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1. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____






2. High-strength bolts are made from






3. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?






4. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.






5. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints






6. What is the formula for strain?






7. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret






8. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?






9. What is the Fill Made up of?






10. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units






11. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...






12. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






13. 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...






14. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...






15. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?






16. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick






17. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...






18. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis






19. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material






20. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one






21. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?






22. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...






23. How is a T section made?






24. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...






25. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?






26. What is Core Holes?






27. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __






28. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____






29. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?






30. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...






31. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through






32. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall






33. 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






34. Shelf angles are...






35. Standard CMU size






36. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water






37. LH series has a depth range of...






38. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?






39. What does HHS stand for?






40. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases






41. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?






42. 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...






43. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...






44. The Slag is what?






45. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move






46. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____






47. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






48. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...






49. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?






50. The most water tight joint is ____







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