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1. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
3000 PSI
stress=force/area
2
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

2. A Tunnel form consists of...
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Cinder Block
Cranes and rails

3. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Isolated pad footing
1in
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

4. What is the 2 arrow?
Footing
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Base Plate
Grouted Space

5. Arch welding is where
EAF - BOF - OHF
A Waffle Slab
Lateral load support to the veneer
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

6. Thermal Mass is _____
Stress at the point of failure
perpendicular
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

7. What is the First arrow point at?
Leveling Nut
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Strip Footing
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

8. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
Construction Joint
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
CMU backed brick veneer
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

9. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Gravity load support to the veneer
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

10. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Dead End
Expanded metal lath
Concrete masonry Units
5000 psi

11. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Percast at the construction site
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Spraying the mix over a mold
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

12. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
4000 psi
False
Columns
1in

13. K-series has a depth range of?
Each course consists of Strechers
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
8 in to 30 in
Tube

14. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Lateral load support to the veneer
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

15. A material that is weak in tension is...
Support Pylons
The cladding resists all the wind load
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Weak in shear

16. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
8 in to 30 in
Simple Connection
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Mildly

17. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Weep holes
Beams
Gravel

18. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Carbon steel
field bolting of steel member
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
same

19. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Cohesive
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Zero (0)
Vertical

20. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
A reinforced-masonry frame
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Bed Joints
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

21. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Stress at the point of failure
shear force=force/area
False
Chairs

22. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Immediately above the flashing
90 to 180 degress
That it is welded

23. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Failure stress / allowable stress
EAF - BOF - OHF

24. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Type N
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Live end

25. 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.
Walls with overhangs
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Tougher pg 617

26. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
A325
Walls with overhangs
T section
1in

27. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Scratch coat
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

28. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Support Pylons
Walls with overhangs
W16X25
Column Footing

29. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
2in
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Flying forms
Thermal Mass

30. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Elastic-plastic
2
Actual strength / required strength
shear force=force/area

31. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Stiff
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Veneer wall

32. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
That it is welded
AISC Type II Connection
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

33. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Air tight
5000 psi
Spraying the mix over a mold
Brown coat

34. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Pre-tensioned concrete
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
4000 psi
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

35. Most of the cost comes from _____
Solid unit
Construction Joint
The Framework
2 1/2 in

36. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
8 in
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Bearing connection

37. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Modular
Elevated Slabs
Live end
Capillary break

38. Factor for safety formula
Failure stress / allowable stress
Lighter weight
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

39. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Gravity - wind and surface tension
That it is welded
shear force=force/area

40. 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?
8 and 30 in
W16X25
Residential
Brick ledge

41. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Hard coat EIFS
stablize joists
Elevated Slabs

42. A typical bond beam is provided with
Strands
FBX
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Horizontal reinforcement

43. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Gravel
SJI

44. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Percast at the construction site
tempered glass
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

45. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
A992
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Walls with vertical reinforcement

46. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Thermal Mass
Water Proofing
3/8

47. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Peter Zumther
excavation
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Lintel angle

48. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Shores
Fibrous
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

49. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
24in
Isolated pad footing
Scratch coat
A325

50. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
1in
field bolting of steel member
Thermal Mass
General contractor

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