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1. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
PB pg 703
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
2 to 4 ft
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

2. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
structural frame
Lateral load support to the veneer
0.0025

3. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Elevated Slabs
Is embedded in the walls
Basic Oxygen Furnace

4. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
W - S - HP - M
Lug
False
1kip=1000psi

5. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
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.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
4
A reinforced-masonry frame

6. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Copper and stainless steel
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Barrier walls

7. Arch welding is where
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

8. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
T section
Snap Tie
Joists
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

9. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Square - rectangular or round
Better
Bearing connection
1in

10. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Brown coat
Hot Rolling
Grouted Space
Depth of the joist in inches

11. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
2in pg 645
S50X30
4000 psi
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

12. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
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.
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

13. The first coat of stucco is called...
where soil is not strong.
Stiff
tempered glass
Scratch coat

14. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
0.0025
Tube
Walls with overhangs

15. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
2.67 ft
Some veneer walls

16. Semirigid Connection is also called...
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
AISC Type III Connection
3000 PSI

17. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Vertical reinforcing bars
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
2in
EAF - OHF - BOF

18. In what order are roof componants placed:
30ft
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Leveling Nut
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

19. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Isolation Joints
Solid unit
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

20. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
At each floor level and roof level
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
2

21. A rigid Connection is also called...
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Tube
A horizontal butt join in cladding
AISC Type I Connection

22. 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 ___
Failure stress / allowable stress
144^2 - 18ft.
By functioning as a water reservior
Base Plate

23. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Percast at the construction site
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Reservoir
Concrete masonry Units

24. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Extruded Bricks
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
G30 - G60 - G120

25. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
SJI
Columns
Better
Capillary break

26. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

27. Walers
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Porland cement - lime - and sand
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

28. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Control joints in concrete do what?

29. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Sloped - thinner
Electric Arc Furnace
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

30. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Weep holes
Lug
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Providing an impervious barrier to water

31. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
windward face
Continuous Stip footing
Square - rectangular or round
Base Plate

32. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
3 in
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
S50X30
Gravity load support to the veneer

33. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Steel
50
Bearing connection
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

34. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Asymmetry
cohesive
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

35. A Soft story is a _______
3000 PSI
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
EAF - OHF - BOF
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

36. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Modular
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Two piece wire anchors
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

37. Galvanizing is...
High-treated carbon steel
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
AISC Type I Connection
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

38. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Steel
Wide-Flange section
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
A Waffle Slab

39. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
AISC Type I Connection
Shelf angles
Angle section (L)
Rain-screen wall

40. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Lug
A conventional wood light frame building
Compressive strength
7/8in

41. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
A 100% solid unit
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Shores
1in

42. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
W - S - HP - M
Shelf angles
Lighter member that spans between the girders
2in

43. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Joists
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
10-13 feet.
field bolting of steel member

44. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
I Section
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

45. The Very middle one is called _____
Favorably
A992
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
I Section

46. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
At each floor level and roof level
structural frame
Tube

47. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
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
Peter Zumther
Residential

48. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Joists
7 in
Gravity load support to the veneer
structural frame

49. Shear stress formula
Force / Area
Angle section (L)
American Standard Shape
Construction Joint

50. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Parallel - wider
windward face
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole