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1. Stack casting is used when
1in
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Gas or arc
Stabilizing members that space across the joists

2. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Footing
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
1kip=1000psi

3. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Soft-coat EIFS
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
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.
True

4. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
Gravel
Weep holes
True
Joists

5. What does TCA stand for?
T section
Tilt-up Concrete Association
W16X25
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

6. Generally - a Bond Beam is only _____ deep
Head Joints
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Air tight
8

7. Weep holes must be provided ______ to the flashing
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Pile
36 ksi
Immediately above

8. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Grouted Space
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Elevated Slabs

9. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Pre-tensioned concrete
3/8
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

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

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11. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Hot Rolling
Two piece wire anchors

12. The required color of a stucco surface is...
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
EAF - BOF - OHF
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702

13. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Concave
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Expanded metal lath
Type N

14. Simple Connection is also called...
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
False
I Section
AISC Type II Connection

15. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
Pile
Porland cement - lime - and sand
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.

16. StiffBacks
Composite
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
T section

17. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by
Carbon steel
FBX
More easily constructable.
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

18. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Structural concrete fill
Cross bearing Walls plane
Capillary break
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

19. Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Pink
Spraying the mix over a mold
Copper and stainless steel
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

20. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
T section
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Elastic
Sloped - thinner

21. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
High-treated carbon steel
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Expanded metal lath
At each floor level and roof level

22. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Solid unit
Water Proofing
Joists
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

23. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
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
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Base Plate
2 to 4 ft

24. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Elastic
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

25. What is ultimate stress?
Stress at the point of failure
W - S - HP - M
Base Plate
Residential

26. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Modular
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Horizontal reinforcement

27. The term FLying form refers to...
3/8
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
HHS
Support Pylons

28. Flashing must be accompanied by _____
3/8
Asymmetry
Weep holes
1in

29. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Modular
AISC Type II Connection
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Plortland cement-based mix

30. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Chairs
Elevated Slabs
Extruded Bricks
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

31. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Noncohesive Soils
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Base Plate

32. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Column Footing
AISC Type II Connection
Mildly
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

33. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Steel Joist Institute
Gravity load support to the veneer
Elevated Slabs
Pile

34. In a running-bond wall
Each course consists of Strechers
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Immediately about a flashing
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

35. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
2
Surface tension
50
8 in to 30 in

36. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Depth of the joist in inches
Peter Zumther
A horizontal butt join in cladding
A325

37. Semirigid Connection is also called...
AISC Type III Connection
Pipe Section
Isolated pad footing
52-72

38. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Floor decks
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

39. Standard CMU size
General contractor
Simple Connection
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
3/8

40. Built-up sections are made by _____
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
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

41. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
Molded bricks
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
36 ksi
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

42. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Percast at the construction site
Is embedded in the walls
Each floor level
90 to 180 degress

43. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
Asymmetry
2 to 4 ft
2in

44. Stirrups are generally made of...
125psi
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
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

45. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Scratch coat

46. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Footing
144^2 - 18ft.
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

47. Mechanical couplers are used
Is embedded in the walls
Reservoir
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Lug

48. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Hot Rolling
2in
A992
Pipe Section

49. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
A992
W - S - HP - M
Barrier walls
Water Proofing

50. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
1in
Live end
144^2 - 18ft.
annealed glass

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