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1. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?






2. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...






3. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with






4. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?






5. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______






6. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____






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






8. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___






9. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____






10. BOF full name is _______






11. Factor for safety formula






12. A wall footing is also called _____






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






14. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant






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






16. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by






17. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






18. Z-flashing is effective in...






19. Safety Margin formula






20. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...






21. The most water tight joint is ____






22. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____






23. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






24. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?






25. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.






26. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






27. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?






28. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension






29. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...






30. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones






31. What does SJI stand for?






32. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...






33. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam






34. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______






35. HSS can be what Shape?






36. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as






37. Weathering index of a location is a function of the






38. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____






39. A pour stop is generally used with






40. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through






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






42. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...






43. Clay is _______






44. A bond Beam is provided at ______






45. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?






46. Most common used Veneer wall is...






47. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______






48. The Top right hand Beam is called a






49. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the






50. Bricks and Blocks are called ____