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1. 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 ______
G30 - G60 - G120
Lighter weight
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
PB pg 703

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

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3. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Weep holes
Elevated Slabs
True

4. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
After World War 2
One piece anchors
Barrier walls

5. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
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
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Open-Hearth furnace

6. EAF full name is?
16 in
8 in to 30 in
Electric Arc Furnace
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

7. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
8 in to 30 in
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
5 in
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

8. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Scratch coat
More easily constructable.
30 ft

9. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Gravel
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Immediately above

10. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

11. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Cinder Block
Lintel angle
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

12. The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Within the plane of the veneer
Composite
Pile
50

13. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
True
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Immediately above
Lintel angle

14. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
AISC Type II Connection
5000 psi

15. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Steel
Mildly
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Tilt-up Concrete Association

16. K-series has a depth range of?
Portland cement stucco
8 in to 30 in
Gravel
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

17. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
90 to 180 degress
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Solid unit

18. A Simple Connection is...
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

19. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Sloped on both sides
3/8 in
Electric Arc Furnace

20. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
18 to 48 in
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Asymmetry

21. What is a construction joint?
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Shores
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

22. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Gauge number
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
True
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

23. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Mock-up
Hot Rolling

24. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
SJI
Tube
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Bearing connection

25. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
SJI
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

26. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
every floor
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Angle section (L)
Cranes and rails

27. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
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.
Each floor level
Brown coat

28. 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...
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
30ft
30 ft

29. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
AISC Type III Connection
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

30. 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?
AISC Type I Connection
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.
Brick ledge
Base Plate

31. Form liners are used to...
Leveling Nut
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
144^2 - 18ft.
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

32. Strain Formula
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Site cast concrete slabs
Square - rectangular or round
Mildly

33. Cold formings is when __
Concave
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Structural concrete fill
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

34. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall 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.
Dead End
Some veneer walls
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

35. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
A continuous closure strip
Chairs
Acrylic polymer-based mix

36. K-series has a depth range of?
8 in to 30 in
Drilled pier footing
Grouted Space
every floor

37. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
2.67 ft
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Barrier walls
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

38. 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
CMU backed brick veneer
8 in to 30 in
Concave

39. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Two flange plates
30 ft
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

40. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Parallel - wider
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

41. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
4000 psi
4
Simple Connection
Reinforced concrete member

42. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Zinc
Lintel angle
Chairs

43. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Water Proofing
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
T section
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

44. A wall footing is also called _____
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Strip Footing
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

45. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
30 ft
Drilled pier footing
Mildly
A 100% solid unit

46. The most common thickness for mortar is____
3/8
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Angle section (L)
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.

47. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
2
connection beam flanges
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Pile

48. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Zero (0)
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Gravel

49. Strain Formula
Column Footing
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Percast at the construction site
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

50. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
4 to 6 ft
Simple Connection
Horizontal reinforcement
2 to 4 ft