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1. What is the Fill Made up of?
Gravel
Concave
2 to 4 ft
Water Proofing

2. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
True
Pipe Section
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
Bed Joints

3. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Solid unit
every floor

4. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
AISC Type II Connection
where soil is not strong.
Barrier walls
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

5. A typical bond beam is provided with
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Horizontal reinforcement
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

6. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Head Joints
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

7. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
2
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

8. What is the formula for strain?
A36
=change in length/original length
Elastic
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

9. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Steel
1/2 to 3/4 thick
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

10. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
36 ksi
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Expanded metal lath

11. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
A horizontal butt join in cladding
By functioning as a water reservior
Pile

12. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Isolated pad footing
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

13. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
2
Immediately about a flashing
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Column Footing

14. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
W - S - HP - M
windward face

15. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
AISC Type II Connection
Weak in shear
Concave
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

16. Strain Formula
30ft
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Zero (0)

17. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
2.67 ft
2in
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
7 in

18. Formwork is refereed to as
Pink
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

19. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Tunnel Form
Each floor level
Chairs
Compressive strength

20. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Zero (0)
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Percast at the construction site
3/8

21. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
True
4000 psi
Mildly
Much lower

22. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Shelf angles
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Live end
Copper and stainless steel

23. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Dead End
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Type S
18'

24. Shores are used for...
Compression
Dead End
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

25. 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?
Zinc
FBX
Flexural and Shear.
Steel Grade

26. What does SJI stand for?
Steel Joist Institute
EAF - OHF - BOF
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
CMU backed brick veneer

27. BOF full name is _______
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
cohesive

28. The width of an expansion joint is ___
3/8
Water Proofing
Pile
8 in to 30 in

29. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Soft-coat EIFS
Barrier walls

30. The Very middle one is called _____
Strands
Angle section (L)
Increase the strength of beam in shear
I Section

31. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
3000 psi
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
A reinforced-masonry frame
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

32. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Residential
More easily constructable.
8 in

33. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Steel Grade
That it is welded

34. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Immediately above the flashing
where soil is not strong.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
shear force=force/area

35. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Elevated Slabs
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Cohesive
Steel Grade

36. Thermal Mass is _____
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
where soil is not strong.
Elevated Slabs

37. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
G30 - G60 - G120
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

38. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Drilled pier footing
3 in
3000 psi

39. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Steel
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
G30 - G60 - G120
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

40. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Leveling Nut
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Hollow structural section

41. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
A conventional wood light frame building
Basic Oxygen Furnace
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
True

42. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
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.
2 to 4 ft
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

43. What is an Isolation Joint?

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44. In a running-bond wall
Steel
True
Each course consists of Strechers
stablize joists

45. Galvanizing is...
Tunnel Form
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

46. The most common thickness for mortar is____
A Waffle Slab
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
3/8
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

47. A snape Tie consits of...
Basic Oxygen Furnace
After World War 2
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Either tension or compression

48. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
=change in length/original length
Open Headed joint
Thermal Mass
High-treated carbon steel

49. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
2in
Electric Arc Furnace
Molded bricks

50. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
G30 - G60 - G120
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
T section