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1. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Mildly
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Drainage Walls

2. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
50
4000 psi
Beams and Columns
Control joints in concrete do what?

3. Form liners are used to...
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
7/8in
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Copper and stainless steel

4. Formwork is refereed to as
where soil is not strong.
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Gauge number
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

5. What is the Fill Made up of?
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Gravel
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Within the plane of the veneer

6. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Zinc
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Barrier walls

7. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Elevated Slabs
Dead End
Better
structural frame

8. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
annealed glass
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
16'

9. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Two piece wire anchors
Concave
24

10. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
8 in to 30 in
Wide-Flange section
Two piece wire anchors

11. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
A Waffle Slab
Gravity load support to the veneer
Type N

12. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Water Proofing
Live end
Isolated pad footing
Type N

13. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Mild
Pipe Section
Force / Area

14. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
True
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Water Proofing

15. What is the bottom piece called?
False
Footing
Two piece wire anchors
cohesive

16. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
4000 psi
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

17. Rasping is what?
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Zero (0)

18. What is the First arrow point at?
Weak in shear
2 to 4 ft
Leveling Nut
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

19. The Term Tendons includes Strands
2in
True
General contractor
HHS

20. A slip-critical connection is...
Column Footing
2in
Scratch coat
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

21. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Pink
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

22. What is a control joint used for?
Open Headed joint
True
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.
Fibrous

23. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
3000 psi
G30 - G60 - G120
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Better

24. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
2
Asymmetry
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

25. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Thermal Mass
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

26. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Molded bricks
At each floor level and roof level
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Sloped - thinner

27. StiffBacks
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Cranes and rails

28. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
A ductile material
Wide-Flange section
field bolting of steel member
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

29. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
3/8
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
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

30. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
2.67 ft
Steel
HHS
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

31. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Compressive strength
10-13 feet.
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

32. 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
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
24in
Concrete masonry Units
20 ft

33. Simple Connection is also called...
AISC Type II Connection
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.
More easily constructable.
T section

34. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Elevated Slabs
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Modular
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

35. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Spraying the mix over a mold
Bed Joints

36. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Hollow structural section
Head Joints

37. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Hard coat EIFS
Pink
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.
By functioning as a water reservior

38. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Highly Crosive - Extreme
True
False
T section

39. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
8
2 1/2 in
1/2 to 3/4 thick

40. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Pile
Hard coat EIFS
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Providing an impervious barrier to water

41. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
True
Zero (0)
Support Pylons
Solid unit

42. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Column Footing
Stretcher Face
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
PB pg 703

43. Benefits of reinforced masonry
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
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.
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

44. This mortar is gernerally specified in all-brick veneer except in seismic zones.
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Hard coat EIFS
Type N
Sloped on both sides

45. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
A36
annealed glass
Strands

46. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
4000 psi
2 in
Failure stress / allowable stress

47. Retempering of motar means...
Adding water to the mortar
Pink
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
field bolting of steel member

48. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
The concrete is cast at the site
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
2 to 4 ft

49. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Stiff
HHS
A conventional wood light frame building
4000 psi

50. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Peter Zumther
8
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members