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Construction Basics

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1. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.






2. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains






3. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units






4. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing






5. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases






6. What is the bottom piece called?






7. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground






8. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____






9. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength






10. Pile






11. Where are deep foundations used?






12. Walers






13. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal






14. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...






15. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...






16. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist






17. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...






18. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?






19. PT concrete is Also known as _______






20. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






21. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some






22. In what order are roof componants placed:






23. What is a control joint used for?






24. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






25. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material






26. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____






27. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?






28. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...






29. Factor for safety formula






30. A two way joist floor is also called...






31. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...






32. In an English-bonded Wall






33. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?






34. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that






35. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____






36. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from






37. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?






38. Plain-Masonry walls are _______






39. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist






40. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____






41. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____






42. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






43. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.






44. Weep Holes are...






45. Shear stress formula






46. A Simple Connection is...






47. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret






48. Materials used for Formwork are___






49. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls






50. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____