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1. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
2in pg 645
Pipe Section
Bearing connection
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

2. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Gravity load support to the veneer
Plortland cement-based mix
Scaffolding
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

3. Retempering of motar means...
Brick ledge
structural frame
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.
Adding water to the mortar

4. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Immediately above the flashing
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Rain-screen wall
Column Footing

5. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
True
A 100% solid unit
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
After World War 2

6. HSS can be what Shape?
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Extruded Bricks
Square - rectangular or round

7. Shores are used for...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Snap Tie
8
Length - L - of unit

8. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Shelf angles
A reinforced-masonry frame
Sloped - thinner
3 in

9. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
8 in
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Live end

10. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
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.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

11. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Construction Joint
American Standard Shape
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

12. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Pre-tensioned concrete
Tougher pg 617
Live end
Residential

13. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Drilled pier footing
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Stress at the point of failure
stablize joists

14. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Some veneer walls
Pipe Section
125psi

15. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
2in
Mildly
Floor decks
3/8

16. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Live ends
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Expanded metal lath
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

17. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Alkali resistant
Tougher pg 617
Pipe Section
HHS

18. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Tube
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
2 to 4 ft
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

19. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Columns
3 in

20. What does TCA stand for?
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Tilt-up Concrete Association

21. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
3 in
Tunnel Form

22. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Lug
Concrete masonry Units

23. High-strength bolts are made from
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Pre-tensioned concrete
High-treated carbon steel
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

24. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Adding water to the mortar
Mild
Stress / strain = E
Walls with overhangs

25. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Solid unit
tempered glass
Drilled pier footing
At each floor level and roof level

26. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Flexural and Shear.
Henry Bessemer in 1855

27. A rain screen classing system addresses the issue of water penetration due to...
Grouted Space
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

28. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
connection beam flanges
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Compression
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

29. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
False
Flexural and Shear.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Roof and Floor

30. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
18 to 48 in
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

31. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
The Framework
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Strip Footing
1kip=1000psi

32. the GFRC skin is obtained by
2 1/2 in
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
2
Spraying the mix over a mold

33. The Slag is what?
Square - rectangular or round
Immediately above the flashing
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Type S

34. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
A conventional wood light frame building
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Immediately above the flashing

35. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

36. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
30 ft
Residential
Gravity load support to the veneer

37. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Scratch coat
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.
3/8

38. What does HHS stand for?
Within the plane of the veneer
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Width - W - of Unit
Hollow structural section

39. Ferrous Metals are...
windward face
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Metals that contain Iron
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

40. Pile
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Metals that contain Iron

41. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
S50X30
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Vertical reinforcing bars
Is embedded in the walls

42. Flashing needs to have these qualities
Gauge number
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Adding water to the mortar
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

43. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Base Plate
Pipe Section

44. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Footing
A36
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

45. In a running-bond wall
Shores
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Each course consists of Strechers
90 to 180 degress

46. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Portland cement stucco
Cranes and rails
connection beam flanges
Percast at the construction site

47. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Tunnel Form
Steel
Two piece wire anchors
Elevated Slabs

48. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
More easily constructable.
30ft
A36

49. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
A ductile material
Portland cement stucco
Stress at the point of failure
where soil is not strong.

50. What is the bottom piece called?
24in
Footing
Henry Bessemer in 1855
High-treated carbon steel