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1. Capillary break is a...
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Mock-up
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

2. Modulus of elasticity
Metals that contain Iron
Floor decks
Stress / strain = E
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

3. Stress Formula
1in
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
True
AISC Type II Connection

4. Conventional stucco is also called...
Portland cement stucco
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Live end

5. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Structural concrete fill
A992
Strip Footing
Electric Arc Furnace

6. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
EAF - OHF - BOF
Percast at the construction site
Column Footing
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

7. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
True
Copper and stainless steel
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Solid unit

8. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Steel
4000 psi
3/8

9. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Barrier walls
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

10. a backup wall is required in a...
Veneer wall
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
EAF - OHF - BOF
connection beam flanges

11. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
T section

12. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
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
Cinder Block
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Grouted Space

13. A rigid Connection is also called...
Construction Joint
30ft
Open Headed joint
AISC Type I Connection

14. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Beams
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.
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
24in

15. Fine Grained soles are______ with water
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Cohesive
Support Pylons
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

16. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

17. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Beams
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

18. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
American Standard Shape
At each floor level and roof level
Beams
Air tight

19. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Roof and Floor
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
2in pg 645
Thermal Mass

20. Frame Structure is defined by ________
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Cinder Block
Adding water to the mortar
10-13 feet.

21. Most common used Veneer wall is...
A Waffle Slab
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

22. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Tube
structural frame
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

23. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Elastic-plastic
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Lighter weight

24. Built-up sections are made by _____
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Sloped toward the interior roof
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

25. 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?
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Brick ledge
Tilt-up Concrete Association
3000 PSI

26. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Bed Joints
False
10-13 feet.

27. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
Electric Arc Furnace
A36
52-72

28. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Head Joints
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

29. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Immediately above the flashing
Reservoir
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

30. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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31. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Vertical
8
Lug
True

32. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Base Plate
A ductile material

33. 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
24in
Force / Area
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Columns

34. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
True
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Length - L - of unit
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

35. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
At each floor level and roof level
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

36. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Support Pylons
2in
Gas or arc
1in

37. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
1in
Steel
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

38. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
AISC Type III Connection
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Failure stress / allowable stress

39. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
That it is welded
Live end
Brown coat

40. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Isolation Joints
3/8
Walls with overhangs
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

41. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
3 in
Weak in shear
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

42. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Steel fabricator
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Zinc
Steel pipes

43. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Grade 50 steel
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

44. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
By functioning as a water reservior
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
every floor

45. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Depth of the joist in inches
Gravel
High-treated carbon steel

46. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
False
3/8
Favorably
Type S

47. K-series has a depth range of?
8 in
8 in to 30 in
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

48. BOF full name is _______
Adding water to the mortar
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Copper and stainless steel
Basic Oxygen Furnace

49. CMU is _____
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Cinder Block
8
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

50. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Expanded metal lath
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns