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1. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Length - L - of unit
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

2. Rain screen is...
True
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Sloped toward the interior roof
Wide-Flange section

3. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Pipe Section
8 and 30 in

4. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Stretcher Face
Pink
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Surface tension

5. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
EAF - BOF - OHF

6. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
True
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

7. What is ultimate stress?
Angle section (L)
30ft
Grouted Space
Stress at the point of failure

8. 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?
Parallel - wider
30 ft
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.
FBX

9. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
More easily constructable.
20 ft
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
240 in =20ft

10. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
False
That it is welded
M -S -N -O
Increase the strength of beam in shear

11. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Is embedded in the walls
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

12. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
G30 - G60 - G120
One piece anchors
windward face
One piece anchors

13. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Column Footing
2 in
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

14. The Top right hand Beam is called a
Tension
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Head Joints
T section

15. 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...
3/8 in
30 ft
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Depth of the joist in inches

16. OHF full name is?
AISC Type III Connection
Open-Hearth furnace
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Flying forms

17. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Plortland cement-based mix
Type S
M -S -N -O
3 in

18. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Tube
That it is welded
Compression
Steel

19. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Brick ledge
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Lug
Mild

20. Arch welding is where
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Continuous Stip footing
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Barrier walls

21. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Pile
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Joists
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

22. What is Core Holes?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
A horizontal butt join in cladding
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

23. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Either tension or compression
Actual strength / required strength
30 ft

24. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
stablize joists
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
Control joints in concrete do what?
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

25. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Scaffolding
Favorably
Roof and Floor
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

26. OHF full name is?
G30 - G60 - G120
Mock-up
Open-Hearth furnace
A Waffle Slab

27. EAF full name is?
Electric Arc Furnace
AISC Type II Connection
Pre-tensioned concrete
K-series - LH series - DHL series

28. LH series has a depth range of...
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Isolated pad footing
18 to 48 in
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

29. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Steel
A conventional wood light frame building
Base Plate

30. Shelf angles are...
Mock-up
Plortland cement-based mix
I Section
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

31. What does HHS stand for?
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
Rain-screen wall
Either tension or compression
Hollow structural section

32. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
same
Ground-Supported slabs area____
1in
Concrete masonry Units

33. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Barrier walls
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
A ductile material

34. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Elastic
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

35. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
4 to 6 ft
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Water Proofing

36. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Pre-tensioned concrete
Pipe Section

37. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
A36
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
8 and 30 in
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

38. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Open Headed joint
A36

39. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Columns
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
T section
Grade 50 steel

40. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Surface tension
1kip=1000psi

41. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
A 100% solid unit
Dead End
T section
Angle section (L)

42. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Angle section (L)
Site cast concrete slabs
0.0025
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

43. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Molded bricks
Stiff

44. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
36 ksi
Each floor level
Mild

45. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
125psi
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Two piece wire anchors
7 in

46. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Peter Zumther
Columns
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Air tight

47. 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
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.
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
30ft
Soft-coat EIFS

48. What is the Fill Made up of?
Open Headed joint
Gravel
Simple Connection
Steel Grade

49. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Open Headed joint
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Zinc
Isolated pad footing

50. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
24
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
T section