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1. What type of glass is used for places above walkways with no overhead protection

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2. HSS can be what Shape?
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Column Footing
Square - rectangular or round

3. A slip-critical connection is...
Lintel angle
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Pipe Section
Concrete masonry Units

4. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
7/8in
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
2
A Waffle Slab

5. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Grouted Space
Columns
A horizontal butt join in cladding

6. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
K-series - LH series - DHL series
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Water Proofing
Isolated pad footing

7. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
A992
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Cranes and rails

8. 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.
Tougher pg 617
2 in
18 to 48 in
Tube

9. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
structural frame
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Favorably

10. Semirigid Connection is also called...
Site cast concrete slabs
AISC Type III Connection
Concave
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

11. Shear stress formula
2 to 4 ft
Force / Area
CMU backed brick veneer
Base Plate

12. A common type of Form Tie is ____
True
Snap Tie
Steel Grade
A992

13. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
perpendicular
True
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

14. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
Failure stress / allowable stress
Construction Joint
2 in
Solid unit

15. The Middle-THird Rule indicated that ______
Column Footing
Each course consists of Strechers
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.

16. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
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
Adding water to the mortar
144^2 - 18ft.
24

17. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Sloped - thinner
perpendicular
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

18. Flashing material must be impervious to...
True
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Wide-Flange section

19. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Scaffolding
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
HHS
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

20. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Roof and Floor
Stiff
Construction Joint

21. Two-way deck is a ____
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
True
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
The cladding resists all the wind load

22. For a brick veneer that bears on the foundation and continuses to the top of the building without any intermediate support - the maximum veneer height is limited to...
30 ft
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.

23. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

24. Capillary break is a...
10-13 feet.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

25. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
field bolting of steel member
8 in
W16X25
Base Plate

26. Formwork is refereed to as
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Better
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
cohesive

27. In an English-bonded Wall
3/8
Column Footing
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.

28. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Chairs
Force / Area

29. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
3in
Barrier walls
3/8
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

30. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
Stress at the point of failure
stress=force/area
American Standard Shape
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

31. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Live end
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

32. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
2 in
3/8 in
Sloped on both sides
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

33. The most common thickness for mortar is____
3/8
One piece anchors
Air tight
The cladding resists all the wind load

34. Shelf angles are...
Pipe Section
Mild
Wide-Flange section
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

35. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
40 ft
Bed Joints
Stretcher Face

36. EAF full name is?
Gas or arc
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
Electric Arc Furnace
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

37. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
5 in
8 in to 30 in
False
structural frame

38. Formwork is refereed to as
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Water Proofing
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

39. A two way joist floor is also called...
1in
A Waffle Slab
Rain-screen wall
A horizontal butt join in cladding

40. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
excavation
connection beam flanges
Floor decks
3 in

41. Standard CMU size
Noncohesive Soils
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
S50X30
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

42. DLH series has a depth range of...
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
52-72
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

43. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
EAF - BOF - OHF
Support Pylons
Elevated Slabs
Drainage Walls

44. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Stretcher Face
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
AISC Type I Connection

45. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Copper and stainless steel
More easily constructable.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

46. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
False
2.67 ft
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Tube

47. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Shelf angles
stablize joists
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.

48. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
18'
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

49. A rigid Connection is also called...
Steel
10-13 feet.
AISC Type I Connection
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

50. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
shear force=force/area
Immediately above
Stretcher Face
3000 PSI