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1. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Hot Rolling
That it is welded
Copper and stainless steel
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.

2. The GFRC skin is typically
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
2 in
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

3. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Concave
18'
stablize joists
Fibrous

4. Compressive Strength Formula
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Stress / strain = E
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.

5. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Beams
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

6. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
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.

7. Factor for safety formula
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
4
Failure stress / allowable stress
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

8. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
1/2 to 3/4 thick
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

9. Clay is _______
By functioning as a water reservior
cohesive
3/8
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

10. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Steel fabricator
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
Each floor level
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored

11. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
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.
Joists
Soft-coat EIFS
52-72

12. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
5 in
Copper and stainless steel
4 to 6 ft
AISC Type I Connection

13. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
3 in
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Shelf angles
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams

14. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Elastic-plastic
Soft-coat EIFS
Extruded Bricks
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

15. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
Immediately above
A325
Tube

16. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
36 ksi
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Water Proofing

17. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Soft-coat EIFS
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Each floor level

18. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Elastic
By Splitting I sections in half
AISC Type III Connection
Highly Crosive - Extreme

19. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
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
90 to 180 degress
Stiff
Strands

20. The Top right hand Beam is called a
T section
3/8
Metals that contain Iron
Each course consists of Strechers

21. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
A Waffle Slab
Lighter weight
Lintel angle
Mild

22. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
That it is welded
Porland cement - lime - and sand
Walls with overhangs
Stiff

23. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Much lower
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Sloped toward the interior roof

24. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Fibrous
20 ft
Leveling Nut

25. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
2 to 4 ft
T section
Sloped - thinner

26. In a running-bond wall
HHS
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Each course consists of Strechers
Pile

27. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Percast at the construction site
2
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.
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

28. Stack casting is used when
A 100% solid unit
2 to 4 ft
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

29. What is the Fill Made up of?
Electric Arc Furnace
Gravel
Chairs
Basic Oxygen Furnace

30. 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
Gravity load support to the veneer
True
Metals that contain Iron
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

31. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
Site cast concrete slabs
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
16 in

32. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Flexural and Shear.
Elevated Slabs
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.
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

33. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Mild
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
every floor
Concave

34. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Spraying the mix over a mold
Steel fabricator
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Square - rectangular or round

35. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Tunnel Form
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

36. 1 kip = ____psi
Percast at the construction site
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
1kip=1000psi
Lighter weight

37. A pour stop is generally used with
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Horizontal reinforcement
Floor decks
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

38. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
=change in length/original length
Extruded Bricks
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

39. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Modular
4 to 6 ft
Continuous Stip footing
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

40. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Structural concrete fill
A ductile material
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

41. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
field bolting of steel member
52-72
EAF - BOF - OHF
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.

42. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
3000 PSI
2in
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.
Pink

43. Wicks consist of...
Veneer wall
Lintel angle
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

44. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
every floor
Chairs
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Pile

45. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Composite
Floor decks
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
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

46. What is the maximum length of a shelf angle?
Failure stress / allowable stress
Beams and Columns
20 ft
Horizontal reinforcement

47. A tube is referred to as a ____
2.67 ft
True
HHS
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating

48. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Shelf angles
A36
Gravity load support to the veneer
Mildly

49. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

50. If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
S50X30
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Footing
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete