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1. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
W16X25
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Lateral load support to the veneer
0.0025

2. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
7/8in
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
2in

3. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
24
0.0025
W16X25

4. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
=change in length/original length
Two flange plates
90 to 180 degress
Metals that contain Iron

5. strongbacks can

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6. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
A Waffle Slab

7. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
False
3 in
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

8. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Tunnel Form
Construction Joint
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
36 ksi

9. What is ultimate stress?
T section
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
Stress at the point of failure
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

10. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Molded bricks
A continuous closure strip
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

11. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
Tension
Soft-coat EIFS
Two piece wire anchors
1/2 to 3/4 thick

12. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Favorably
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
perpendicular
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

13. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
1/2 to 3/4 thick
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Pieces sticking out away from the columes

14. The purpose of flashing is to...
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
SJI
Tougher pg 617

15. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Joists
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Beams

16. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Composite
4000 psi
Sloped on both sides
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

17. Arch welding is where
Barrier walls
1in
Sloped toward the interior roof
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

18. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Percast at the construction site
Each floor level
Sloped on both sides
Surface tension

19. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Spraying the mix over a mold
2
4 to 6 ft

20. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
The Framework
That it is welded
52-72
Drilled pier footing

21. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Capillary break
10-13 feet.
Strip Footing

22. 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 ___
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
144^2 - 18ft.
Noncohesive Soils
Air tight

23. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
annealed glass
50
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

24. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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25. K-series has a depth range of?
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Pipe Section
8 in to 30 in
Concrete masonry Units

26. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
2 in
Alkali resistant
Water Proofing
excavation

27. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
structural frame
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.
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Head Joints

28. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Joists
2
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Favorably

29. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Live end
Cinder Block
Is embedded in the walls

30. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
3/8
Live end
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

31. Semirigid Connection is also called...
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
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
AISC Type III Connection

32. Concrete is a(an) ____________ material
Gravity load support to the veneer
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Carbon steel
Elastic

33. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
structural frame
Steel
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34. What is an Isolation Joint?

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35. S-Shape is also called ____
Composite
Tube
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
American Standard Shape

36. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Favorably
True
CMU backed brick veneer

37. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
field bolting of steel member
18 to 48 in
Hard coat EIFS
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

38. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
2 to 4 ft
Tougher pg 617
Capillary break
Column Footing

39. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
5 in
Stress at the point of failure
AISC Type II Connection

40. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Shores
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Mock-up

41. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
tempered glass
Head Joints
Gas or arc
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.

42. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
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.
Flexural and Shear.
AISC Type I Connection
Increase the strength of beam in shear

43. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Vertical
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
4 to 6 ft
Heavier members and spans from column to column

44. S-Shape is also called ____
Residential
3000 PSI
Rain-screen wall
American Standard Shape

45. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
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
True
Surface tension
Depth of the joist in inches

46. The Term Tendons includes Strands
cohesive
A conventional wood light frame building
Continuous Stip footing
True

47. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
8
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Reinforced concrete member

48. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Mild
Tougher pg 617
Flexural and Shear.
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.

49. Clay is _______
Failure stress / allowable stress
W - S - HP - M
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
cohesive

50. Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Better
30 ft
Flexural and Shear.
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly

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