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1. A joint screen is an
Pipe Section
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

2. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
cohesive
Pink
Lateral load support to the veneer

3. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Parallel - wider
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

4. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
A reinforced-masonry frame
Is embedded in the walls
2in pg 645
Copper and stainless steel

5. The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Grouted Space
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
By functioning as a water reservior

6. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Tunnel Form
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

7. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Mock-up
5000 psi
Flying forms
Lug

8. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Elastic-plastic
Concrete masonry Units
Tension
Metals that contain Iron

9. Most of the cost comes from _____
General contractor
The Framework
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
4 to 6 ft

10. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
4000 psi
2 1/2 in
Favorably
Stiff

11. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Spraying the mix over a mold
True
40 ft

12. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
T section
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Lateral load support to the veneer
8 and 30 in

13. A common type of Form Tie is ____
Snap Tie
Expanded metal lath
Drainage Walls
Weak in shear

14. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Strands
More easily constructable.
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.
T section

15. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Lateral load support to the veneer
Gas or arc
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

16. What is the priority of a girder - beam - and joist floor in order.
8
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
3/8
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

17. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Soft-coat EIFS
S50X30
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

18. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Scratch coat
Live end
Is embedded in the walls

19. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Water Proofing
Zero (0)
I Section
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar

20. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Isolation Joints
Grouted Space
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Expanded metal lath

21. 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
4000 psi
True
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Structural concrete fill

22. What is the formula for strain?
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
=change in length/original length
Grade 50 steel
True

23. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Isolation Joints
True
Site cast concrete slabs
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

24. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Steel
Highly Crosive - Extreme
EAF - OHF - BOF
3000 psi

25. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Drainage Walls
Modular
A36

26. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Either tension or compression
36 ksi
Strip Footing

27. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Continuous Stip footing
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

28. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Brick ledge
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Column Footing
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

29. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
every floor
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
True
Providing an impervious barrier to water

30. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Shelf angles
Soft-coat EIFS
Noncohesive Soils
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

31. What is a control joint used for?
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
G30 - G60 - G120
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
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.

32. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Mock-up
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
5000 psi
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

33. In a brick veneer assembly vertical expansion joints should be provided at a maximum distance of...

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34. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Tube
Elastic
4 to 6 ft
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

35. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
stress=force/area
Tunnel Form
Cohesive
Construction Joint

36. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
Column Footing
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
A conventional wood light frame building

37. K-series has a depth range of?
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
8 in to 30 in
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Lug

38. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Immediately above
Actual strength / required strength
90 to 180 degress
Extruded Bricks

39. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
40 ft
Pipe Section
M -S -N -O
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

40. Bond beams are _____
20 ft
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Stress at the point of failure

41. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Mildly
Capillary break
3/8 in
Sloped toward the interior roof

42. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
3/8 in
Dead End

43. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Barrier walls
Each floor level
A 100% solid unit

44. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Stiff
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Compressive strength
Flexural and Shear.

45. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Fibrous
Joists
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

46. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Weep holes
16 in
Construction Joint
Steel Joist Institute

47. Factor for safety formula
Failure stress / allowable stress
W16X25
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers

48. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Reservoir
CMU backed brick veneer
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

49. The term FLying form refers to...
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
5 in
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Within the plane of the veneer

50. Conventional stucco is also called...
The Framework
Portland cement stucco
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Noncohesive Soils