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1. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Barrier walls
Sloped on both sides
Thermal Mass
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

2. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Depth of the joist in inches
40 ft
Stress at the point of failure
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

3. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Grade 50 steel
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Structural concrete fill
False

4. Rain screen is...
24in
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.
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

5. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
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.
Control joints in concrete do what?
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
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.

6. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Columns
T section

7. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Wide-Flange section
Flexural and Shear.
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.

8. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Gauge number
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Solid unit
Pink

9. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Cross bearing Walls plane
16 in
Soft-coat EIFS
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers

10. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Chairs
True
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
I Section

11. The purpose of flashing is to...
3/8
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Fibrous
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior

12. Effloresecence
Failure stress / allowable stress
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Solid unit

13. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
40 ft
Horizontal reinforcement
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

14. Where are deep foundations used?
where soil is not strong.
2 1/2 in
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Scratch coat

15. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Less than it's ultimate stress
Length - L - of unit
10-13 feet.
16'

16. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
windward face
annealed glass
16'
M -S -N -O

17. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
A36
3/8 in
Gravel
3/8

18. Benefits of reinforced masonry
False
Base Plate
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.
3/8

19. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
A36
G30 - G60 - G120
Construction Joint
Weak in shear

20. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
S50X30
connection beam flanges
field bolting of steel member
Horizontal reinforcement

21. A rigid Connection is also called...
Shelf angles
AISC Type I Connection
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

22. Clay is _______
every floor
cohesive
More easily constructable.
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

23. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Rain-screen wall
Shelf angles
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Spraying the mix over a mold

24. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Steel fabricator
Width - W - of Unit
HHS
High-treated carbon steel

25. CMU is _____
The concrete is cast at the site
True
Cinder Block
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

26. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Hard coat EIFS
125psi
stress=force/area
True

27. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Simple Connection
30 ft
G30 - G60 - G120

28. A wall footing is also called _____
Strip Footing
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Head Joints
Support Pylons

29. W-Shape is also called _____
Width - W - of Unit
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Wide-Flange section
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

30. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Sloped toward the interior roof
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

31. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
A 100% solid unit

32. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Angle section (L)
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Angle section (L)
Extruded Bricks

33. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Live end
Stretcher Face
stress=force/area
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

34. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Weep holes
True
Structural concrete fill

35. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Beams
Residential

36. Built-up sections are made by _____
False
Immediately above
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together

37. Mechanical couplers are used
Width - W - of Unit
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

38. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Weep holes
Failure stress / allowable stress
HHS
Type S

39. The most water tight joint is ____
Concave
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
52-72
16 in

40. What is the formula for strain?
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
=change in length/original length
2 1/2 in
Highly Crosive - Extreme

41. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Pile
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
2in
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

42. What is one of the Empirical rules?
More easily constructable.
tempered glass
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.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

43. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
2in
After World War 2
2.67 ft

44. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Isolation Joints
Mildly
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Zinc

45. In a running-bond wall
Each course consists of Strechers
24in
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Rain-screen wall

46. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Some veneer walls
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

47. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Column Footing
Weep holes
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

48. A rigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type I Connection
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
3/8
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

49. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
connection beam flanges
After World War 2

50. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
8 in
Simple Connection
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Sloped toward the interior roof