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1. What is Core Holes?






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






3. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






4. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible






5. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within






6. Camber refers to...






7. Materials used for Formwork are___






8. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...






9. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?






10. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____






11. A wall footing is also called _____






12. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?






13. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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






15. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?






16. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____






17. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?






18. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?






19. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one






20. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab






21. A typical bond beam is provided with






22. Which type of EIF is most used?






23. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that






24. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...






25. Galvanizing is...






26. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally






27. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?






28. Weathering index of a location is a function of the






29. Safety Margin formula






30. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






31. 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






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






33. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____






34. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?






35. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide






36. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically






37. Two-way deck is a ____






38. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...






39. What is the 2 arrow?






40. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______






41. What does SJI stand for?






42. The width of an expansion joint is ___






43. In a Flemish-bonded wall






44. K-series has a depth range of?






45. 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 ___






46. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...






47. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.






48. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...






49. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension






50. Bricks and Blocks are called ____