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1. Bricks that have core holes are ____






2. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?






3. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?






4. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______






5. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?






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






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






8. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____






9. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.






10. Two-way deck is a ____






11. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...






12. Most of the cost comes from _____






13. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...






14. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot






15. 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.






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






17. Cellular-type plan is ______






18. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from






19. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret






20. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints






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






22. Shear stress formula






23. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally






24. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






25. K series are more frequently used because they ____






26. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?






27. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____






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






29. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?






30. StiffBacks






31. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through






32. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.






33. S section I beam with a nominal depth of 50' and a weight of 60 lbs per 3 feet






34. A Tunnel form consists of...






35. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the






36. What does HHS stand for?






37. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?






38. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?






39. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...






40. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by






41. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?






42. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______






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






44. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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45. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point






46. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...






47. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up






48. A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____






49. In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the






50. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...