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1. Galvanizing is...
Capillary break
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
4000 psi
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

2. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Portland cement stucco
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Barrier walls
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

3. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
tempered glass
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

4. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
True
Vertical
More easily constructable.

5. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Zinc
Steel fabricator
4000 psi

6. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Providing an impervious barrier to water
I Section
7 in
Shelf angles

7. Z-flashing is effective in...
2in
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Stiff
Mild

8. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
annealed glass
Beams
24
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

9. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
52-72
Mildly
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Base Plate

10. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
4
Modular
same
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

11. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Steel fabricator
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Structural concrete fill

12. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
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.
Solid unit
Tunnel Form

13. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Ground-Supported slabs area____
8 in
Fibrous
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

14. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
3/8
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Elevated Slabs

15. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
American Standard Shape
Porland cement - lime - and sand
True
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

16. Flashing in a drainage wall is a _____
125psi
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
That it is welded
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding

17. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Floor decks
Tunnel Form
Beams
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

18. Camber refers to...
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
24
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
1kip=1000psi

19. Most of the cost comes from _____
Column Footing
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.
The Framework
Vertical reinforcing bars

20. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Lateral load support to the veneer
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

21. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Immediately above
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
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

22. Strain Formula
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
S50X30
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Structural concrete fill

23. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
52-72
Better

24. Effloresecence
False
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Tougher pg 617
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

25. W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Beams
Beams and Columns
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

26. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Drainage Walls
Isolated pad footing

27. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
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.
4 to 6 ft
Structural concrete fill
Wide-Flange section

28. The Slag is what?
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
S50X30
That it is welded

29. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
A992
24

30. What is an Isolation Joint?

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31. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
1in
Column Footing
Columns
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

32. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
connection beam flanges
Footing
One piece anchors
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

33. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
2in
Footing
240 in =20ft
4

34. A Tunnel form consists of...
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
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.
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
2.67 ft

35. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
50
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Porland cement - lime - and sand

36. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Composite
Thermal Mass
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Columns

37. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Construction Joint
Gravity load support to the veneer
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

38. A material that is weak in tension is...
Weak in shear
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.
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
EAF - OHF - BOF

39. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Stiff
A conventional wood light frame building
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Construction Joint

40. Walers
Ground-Supported slabs area____
SJI
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
2

41. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
2in
Either tension or compression
PB pg 703

42. Retempering of motar means...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Steel
Square - rectangular or round
Adding water to the mortar

43. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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44. A load-bearing wall structure works best when the floor plan of the building has
EAF - OHF - BOF
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
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
5 in

45. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
After World War 2
Simple Connection
Barrier walls

46. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
52-72
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

47. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
T section
Beams
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
5000 psi

48. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Stress at the point of failure
Pile
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

49. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
structural frame
Open Headed joint
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

50. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
American Standard Shape
Open-Hearth furnace