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1. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____






2. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






3. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






4. Strain Formula






5. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one






6. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...






7. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?






8. DLH series has a depth range of...






9. Arch welding is where






10. How is a T section made?






11. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?






12. Bond beams are _____






13. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






14. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.






15. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...






16. The Term Tendons includes Strands






17. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as






18. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall






19. Frame Structure is defined by ________






20. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...






21. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?






22. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?






23. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?






24. Plain-Masonry walls are _______






25. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____






26. A snug-Tight condition is _____






27. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases






28. A joint screen is an






29. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...






30. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material






31. What does TCA stand for?






32. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...






33. The first coat of stucco is called...






34. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases






35. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores






36. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...






37. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible






38. A common type of Form Tie is ____






39. W-Shape are mostly used for ____






40. Walers






41. The GFRC skin is typically






42. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...






43. The Term Tendons includes Strands






44. the GFRC skin is obtained by






45. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...






46. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.






47. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...






48. A vapor retarder is required under






49. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...






50. K-series has a depth range of?