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1. Arch welding is where
Failure stress / allowable stress
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
After World War 2

2. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Ground-Supported slabs area____
G30 - G60 - G120
Walls with vertical reinforcement
2.67 ft

3. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
A reinforced-masonry frame
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
same
American Standard Shape

4. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Noncohesive Soils
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

5. Strain Formula
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
AISC Type I Connection
The Framework
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

6. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Shelf angles
same
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
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

7. Walers
Angle section (L)
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Chairs
18'

8. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
G30 - G60 - G120
Brown coat
Vertical reinforcing bars
Spraying the mix over a mold

9. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
8 in
3in
Weak in shear

10. What does HHS stand for?
Hollow structural section
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
S50X30
Tunnel Form

11. The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Construction Joint
Cranes and rails
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

12. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

13. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
True
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Type S

14. In an English-bonded Wall
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Steel
Compression
Thermal Mass

15. Precast is where____
Construction Joint
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
HHS
EAF - BOF - OHF

16. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Structural concrete fill
More easily constructable.

17. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Air tight
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Cranes and rails
By functioning as a water reservior

18. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Square - rectangular or round
Residential
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

19. One-way deck is a ______
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Weep holes
The cladding resists all the wind load
Joists

20. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
A ductile material
18'
1kip=1000psi
Grouted Space

21. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
SJI
Some veneer walls
Structural concrete fill

22. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
Sloped on both sides
Gas or arc
One piece anchors
Is embedded in the walls

23. What is the Fill Made up of?
Elastic
Simple Connection
Leveling Nut
Gravel

24. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
Wide-Flange section
Beams and Columns
W16X25
I Section

25. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
tempered glass
Elevated Slabs
S50X30
Reservoir

26. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Mild
3/8
A ductile material
Immediately above the flashing

27. K series are more frequently used because they ____
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Immediately above the flashing
Roof and Floor

28. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
18 to 48 in
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Tougher pg 617

29. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Compression
4000 psi
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

30. What is the first thing a contractor does at a construction site?
excavation
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Roof and Floor
Lug

31. OHF full name is?
False
Open-Hearth furnace
I Section
Bearing connection

32. A Soft story is a _______
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Vertical reinforcing bars
structural frame
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

33. The second coat of stucco is called...
Gauge number
3000 psi
Alkali resistant
Brown coat

34. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
=change in length/original length
Width - W - of Unit
Much lower

35. Shelf angles are...
Carbon steel
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
G30 - G60 - G120
Lug

36. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
every floor
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Immediately above the flashing
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

37. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
excavation
Brick ledge

38. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Mock-up
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Leveling Nut

39. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...
Immediately above the flashing
Copper and stainless steel
2in
excavation

40. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Footing
same
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

41. The use of ______ concrete is customary
A ductile material
Tube
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
4000 psi

42. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Angle section (L)
Steel fabricator
4000 psi
Porland cement - lime - and sand

43. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
structural frame
Reinforced concrete member
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Vertical reinforcing bars

44. Simple Connection is also called...
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Drilled pier footing
AISC Type II Connection
Better

45. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Gauge number
Columns
That it is welded
Noncohesive Soils

46. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Compressive strength
connection beam flanges
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

47. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Simple Connection
Copper and stainless steel
windward face
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

48. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Thermal Mass
Scaffolding
Drainage Walls

49. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Steel Grade
Spraying the mix over a mold
A horizontal butt join in cladding

50. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
Beams
Much lower
HHS
Immediately about a flashing