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1. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
40 ft

2. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
Weep holes
Mildly
Gravel

3. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
A ductile material
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

4. Camber refers to...
Metals that do not contain Metals
30ft
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
2in

5. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
90 to 180 degress
Column Footing
24in
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

6. Bond beams are _____
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
16'
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Stress / strain = E

7. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
3/8
Head Joints
3/8
Grade 50 steel

8. What is the formula for stress?
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
False
every floor
stress=force/area

9. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
52-72
One piece anchors
4000 psi
Each course consists of Strechers

10. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
windward face
Shelf angles
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

11. Modulus of elasticity
HHS
HHS
144^2 - 18ft.
Stress / strain = E

12. Shores are used for...
Lateral load support to the veneer
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Tube

13. What is the formula for stress?
stress=force/area
3000 psi
A992
2

14. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
Snap Tie
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
20 ft

15. StiffBacks
Cinder Block
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
5 in
Shelf angles

16. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Stiff
2

17. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Walls with vertical reinforcement
PB pg 703
One piece anchors

18. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Flexural and Shear.
Zinc
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

19. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
2
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Gravel

20. Ferrous Metals are...
2.67 ft
Metals that contain Iron
M -S -N -O
By Splitting I sections in half

21. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Reinforced concrete member
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Rain-screen wall
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

22. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
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.
Site cast concrete slabs

23. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Isolation Joints

24. LH series has a depth range of...
3/8
8 in to 30 in
18 to 48 in
Gravel

25. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Immediately about a flashing
Compressive strength
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

26. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Leveling Nut
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Chairs

27. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Continuous Stip footing
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
stablize joists
Gravel

28. The term FLying form refers to...
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
W16X25
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

29. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
After World War 2
A 100% solid unit
Copper and stainless steel
Actual strength / required strength

30. Built-up sections are made by _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Elastic-plastic
40 ft
3/8

31. EAF full name is?
Electric Arc Furnace
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Within the plane of the veneer
Stretcher Face

32. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Vertical reinforcing bars
Wide-Flange section
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

33. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Lug
3000 PSI
Isolation Joints
Asymmetry

34. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Pre-tensioned concrete
True
Mock-up

35. 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 _____
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Flexural and Shear.
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
2.67 ft

36. Materials used for Formwork are___
2.67 ft
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Wide-Flange section
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

37. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Shelf angles
Live ends
Plortland cement-based mix
Gravity load support to the veneer

38. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Tougher pg 617
Force / Area
G30 - G60 - G120

39. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
5 in
Stiff
Basic Oxygen Furnace
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

40. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
1kip=1000psi
Sloped on both sides
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Grouted Space

41. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Lateral load support to the veneer
Flexural and Shear.

42. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
2.67 ft
every floor
Grouted Space

43. What is one of the Empirical rules?
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
A Waffle Slab
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

44. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Dead End
Wide-Flange section
Tunnel Form
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

45. An air space of ____ is recommended for brick veneer
2in pg 645
3/8 in
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

46. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Open Headed joint
At each floor level and roof level
Henry Bessemer in 1855
A36

47. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Extruded Bricks
Air tight
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Steel fabricator

48. A Tunnel form consists of...
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.
False
Two flange plates
By functioning as a water reservior

49. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Reservoir
AISC Type II Connection
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Length - L - of unit

50. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
windward face
Actual strength / required strength
8 in to 30 in
W-shaped beams - Steel joints