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1. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
A ductile material
W - S - HP - M
Tension

2. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Concrete masonry Units
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
30 ft

3. tilt-up concrete walls are connected to the slab-on ground with
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Immediately above
Sloped toward the interior roof
Isolation Joints

4. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Cross bearing Walls plane
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Column Footing

5. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Gravel
Tension
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
AISC Type II Connection

6. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
40 ft
8 in to 30 in
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
where soil is not strong.

7. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Leveling Nut
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

8. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
144^2 - 18ft.
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

9. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Highly Crosive - Extreme
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
7 in
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

10. BOF full name is _______
Site cast concrete slabs
Roof and Floor
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Basic Oxygen Furnace

11. Factor for safety formula
Immediately above
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Strands
Failure stress / allowable stress

12. A wall footing is also called _____
Strip Footing
Live ends
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Ground-Supported slabs area____

13. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Walls with overhangs
3000 psi
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.
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

14. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Chairs
Solid unit
Mock-up
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

15. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
The concrete is cast at the site
0.0025
A36
Porland cement - lime - and sand

16. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
50
Within the plane of the veneer
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

17. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Steel Grade
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
perpendicular

18. Z-flashing is effective in...
Gas or arc
General contractor
True
A horizontal butt join in cladding

19. Safety Margin formula
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Actual strength / required strength
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.

20. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
A Waffle Slab
Support Pylons
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

21. The most water tight joint is ____
Concave
Compressive strength
Electric Arc Furnace
Drainage Walls

22. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
Within the plane of the veneer
True
3in
3000 psi

23. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Drilled pier footing
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.
Sloped toward the interior roof

24. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Floor decks
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

25. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Increase the strength of beam in shear
The cladding resists all the wind load
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
3/8 in

26. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Mock-up
Column Footing
Pile

27. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Steel pipes
Steel
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Residential

28. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
8 and 30 in
perpendicular
Modular
Carbon steel

29. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Surface tension
Failure stress / allowable stress
Elevated Slabs
20 ft

30. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Sloped toward the interior roof
Type S

31. What does SJI stand for?
Steel Joist Institute
2in
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

32. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Noncohesive Soils
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
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

33. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
125psi
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Angle section (L)
By Splitting I sections in half

34. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Concrete masonry Units
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
True
same

35. HSS can be what Shape?
Copper and stainless steel
Square - rectangular or round
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

36. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Rain-screen wall
8 and 30 in

37. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Less than it's ultimate stress
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
connection beam flanges

38. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Column Footing
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
A continuous closure strip

39. A pour stop is generally used with
Floor decks
Barrier walls
Pipe Section
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

40. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
90 to 180 degress
False
2 in

41. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
Hard coat EIFS
8 in
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
4000 psi

42. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
S50X30
20 ft
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

43. Clay is _______
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Lug
Gas or arc
cohesive

44. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Concrete masonry Units
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Mildly
field bolting of steel member

45. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
stress=force/area
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Isolation Joints
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

46. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
3/8 in
That it is welded

47. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
Scaffolding
perpendicular
Tension
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

48. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
Force / Area
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Peter Zumther

49. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Stiff
Flexural and Shear.
General contractor

50. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Chairs
Concrete masonry Units
Scratch coat
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft