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1. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
Strands
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
FBX
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

2. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Steel
Capillary break
False
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

3. The GFRC skin is typically
1/2 to 3/4 thick
3in
Construction Joint
Footing

4. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
True
Immediately above
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

5. Standard CMU size
Steel Grade
Weep holes
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Strip Footing

6. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
0.0025
2 in
Steel fabricator

7. 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
Mild
36 ksi
True
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

8. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
30 ft
3/8
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
General contractor

9. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
More easily constructable.
Plortland cement-based mix
1/2 to 3/4 thick
One piece anchors

10. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
Concave
A continuous closure strip
Either tension or compression
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

11. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
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
False
Veneer wall
A conventional wood light frame building

12. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
HHS
Weak in shear
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

13. Effloresecence
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Surface tension
SJI
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

14. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
connection beam flanges
Gauge number
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

15. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Lug
Live end
Portland cement stucco
Strands

16. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Shelf angles
2
2 to 4 ft
Live ends

17. Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Extruded Bricks
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
FBX

18. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Drilled pier footing
Pile
Zinc

19. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
90 to 180 degress
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Tunnel Form
I Section

20. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Portland cement stucco
field bolting of steel member
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

21. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Increase the strength of beam in shear
S50X30
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Surface tension

22. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
2
Cross bearing Walls plane
Composite
Porland cement - lime - and sand

23. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
90 to 180 degress
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Alkali resistant
Sloped toward the interior roof

24. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Joists
Alkali resistant
Pipe Section

25. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
4 to 6 ft
Residential

26. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Hot Rolling
tempered glass
False

27. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Joists
Peter Zumther
windward face
Dead End

28. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Zinc
Copper and stainless steel
Highly Crosive - Extreme

29. Girder is...
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
same
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
W16X25

30. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Grouted Space
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
2

31. Arch welding is where
Construction Joint
A reinforced-masonry frame
Continuous Stip footing
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

32. Clay is _______
SJI
cohesive
Hollow structural section
Is embedded in the walls

33. CMU is _____
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
2in
4000 psi
Cinder Block

34. OHF full name is?
cohesive
Open-Hearth furnace
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
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.

35. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
Grouted Space
Pipe Section
Capillary break

36. Bond beams are _____
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
7 in
Steel
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

37. 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?
Lug
windward face
Stretcher Face
Brick ledge

38. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
structural frame
Adding water to the mortar
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
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.

39. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
7 in
Lug
A ductile material
Capillary break

40. Which type of EIF is most used?
Roof and Floor
Pre-tensioned concrete
PB pg 703
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

41. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Zero (0)
Stress / strain = E
A 100% solid unit

42. Materials used for Formwork are___
3/8 in
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Mildly
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

43. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
5 in
Sloped on both sides
By functioning as a water reservior
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

44. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
18 to 48 in
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
4 to 6 ft

45. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
24
Snap Tie

46. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

47. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
1in
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer

48. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
16'
Is embedded in the walls
20 ft

49. 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 lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
8 in
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.
30ft

50. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Live end
Failure stress / allowable stress
Construction Joint