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1. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Type N
Tension
Steel Grade
A conventional wood light frame building

2. A snape Tie consits of...
2 in
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Grouted Space
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

3. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Scaffolding
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Elastic

4. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Stress at the point of failure
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

5. Factor for safety formula
Roof and Floor
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Failure stress / allowable stress
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

6. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
10-13 feet.
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

7. S-Shape is also called ____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
American Standard Shape
Mild
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

8. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

9. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Columns
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.
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.
Alkali resistant

10. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Gravel
Column Footing
excavation

11. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
FBX
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Simple Connection
Live end

12. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Roof and Floor
Spraying the mix over a mold
excavation
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

13. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Copper and stainless steel
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Sloped - thinner
S50X30

14. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
3000 psi
Shelf angles
Flying forms

15. Modulus of elasticity
Stress / strain = E
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Lateral load support to the veneer

16. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
annealed glass
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Less than it's ultimate stress

17. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
A992
1kip=1000psi

18. Galvanizing is...
0.0025
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
The cladding resists all the wind load
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

19. Camber refers to...
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
1in

20. The GFRC skin is typically
Spraying the mix over a mold
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Columns
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

21. A typical bond beam is provided with
After World War 2
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Horizontal reinforcement
G30 - G60 - G120

22. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
structural frame
16 in
Acrylic polymer-based mix

23. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Steel fabricator
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
True

24. Materials used for Formwork are___
True
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
125psi
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

25. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
Flying forms
Columns
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.
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

26. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
1in
Steel Grade
36 ksi
T section

27. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Joists

28. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
A ductile material
Tunnel Form
Thermal Mass

29. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
30 ft
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Brown coat
Chairs

30. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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31. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
stablize joists
Heavier members and spans from column to column
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
Sloped on both sides

32. What is the 2 arrow?
False
Base Plate
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
2in

33. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
30 ft
A ductile material

34. S-Shape is also called ____
Bearing connection
Base Plate
excavation
American Standard Shape

35. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
2.67 ft
Surface tension
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

36. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
3/8
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Gas or arc

37. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Two flange plates
False
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

38. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Some veneer walls
Immediately above the flashing
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

39. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Zinc
Rain-screen wall
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

40. Z-flashing is effective in...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Square - rectangular or round
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Scratch coat

41. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Elastic-plastic
2
Live ends

42. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Copper and stainless steel
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

43. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Strip Footing
8 and 30 in
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Hot Rolling

44. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
That it is welded
Alkali resistant
Isolation Joints

45. Cold formings is when __
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Each floor level
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Brick ledge

46. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Footing
1in
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Copper and stainless steel

47. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
EAF - OHF - BOF
52-72

48. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Gravel
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
The cladding resists all the wind load
Leveling Nut

49. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Immediately above the flashing
American Standard Shape
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

50. A rigid Connection is also called...
Stress / strain = E
That it is welded
Drainage Walls
AISC Type I Connection