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1. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
18 to 48 in

2. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Joists
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Elevated Slabs
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

3. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Soft-coat EIFS
False
At each floor level and roof level
stress=force/area

4. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Peter Zumther
1/2 to 3/4 thick

5. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
Less than it's ultimate stress
Portland cement stucco
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

6. W-Shape is also called _____
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Wide-Flange section
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.
Two piece wire anchors

7. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
AISC Type I Connection
7 in
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Live end

8. What does HHS stand for?
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Hollow structural section
Less than it's ultimate stress
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

9. Clay is _______
36 ksi
Two piece wire anchors
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
cohesive

10. Modulus of elasticity
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Stress / strain = E
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

11. Modulus of elasticity
Stress / strain = E
Lighter member that spans between the girders
field bolting of steel member
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

12. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
structural frame
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Brick ledge
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

13. What does SJI stand for?
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Actual strength / required strength
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Steel Joist Institute

14. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
EAF - OHF - BOF
Zero (0)
Construction Joint

15. Wicks consist of...
Each course consists of Strechers
2in pg 645
Air tight
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

16. Standard CMU size
I Section
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Reservoir

17. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
I Section
same
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

18. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Tension
Roof and Floor
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

19. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Drilled pier footing
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Adding water to the mortar

20. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
excavation
Rain-screen wall
Chairs
Scaffolding

21. What does TCA stand for?
I Section
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Tilt-up Concrete Association
every floor

22. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
connection beam flanges
Zero (0)
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
20 ft

23. Girder is...
2in
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
3/8
Beams and Columns

24. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Brown coat

25. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Electric Arc Furnace
Walls with vertical reinforcement
stablize joists

26. Twist-off Bolt method is...
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Reinforced concrete member
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

27. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
2in pg 645
SJI
40 ft

28. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Steel
True
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

29. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Grouted Space
Pre-tensioned concrete
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

30. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Percast at the construction site

31. What is the Fill Made up of?
every floor
2in
Cinder Block
Gravel

32. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
Hollow structural section

33. One-way deck is a ______
Horizontal reinforcement
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Simple Connection

34. S-Shape is also called ____
structural frame
American Standard Shape
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

35. Cellular-type plan is ______
Solid unit
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
8 in

36. The width of an expansion joint is ___
Soft-coat EIFS
3/8
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
By Splitting I sections in half

37. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Scaffolding
W - S - HP - M
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

38. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
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.
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Soft-coat EIFS
2in

39. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Percast at the construction site
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

40. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Angle section (L)

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...
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
8 in
240 in =20ft

42. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
Bearing connection
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
1in

43. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Molded bricks
Shelf angles
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Chairs

44. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Alkali resistant
Tube
Walls with overhangs

45. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Henry Bessemer in 1855
field bolting of steel member
Pink
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

46. PT concrete is Also known as _______
Pre-tensioned concrete
Elevated Slabs
Dead End
Sloped toward the interior roof

47. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Copper and stainless steel
Lintel angle
Brick ledge
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

48. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
excavation
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Base Plate
Grouted Space

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50. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Scaffolding
Isolation Joints
20 ft

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