement stucco
Fibrous

22. Arch welding is where
Actual strength / required strength
True
G30 - G60 - G120
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

23. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
By Splitting I sections in half
3000 PSI
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
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

24. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Sloped - thinner
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Flexural and Shear.

25. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Weak in shear
Joists
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Pre-tensioned concrete

26. A typical bond beam is provided with
Failure stress / allowable stress
2in
24
Horizontal reinforcement

27. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
True
Stiff
Scaffolding
Increase the strength of beam in shear

28. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Isolated pad footing
Solid unit
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

29. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
One piece anchors
3000 PSI
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

30. The most common thickness for mortar is____
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
M -S -N -O
3/8
4

31. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
7 in
Dead End
annealed glass

32. Mechanical couplers are used
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Composite
HHS

33. 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?
Weak in shear
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

34. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Cohesive

35. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
Expanded metal lath
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Angle section (L)

36. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
144^2 - 18ft.
1in
Column Footing
Much lower

37. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
stablize joists
AISC Type I Connection
False
Fibrous

38. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
SJI
Compression
Vertical reinforcing bars

39. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Roof and Floor
Increase the strength of beam in shear

40. What is a control joint used for?
18'
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.
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
FBX

41. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
annealed glass
General contractor
Immediately above the flashing
Barrier walls

42. In a brick veneer assembly - flashing is required
structural frame
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Cranes and rails
Zinc

43. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
2
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

44. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Force / Area
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
A conventional wood light frame building

45. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
4000 psi
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Gravity load support to the veneer

46. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Chairs
The cladding resists all the wind load
24in

47. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
90 to 180 degress
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
The concrete is cast at the site
Site cast concrete slabs

48. Form liners are used to...
Better
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
AISC Type I Connection
Within the plane of the veneer

49. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Grade 50 steel
Flying forms
Tougher pg 617

50. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Live ends
Site cast concrete slabs
Grouted Space
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace