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1. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
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
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Construction Joint
True

2. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Tube
Walls with vertical reinforcement
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

3. Galvanizing is...
Tube
Gravity load support to the veneer
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Construction Joint

4. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
Pile
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
2in
Plortland cement-based mix

5. Bricks that have frogs are...
Open-Hearth furnace
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Molded bricks
24in

6. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

7. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Copper and stainless steel
Stress / strain = E
8 and 30 in
Bed Joints

8. In general - a _______________ is more forgiving of construction and workmanship deficiencies than a steel stud-brick veneer
T section
CMU backed brick veneer
Compressive strength
A Waffle Slab

9. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Chairs
excavation
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels

10. What is one of the Empirical rules?
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

11. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Type N
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.
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Steel pipes

12. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
stablize joists
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
After World War 2
A Waffle Slab

13. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
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.
2in
Construction Joint
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

14. Weep Holes are...
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
structural frame
Elastic-plastic

15. In addition to water - stucco mix conists of...
Concave
Gravity load support to the veneer
Simple Connection
Porland cement - lime - and sand

16. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Isolation Joints
Walls with overhangs
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
2 in

17. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
cohesive
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
18'

18. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
2 1/2 in
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
18'
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

19. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Steel
90 to 180 degress
annealed glass

20. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Vertical reinforcing bars
Immediately about a flashing
One piece anchors
Gravel

21. If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
General contractor
Flying forms
After World War 2
Stress / strain = E

22. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Metals that do not contain Metals
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Thermal Mass
Elastic-plastic

23. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Lighter member that spans between the girders
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Gravel

24. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Parallel - wider
Fibrous
FBX
Tunnel Form

25. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Acrylic polymer-based mix
A ductile material
False
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

26. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Columns
7/8in
4000 psi
G30 - G60 - G120

27. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Steel fabricator
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Extruded Bricks

28. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
2
Construction Joint

29. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
3/8
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Lintel angle
3/8 in

30. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Copper and stainless steel
Lug
Sloped on both sides
Capillary break

31. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
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.
20 ft
Lateral load support to the veneer

32. In what order are roof componants placed:
2.67 ft
Alkali resistant
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing

33. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Continuous Stip footing
Brown coat
Live end

34. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
40 ft
Stiff
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
structural frame

35. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
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
perpendicular
A ductile material
Better

36. 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 ___
144^2 - 18ft.
Columns
Stiff
Pile

37. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
2in
Leveling Nut
SJI

38. Most of the cost comes from _____
The Framework
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Barrier walls
Tube

39. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
Square - rectangular or round
Compression
every floor
Spraying the mix over a mold

40. A material that is weak in tension is...
Weak in shear
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Simple Connection

41. BOF full name is _______
Basic Oxygen Furnace
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.
Width - W - of Unit
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt

42. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
excavation
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
General contractor
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

43. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
True
Live end
After World War 2

44. Rain screen is...
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
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.
Structural concrete fill
Isolation Joints

45. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Steel
Pile

46. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
That it is welded
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Type S
Molded bricks

47. The Very middle one is called _____
True
36 ksi
I Section
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.

48. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
True
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
0.0025

49. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Water Proofing
Peter Zumther
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
16'

50. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
M -S -N -O
The concrete is cast at the site
That it is welded
Percast at the construction site