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Construction Basics

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1. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that






2. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________






3. Conventional stucco is also called...






4. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?






5. Bricks and Blocks are called ____






6. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...






7. 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






8. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...






9. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by






10. Mortar-Capturing device is a...






11. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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12. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.






13. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______






14. Plymer based EIFS are also called...






15. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________






16. EAF full name is?






17. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____






18. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?






19. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?






20. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases






21. strongbacks can

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22. 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.






23. Shores are used for...






24. Formwork is refereed to as






25. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






26. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?






27. Flashing needs to have these qualities






28. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____






29. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____






30. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...






31. W-Shape are mostly used for ____






32. Precast is where____






33. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____






34. Z-flashing is effective in...






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






36. A rigid Connection is also called...






37. A Simple Connection is...






38. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks






39. What is the formula for stress?






40. A Blast Furnace is a ______






41. What is the Fill Made up of?






42. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways






43. Stirrups are generally made of...






44. Plymer based EIFS are also called...






45. Flashing needs to have these qualities






46. Most of the cost comes from _____






47. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...






48. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?






49. What does HHS stand for?






50. 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 ____