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1. What is Core Holes?
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Pipe Section
Each floor level
Leveling Nut

2. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Roof and Floor
Flexural and Shear.
Dead End
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

3. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Ground-Supported slabs area____
7 in
Each floor level
Column Footing

4. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
1/2 to 3/4 thick
2
Beams and Columns
Vertical

5. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
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
Vertical

6. Camber refers to...
tempered glass
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
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
2in

7. Materials used for Formwork are___
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Expanded metal lath
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Two piece wire anchors

8. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Shores
0.0025
Alkali resistant
Sloped toward the interior roof

9. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Barrier walls
0.0025
Cranes and rails

10. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Zinc
Depth of the joist in inches
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
True

11. A wall footing is also called _____
Isolation Joints
Pink
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.
Strip Footing

12. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Expanded metal lath
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PB pg 703
Pipe Section

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...
Stiff
perpendicular
Solid unit
A36

15. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
EAF - BOF - OHF
Support Pylons
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Walls with vertical reinforcement

16. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
240 in =20ft
Pipe Section
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Walls with overhangs

17. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
False
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

18. In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Two flange plates
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Cross bearing Walls plane
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

19. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Percast at the construction site
A continuous closure strip
Cinder Block
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

20. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
Better
0.0025
3000 psi
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms

21. A typical bond beam is provided with
Bearing connection
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Horizontal reinforcement

22. Which type of EIF is most used?
PB pg 703
8 and 30 in
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.

23. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Shelf angles
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Modular

24. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Two piece wire anchors
K-series - LH series - DHL series
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Stress at the point of failure

25. Galvanizing is...
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
American Standard Shape

26. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Live end
AISC Type III Connection
Angle section (L)

27. What are some advantages of using concrete for Load Bearing Walls?
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Percast at the construction site

28. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Immediately above the flashing
A continuous closure strip

29. Safety Margin formula
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Actual strength / required strength
Snap Tie
A ductile material

30. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Extruded Bricks
Noncohesive Soils
Asymmetry

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
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.
That it is welded
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Isolation Joints

32. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
90 to 180 degress
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Construction Joint

33. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Each floor level
More easily constructable.
Angle section (L)
Structural concrete fill

34. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
Less than it's ultimate stress
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
24in

35. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Flexural and Shear.
Lateral load support to the veneer
Ground-Supported slabs area____

36. the anchors used in GFRC panels are typically
One piece anchors
connection beam flanges
Sloped - thinner
Shores

37. Two-way deck is a ____
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
8 in to 30 in
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Some veneer walls

38. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
30ft
structural frame
24

39. What is the 2 arrow?
24
Base Plate
A 100% solid unit
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

40. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Flying forms
A continuous closure strip
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

41. What does SJI stand for?
shear force=force/area
3000 PSI
Continuous Stip footing
Steel Joist Institute

42. The width of an expansion joint is ___
AISC Type III Connection
3/8
Vertical
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

43. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Flexural and Shear.
Weep holes
5000 psi

44. K-series has a depth range of?
Footing
Scaffolding
8 in to 30 in
Highly Crosive - Extreme

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 ___
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
4
144^2 - 18ft.
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

46. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
20 ft
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

47. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Tube
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.
Pre-tensioned concrete
Composite

48. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Stiff
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
CMU backed brick veneer

49. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Mildly
Modular
Peter Zumther
By Splitting I sections in half

50. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Concrete masonry Units
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
EAF - BOF - OHF