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1. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
36 ksi
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Sloped on both sides

2. Standard CMU size
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Footing
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

3. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Elastic-plastic
Porland cement - lime - and sand

4. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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5. HSS can be what Shape?
Within the plane of the veneer
AISC Type II Connection
Barrier walls
Square - rectangular or round

6. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Open-Hearth furnace
shear force=force/area
field bolting of steel member
Bearing connection

7. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Zinc
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
18 to 48 in
High-treated carbon steel

8. What is the First arrow point at?
18'
Leveling Nut
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

9. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Stiff
AISC Type I Connection
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
By Splitting I sections in half

10. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Either tension or compression
A36
Lintel angle
Sloped - thinner

11. the GFRC skin is obtained by
M -S -N -O
Spraying the mix over a mold
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
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

12. The most water tight joint is ____
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Gas or arc
Concave
Weak in shear

13. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Less than it's ultimate stress
2.67 ft
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Lighter weight

14. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Support Pylons
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
3/8
Sloped toward the interior roof

15. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Actual strength / required strength
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

16. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Capillary break
True
Metals that do not contain Metals
Shelf angles

17. a backup wall is required in a...
Extruded Bricks
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Veneer wall

18. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
5 in
30 ft
3000 psi
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

19. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Sloped - thinner
Copper and stainless steel
2 to 4 ft
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

20. Stress Formula
Steel Joist Institute
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
10-13 feet.

21. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
I Section
Bearing connection
16 in
Pipe Section

22. What is the formula for stress?
Stiff
Barrier walls
18 to 48 in
stress=force/area

23. __________ are vertical supports used in the forming of concrete.
Wide-Flange section
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Shores
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

24. 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
Zero (0)
24in
5000 psi
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

25. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
False
52-72
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Isolated pad footing

26. What is an Isolation Joint?

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27. A bond Beam is provided at ______
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
True
24in

28. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Weep holes
10-13 feet.
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
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.

29. A tube is referred to as a ____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Gas or arc
annealed glass
HHS

30. The Slag is what?
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Better
Live ends
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

31. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Walls with vertical reinforcement
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

32. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Thermal Mass
perpendicular
Force / Area
Ground-Supported slabs area____

33. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Pipe Section
Air tight
Floor decks
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

34. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Reinforced concrete member
windward face
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
3000 psi

35. Mechanical couplers are used
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Vertical reinforcing bars
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Two piece wire anchors

36. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
Base Plate
T section
3in
=change in length/original length

37. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Parallel - wider
Barrier walls
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Vertical

38. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
After World War 2
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Increase the strength of beam in shear
20 ft

39. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Horizontal reinforcement
Peter Zumther
Base Plate
36 ksi

40. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Lighter weight
Depth of the joist in inches
False
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

41. A Tunnel form consists of...
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
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.
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
90 to 180 degress

42. Rasping is what?
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
2in
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
True

43. What does HHS stand for?
Structural concrete fill
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
2
Hollow structural section

44. What does SJI stand for?
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Steel Joist Institute

45. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Gravity - wind and surface tension
HHS
Parallel - wider
8

46. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Width - W - of Unit
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
18'
A continuous closure strip

47. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
30ft
Roof and Floor
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
3/8

48. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Stress / strain = E
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Walls with overhangs
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

49. Walers
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
True
Reinforced concrete member
Steel Joist Institute

50. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Less than it's ultimate stress
Mild
Roof and Floor
A horizontal butt join in cladding