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Construction Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___






2. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...






3. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick






4. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab






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






6. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases






7. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

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8. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through






9. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?






10. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?






11. Galvanizing is...






12. A snape Tie consits of...






13. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____






14. A vapor retarder is required under






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






16. Safety Margin formula






17. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress






18. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________






19. The second coat of stucco is called...






20. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...






21. Two-way deck is a ____






22. K-series has a depth range of?






23. EAF full name is?






24. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______






25. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...






26. Strain Formula






27. Retempering of motar means...






28. Walers






29. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the






30. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?






31. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?






32. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units






33. Cast Iron is formed when _______






34. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.






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






36. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______






37. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____






38. Ferrous Metals are...






39. Modulus of elasticity






40. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____






41. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors






42. W-Shape is also called _____






43. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used






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






45. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with






46. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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47. High-strength bolts are made from






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






49. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures






50. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis