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1. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Lighter member that spans between the girders
24in
Gravity load support to the veneer
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

2. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
structural frame
Depth of the joist in inches
Acrylic polymer-based mix
30ft

3. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
7/8in
The cladding resists all the wind load
S50X30
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

4. 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?
Beams
Brick ledge
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
The Framework

5. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
perpendicular
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Favorably

6. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
8
Grade 50 steel

7. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
True
That it is welded

8. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
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
Gauge number
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

9. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
False
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

10. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
General contractor
Alkali resistant
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Flying forms

11. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Immediately above the flashing
4 to 6 ft

12. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Square - rectangular or round
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Footing
2 1/2 in

13. S-Shape is also called ____
Isolation Joints
Gravel
American Standard Shape
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

14. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
125psi
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
2 1/2 in

15. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Steel Joist Institute
Support Pylons
Is embedded in the walls
3000 psi

16. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Mildly
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Width - W - of Unit
Gauge number

17. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
10-13 feet.
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Beams
Isolation Joints

18. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Extruded Bricks
connection beam flanges
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Compressive strength

19. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
every floor
Column Footing
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.
7 in

20. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
G30 - G60 - G120
Simple Connection
Control joints in concrete do what?
52-72

21. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Metals that contain Iron
Spraying the mix over a mold
144^2 - 18ft.
Stiff

22. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Wide-Flange section
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
18'
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

23. HSS can be what Shape?
Much lower
Square - rectangular or round
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
2in

24. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
0.0025
Carbon steel
Drainage Walls
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

25. What is the First arrow point at?
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Strands
Leveling Nut

26. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
=change in length/original length
Portland cement stucco
Rain-screen wall
Grade 50 steel

27. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Leveling Nut
where soil is not strong.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
A325

28. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
40 ft
90 to 180 degress
8 in to 30 in

29. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Barrier walls
Portland cement stucco
Peter Zumther
AISC Type II Connection

30. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Air tight
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

31. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
AISC Type I Connection
Capillary break
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

32. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
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
More easily constructable.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

33. In what order are roof componants placed:
4000 psi
EAF - BOF - OHF
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
8 and 30 in

34. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

35. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
3/8 in
FBX
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Pipe Section

36. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Alkali resistant
Thermal Mass
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

37. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
2
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Type S

38. 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
Continuous Stip footing
30ft
PB pg 703
Zinc

39. The Very middle one is called _____
Henry Bessemer in 1855
8 in
I Section
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

40. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
A992
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
40 ft
2

41. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Steel pipes
structural frame
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Length - L - of unit

42. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
True
I Section
Walls with overhangs

43. Which type of EIF is most used?
PB pg 703
Stiff
Is embedded in the walls
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

44. What is the Fill Made up of?
Mild
Gravel
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

45. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
General contractor
Composite
A conventional wood light frame building
True

46. EAF full name is?
24in
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Electric Arc Furnace
Lug

47. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Square - rectangular or round
Spraying the mix over a mold
Lug

48. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Gravity load support to the veneer
Two flange plates
A992

49. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Steel

50. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Solid unit
Tunnel Form
8 in to 30 in
Pink