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1. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
every floor
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Sloped toward the interior roof
Fibrous

2. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
30ft
Water Proofing
Control joints in concrete do what?
Strands

3. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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4. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Columns
Barrier walls
PB pg 703
Live end

5. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Drainage Walls
S50X30
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

6. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Tube
K-series - LH series - DHL series
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
FBX

7. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
AISC Type I Connection
Parallel - wider
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

8. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
16 in
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Support Pylons

9. What is the Fill Made up of?
10-13 feet.
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
stress=force/area
Gravel

10. Rain screen is...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Isolation Joints
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Beams

11. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Percast at the construction site
Snap Tie
Tunnel Form

12. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

13. Most of the cost comes from _____
Gauge number
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
The Framework

14. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
True
16 in
=change in length/original length
8 and 30 in

15. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
Is embedded in the walls
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
4000 psi

16. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
18 to 48 in
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
I Section

17. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
perpendicular
5 in
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
AISC Type I Connection

18. LH series has a depth range of...
18 to 48 in
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
2in
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

19. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
16 in
Strip Footing
2in
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

20. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Continuous Stip footing
Beams and Columns
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Favorably

21. Capillary break is a...
Type S
Tension
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

22. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
That it is welded
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
125psi

23. Stirrups are generally made of...
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Brown coat
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

24. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
Percast at the construction site
Footing
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Plortland cement-based mix

25. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Base Plate
Elevated Slabs
where soil is not strong.
7 in

26. Safety Margin formula
Actual strength / required strength
Snap Tie
Adding water to the mortar
Head Joints

27. 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?
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FBX
2in
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

28. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Joists
Horizontal reinforcement
perpendicular
Alkali resistant

29. Ferrous Metals are...
Metals that contain Iron
5000 psi
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
connection beam flanges

30. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Roof and Floor
True
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

31. 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?
Barrier walls
Cohesive
Brick ledge
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

32. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Water Proofing
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Vertical reinforcing bars
EAF - BOF - OHF

33. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
False
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Elevated Slabs
That it is welded

34. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Noncohesive Soils
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
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35. Two-way deck is a ____
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Two piece wire anchors
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

36. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
FBX
Isolated pad footing
Joists
The concrete is cast at the site

37. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Air tight
cohesive
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

38. Bond beams are _____
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Simple Connection
perpendicular
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

39. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Surface tension
2 1/2 in
Pipe Section
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

40. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Steel Grade
General contractor
True

41. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

42. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
FBX

43. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Footing

44. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
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Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Expanded metal lath

45. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
30 ft
Reservoir

46. Precast is where____
A 100% solid unit
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Air tight

47. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Each floor level
Reservoir
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
90 to 180 degress

48. Modulus of elasticity
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Stress / strain = E

49. Effloresecence
One piece anchors
Scaffolding
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Leveling Nut

50. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Sloped on both sides
M -S -N -O
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