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1. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Flying forms
Shelf angles
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

2. A snape Tie consits of...
2 1/2 in
structural frame
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

3. What is the 2 arrow?
Veneer wall
Base Plate
24in
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

4. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
every floor
A 100% solid unit
240 in =20ft
Parallel - wider

5. Modulus of elasticity
Vertical
Henry Bessemer in 1855
4000 psi
Stress / strain = E

6. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Isolation Joints
36 ksi
Each course consists of Strechers

7. What is one of the Empirical rules?
=change in length/original length
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
30ft

8. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

9. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
5000 psi
where soil is not strong.
Tunnel Form
Either tension or compression

10. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Hard coat EIFS
Tougher pg 617

11. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
American Standard Shape
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

12. What is the 2 arrow?
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
Base Plate

13. Slagwool is _____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Grouted Space
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)

14. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Gravity - wind and surface tension
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Extruded Bricks

15. Capillary break is a...
Joists
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
4000 psi
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists

16. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
G30 - G60 - G120
Hot Rolling
Percast at the construction site
True

17. The material in an arch is primarily in _________
Pipe Section
Compression
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Either tension or compression

18. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Dead End

19. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Gauge number
2in
Molded bricks

20. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
A325
Ground-Supported slabs area____
CMU backed brick veneer
Parallel - wider

21. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
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.
Within the plane of the veneer
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

22. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
Lintel angle
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Bearing connection
Within the plane of the veneer

23. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Solid unit
Type S
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Hot Rolling

24. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
0.0025
Cohesive
SJI
Brick ledge

25. The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where...
excavation
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
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
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

26. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Pink
Capillary break
Two piece wire anchors
Within the plane of the veneer

27. Ferrous Metals are...
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Metals that contain Iron
Steel
7 in

28. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Horizontal reinforcement
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
5 in
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.

29. A joint screen is an
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
True
Lighter weight
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

30. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Depth of the joist in inches
8
W - S - HP - M
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

31. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
cohesive
True
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

32. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Leveling Nut
The cladding resists all the wind load
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Pink

33. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Open Headed joint
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
240 in =20ft

34. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
3/8
Tube
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
7 in

35. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Joists
A ductile material
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.

36. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
connection beam flanges
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
20 ft

37. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Continuous Stip footing
A325
Expanded metal lath
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

38. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
True
Alkali resistant
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Much lower

39. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Pink
4000 psi
False
Beams

40. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Depth of the joist in inches
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
16 in

41. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
stress=force/area
Immediately above

42. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Gravity load support to the veneer
Rain-screen wall
Flying forms

43. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
4000 psi
Two piece wire anchors
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Lug

44. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Favorably
8 in

45. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Molded bricks
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
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.
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

46. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
AISC Type III Connection
Site cast concrete slabs
Type S

47. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Surface tension
That it is welded
5 in
Composite

48. What is the Fill Made up of?
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Site cast concrete slabs
Gravel
125psi

49. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Live ends
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
3/8

50. What is the formula for shear force?
shear force=force/area
Chairs
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Highly Crosive - Extreme