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1. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Isolation Joints
True
Columns
Reservoir

2. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
90 to 180 degress
False
Expanded metal lath

3. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
4 to 6 ft
Fibrous
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

4. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
3 in
AISC Type II Connection
Asymmetry
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

5. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
2in pg 645
where soil is not strong.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Columns

6. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Walls with overhangs
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Leveling Nut
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

7. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
A conventional wood light frame building
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
False
Some veneer walls

8. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Henry Bessemer in 1855
S50X30
Gas or arc
M -S -N -O

9. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
shear force=force/area
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Tension

10. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
perpendicular
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
8 in to 30 in
Gas or arc

11. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
40 ft
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Barrier walls
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

12. Rain screen is...
Favorably
10-13 feet.
20 ft
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

13. Walers
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
7 in
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

14. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
A ductile material
4 to 6 ft
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
20 ft

15. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Cinder Block
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Peter Zumther

16. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
PB pg 703
Each floor level
True
Brick ledge

17. Thermal Mass is _____
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Veneer wall
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
False

18. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
connection beam flanges
EAF - BOF - OHF

19. The most common thickness for mortar is____
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
0.0025
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
3/8

20. 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
Pile
Flying forms
Snap Tie
True

21. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

22. A vapor retarder is required under
Type N
Two piece wire anchors
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

23. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
every floor
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.

24. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Rain-screen wall
stablize joists
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Lug

25. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Shelf angles
Percast at the construction site
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Length - L - of unit

26. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Beams and Columns
Gravity load support to the veneer
Carbon steel
50

27. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
3/8
Columns
20 ft
The cladding resists all the wind load

28. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
That it is welded
Reinforced concrete member
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Open-Hearth furnace

29. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
A325
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
By Splitting I sections in half

30. CMU is _____
Veneer wall
Less than it's ultimate stress
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Cinder Block

31. What is the bottom piece called?
False
Footing
40 ft
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620

32. StiffBacks
stablize joists
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
More easily constructable.
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

33. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
7/8in
The cladding resists all the wind load
Highly Crosive - Extreme
That it is welded

34. Shores are used for...
perpendicular
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
False
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

35. Site-cast is when ____
That it is welded
The concrete is cast at the site
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Sloped - thinner

36. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
The concrete is cast at the site
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Barrier walls
Gravity load support to the veneer

37. The Slag is what?
A325
Type N
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

38. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Force / Area
Leveling Nut
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

39. Ferrous Metals are...
2.67 ft
Metals that contain Iron
Metals that do not contain Metals
windward face

40. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Type S
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

41. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Steel
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Sloped - thinner
Joists

42. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
That it is welded
Immediately about a flashing
40 ft
24in

43. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Open-Hearth furnace
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

44. Standard CMU size
Two piece wire anchors
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
stress=force/area

45. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Concrete masonry Units
Live end
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

46. Girder is...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
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
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Plortland cement-based mix

47. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Tension
A 100% solid unit
Strip Footing
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

48. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Base Plate
Continuous Stip footing
Each floor level
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

49. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Beams
Type N
2 1/2 in

50. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
8 and 30 in
PB pg 703
EAF - OHF - BOF
Continuous Stip footing