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1. a backup wall is required in a...
Veneer wall
Vertical reinforcing bars
2in
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

2. Galvanizing is...
Column Footing
Spraying the mix over a mold
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

3. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Beams
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Fibrous

4. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Footing
Isolation Joints
Simple Connection
Thermal Mass

5. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Much lower
Dead End
Flying forms
Copper and stainless steel

6. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
Pile
30ft
Asymmetry
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

7. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Within the plane of the veneer
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

8. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Walls with vertical reinforcement
50
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

9. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Open Headed joint
Zero (0)
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

10. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Flying forms
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

11. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Simple Connection
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Gravity - wind and surface tension
True

12. Z-flashing is effective in...
T section
Immediately above
Width - W - of Unit
A horizontal butt join in cladding

13. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
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
Roof and Floor
Veneer wall
M -S -N -O

14. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
where soil is not strong.
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Strip Footing
Grouted Space

15. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Metals that do not contain Metals
3 in
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Dead End

16. The Very middle one is called _____
G30 - G60 - G120
Open-Hearth furnace
Gauge number
I Section

17. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Gravel
Cohesive
Stretcher Face
Henry Bessemer in 1855

18. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Bearing connection
Vertical
Asymmetry
Barrier walls

19. 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 _____
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
A ductile material
2.67 ft

20. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Length - L - of unit
Roof and Floor
shear force=force/area
Scaffolding

21. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
Percast at the construction site
1kip=1000psi
EAF - BOF - OHF

22. 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
structural frame
24in
annealed glass
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

23. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Rain-screen wall
Sloped - thinner
Tension
Highly Crosive - Extreme

24. A Simple Connection is...
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Snap Tie
Water Proofing
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

25. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Stretcher Face
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

26. What is a control joint used for?
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Depth of the joist in inches
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.
Immediately above the flashing

27. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Length - L - of unit
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

28. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
0.0025
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
annealed glass
I Section

29. How is a T section made?
Width - W - of Unit
Molded bricks
A 100% solid unit
By Splitting I sections in half

30. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Flexural and Shear.
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
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

31. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
True
Favorably
Henry Bessemer in 1855
AISC Type I Connection

32. How is a T section made?
Sloped on both sides
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
By Splitting I sections in half
Barrier walls

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34. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
4 to 6 ft
Composite
52-72
3/8

35. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Force / Area
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
2in

36. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Shores
4 to 6 ft
Beams and Columns
3/8

37. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Adding water to the mortar
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Hard coat EIFS
Scratch coat

38. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
True
Capillary break
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.
Tougher pg 617

39. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
10-13 feet.
False
stress=force/area
Electric Arc Furnace

40. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

41. The most water tight joint is ____
Tube
Concave
Leveling Nut
shear force=force/area

42. What does SJI stand for?
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
144^2 - 18ft.
Steel Joist Institute
True

43. Shores are used for...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
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.
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Elevated Slabs

44. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
2in
24in
W16X25
Each course consists of Strechers

45. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Expanded metal lath
A continuous closure strip
Vertical reinforcing bars
A horizontal butt join in cladding

46. Semirigid Connection is also called...
Floor decks
AISC Type III Connection
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Veneer wall

47. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Pink

48. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Elastic-plastic
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.
1kip=1000psi

49. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
Expanded metal lath
True
Live end
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

50. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
2 to 4 ft
A Waffle Slab
A 100% solid unit