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1. Mechanical couplers are used
Drilled pier footing
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
A reinforced-masonry frame
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

2. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
3/8
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

3. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Asymmetry
3000 PSI
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Live end

4. What is the First arrow point at?
24
Immediately above
Leveling Nut
Water Proofing

5. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Isolated pad footing
Cross bearing Walls plane
True

6. What does TCA stand for?
Beams
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Metals that do not contain Metals
A horizontal butt join in cladding

7. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
2in pg 645
2in
2 in
Beams and Columns

8. Form liners are used to...
Square - rectangular or round
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
240 in =20ft
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

9. Precast is where____
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
CMU backed brick veneer
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

10. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
where soil is not strong.
30ft
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Force / Area

11. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Vertical reinforcing bars
A325
General contractor
Lighter weight

12. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Dead End
Bed Joints
Pile
structural frame

13. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Lateral load support to the veneer
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Portland cement stucco
Parallel - wider

14. StiffBacks
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
8 in
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Construction Joint

15. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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16. A rigid Connection is also called...
After World War 2
AISC Type I Connection
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Construction Joint

17. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
After World War 2
Elevated Slabs
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.

18. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Structural concrete fill
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Lug
Some veneer walls

19. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
Pile
18'
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

20. 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
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Steel Grade
CMU backed brick veneer

21. Stripping time is ___
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Isolation Joints
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

22. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Isolation Joints
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
stress=force/area

23. The first coat of stucco is called...
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Scratch coat
Water Proofing

24. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Lighter member that spans between the girders

25. What is ultimate stress?
Stress at the point of failure
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
tempered glass
Grade 50 steel

26. Bond beams are _____
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Some veneer walls
Simple Connection

27. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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28. CMU is _____
Width - W - of Unit
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Cinder Block

29. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Tougher pg 617
Steel
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Steel fabricator

30. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
7/8in
Length - L - of unit
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Pile

31. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
By Splitting I sections in half
Support Pylons
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
A36

32. A typical bond beam is provided with
A conventional wood light frame building
Immediately about a flashing
Horizontal reinforcement
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

33. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
annealed glass
Structural concrete fill
True
Gravel

34. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
S50X30
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
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

35. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
excavation
240 in =20ft
AISC Type II Connection
Flying forms

36. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Basic Oxygen Furnace
2
Sloped - thinner
Increase the strength of beam in shear

37. Shear stress formula
Tension
Force / Area
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
Residential

38. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Favorably
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Steel fabricator
Tougher pg 617

39. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
High-treated carbon steel
Fibrous

40. Rain screen is...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Asymmetry
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

41. W-Shape is also called _____
CMU backed brick veneer
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Wide-Flange section
CMU backed brick veneer

42. A material that is weak in tension is...
Weak in shear
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
2

43. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
That it is welded
Isolated pad footing
Steel pipes

44. HSS can be what Shape?
1kip=1000psi
Square - rectangular or round
Elevated Slabs
A conventional wood light frame building

45. Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to...
Water Proofing
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
stablize joists
American Standard Shape

46. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Live end
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Elevated Slabs
Live end

47. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
3 in
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
K-series - LH series - DHL series

48. A rigid Connection is also called...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
2 in
AISC Type I Connection

49. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Steel fabricator
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Steel pipes
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

50. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Molded bricks
Drilled pier footing