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1. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
1kip=1000psi
annealed glass
Grouted Space
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

2. DLH series has a depth range of...
52-72
More easily constructable.
3000 psi
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

3. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Acrylic polymer-based mix
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Column Footing
Bearing connection

4. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Sloped - thinner
Square - rectangular or round
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

5. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Thermal Mass
Compression
The cladding resists all the wind load
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

6. Is that the walls that are required for load-bearing purposes may also function as shear walls in addition to enclosing and dividing spaces.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
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.
G30 - G60 - G120
Electric Arc Furnace

7. A joint screen is an
excavation
Noncohesive Soils
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
2 1/2 in

8. 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
Mild
24in
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Scaffolding

9. 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 _____
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
2.67 ft
Zero (0)
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

10. Compressive Strength Formula
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

11. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
The Framework
Gravel
Stretcher Face

12. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
A 100% solid unit
1in
Bearing connection
W - S - HP - M

13. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
1in
3000 psi
Air tight
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

14. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
=change in length/original length
Steel Grade
The cladding resists all the wind load

15. A common type of Form Tie is ____
W16X25
Snap Tie
One piece anchors
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

16. 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?
FBX
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Zero (0)
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

17. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Control joints in concrete do what?
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Steel

18. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Sloped on both sides
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

19. What is the Fill Made up of?
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Gravel
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
A conventional wood light frame building

20. Built-up sections are made by _____
Cross bearing Walls plane
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Electric Arc Furnace
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

21. Weep Holes are...
Veneer wall
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
stablize joists

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

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23. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
7/8in
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
W16X25
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

24. EAF full name is?
18 to 48 in
Expanded metal lath
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Electric Arc Furnace

25. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
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.
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
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
Cinder Block

26. A slip-critical connection is...
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Cinder Block
Solid unit
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

27. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Shelf angles
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Water Proofing

28. Safety Margin formula
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
perpendicular
Steel
Actual strength / required strength

29. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Steel
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Lintel angle

30. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
False
Cohesive
cohesive
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

31. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
125psi
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Roof and Floor

32. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Strip Footing
Hollow structural section
3/8
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

33. 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
excavation
A continuous closure strip
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Isolation Joints

34. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
HHS
False
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching

35. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
False
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Compressive strength

36. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Steel fabricator
5000 psi
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.
Gravity - wind and surface tension

37. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
Beams
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
7/8in
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

38. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
24in
A 100% solid unit
Reservoir
Lug

39. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Elastic-plastic
Copper and stainless steel
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Continuous Stip footing

40. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
annealed glass
Composite
Gauge number
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

41. Semirigid Connection is also called...
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
AISC Type III Connection
Strip Footing

42. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
90 to 180 degress
Mock-up
Cinder Block
The Framework

43. The required color of a stucco surface is...
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
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.
Gravel
T section

44. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Bearing connection
Each floor level
Tension

45. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Adding water to the mortar
Angle section (L)
Portland cement stucco
Column Footing

46. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Fibrous
Length - L - of unit
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Beams and Columns

47. Retempering of motar means...
Adding water to the mortar
SJI
I Section
Is embedded in the walls

48. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Weep holes
Live ends
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
W16X25

49. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Strip Footing
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Floor decks
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

50. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
True
After World War 2