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1. A two way joist floor is also called...
A Waffle Slab
At each floor level and roof level
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
4000 psi

2. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Zero (0)
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

3. Rain screen is...
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
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

4. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Support Pylons
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

5. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
30 ft
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
True

6. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
K-series - LH series - DHL series
The concrete is cast at the site
7 in
Type S

7. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
T section
1kip=1000psi
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

8. Rasping is what?
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Weak in shear
Type S

9. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Compressive strength
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
every floor
Cranes and rails

10. Stripping time is ___
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Beams
Grouted Space
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

11. In a running-bond wall
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
At each floor level and roof level
Adding water to the mortar
Each course consists of Strechers

12. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
24in
4000 psi
20 ft
Weep holes

13. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Leveling Nut
Beams
Actual strength / required strength
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

14. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Structural concrete fill
Within the plane of the veneer
G30 - G60 - G120

15. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
2in
A conventional wood light frame building
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Angle section (L)

16. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
5000 psi
Mock-up
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
The cladding resists all the wind load

17. What is the bottom piece called?
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Footing
Capillary break

18. Factor for safety formula
Failure stress / allowable stress
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
Isolated pad footing
Composite

19. Unfinished bolts are made from
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
At each floor level and roof level
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Carbon steel

20. A slip-critical connection is...
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Pipe Section
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

21. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Horizontal reinforcement
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

22. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
Grouted Space
The Framework
1in
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.

23. 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...
Some veneer walls
Angle section (L)
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

24. Z-flashing is effective in...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Wide-Flange section
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Compressive strength

25. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
Sloped on both sides
Spraying the mix over a mold
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
The cladding resists all the wind load

26. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
AISC Type I Connection
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

27. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Tube
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Compression

28. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Barrier walls
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Steel pipes

29. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
True
Control joints in concrete do what?
3/8
Columns

30. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Elevated Slabs
The Framework

31. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
After World War 2
Solid unit
Bed Joints
Plortland cement-based mix

32. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Immediately above
Lintel angle
A ductile material

33. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
where soil is not strong.
Control joints in concrete do what?
T section
Better

34. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Cohesive
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

35. Conventional stucco is also called...
Portland cement stucco
field bolting of steel member
Pipe Section
Tube

36. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Mock-up
90 to 180 degress
Cranes and rails
0.0025

37. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Shores
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

38. What is the bottom piece called?
Metals that contain Iron
Footing
stablize joists
Metals that do not contain Metals

39. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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40. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
2in
0.0025
T section

41. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
125psi
Extruded Bricks
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Parallel - wider

42. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
SJI
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Pink
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

43. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
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.
AISC Type I Connection

44. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Isolation Joints
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

45. In a Flemish-bonded wall
A 100% solid unit
G30 - G60 - G120
4
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

46. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Soft-coat EIFS
Cross bearing Walls plane
Tougher pg 617
Grouted Space

47. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column
125psi
Weep holes
Steel Grade
By functioning as a water reservior

48. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
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
36 ksi
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

49. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Bearing connection
M -S -N -O

50. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
True
Concave
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

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