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1. What is the 2 arrow?
Steel
AISC Type II Connection
Live end
Base Plate

2. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Beams and Columns
Wide-Flange section
same
2 to 4 ft

3. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Angle section (L)
7 in
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Reservoir

4. Rasping is what?
stablize joists
Strip Footing
Adding water to the mortar
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

5. The most common used size of brick is...
Sloped toward the interior roof
cohesive
Type N
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8

6. Precast is where____
Elastic-plastic
Pink
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks

7. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Beams
5 in
125psi
Mock-up

8. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
125psi
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Steel
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

9. Thermal Mass is _____
Beams and Columns
Cranes and rails
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Width - W - of Unit

10. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
2in pg 645
Is embedded in the walls
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

11. Conventional stucco is also called...
40 ft
I Section
2in
Portland cement stucco

12. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Drainage Walls

13. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Pipe Section
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs

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15. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Live ends
2in
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

16. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Cranes and rails
A992
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high

17. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Compressive strength
16'
Peter Zumther
Steel pipes

18. What type of noise did Juliard use to see if noise was reflected back?
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Pink
Adding water to the mortar
2

19. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Actual strength / required strength
AISC Type III Connection
Immediately above the flashing
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

20. Rasping is what?
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
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.

21. Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Construction Joint
Hot Rolling
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

22. Flashing material must be impervious to...
Flexural and Shear.
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Angle section (L)
That it is welded

23. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
S50X30
Gas or arc
By Splitting I sections in half
Hot Rolling

24. Camber refers to...
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
W - S - HP - M
Tube
3000 psi

25. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Strip Footing
240 in =20ft

26. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Modular
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

27. What is the First arrow point at?
Dead End
Leveling Nut
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
144^2 - 18ft.

28. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
The cladding resists all the wind load
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Increase the strength of beam in shear
Construction Joint

29. In a steel column that rests on a concrete footing - the area of the bearing plate used is generally
perpendicular
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

30. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
8 and 30 in
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Air tight
Walls with overhangs

31. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Zero (0)
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.

32. Galvanizing is...
4 to 6 ft
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
windward face
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

33. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
1kip=1000psi
Shelf angles
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
2.67 ft

34. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing

35. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Rain-screen wall
Mildly
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

36. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
The Framework
125psi
Increase the strength of beam in shear
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

37. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
0.0025
That it is welded
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

38. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Composite
every floor
False
Columns

39. What is the bottom piece called?
Footing
A ductile material
Columns
Mock-up

40. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
4 to 6 ft
2in
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Stress / strain = E

41. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Angle section (L)
Immediately above
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Isolated pad footing

42. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Capillary break
3/8
36 ksi
Thermal Mass

43. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Roof and Floor
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Scratch coat
Horizontal reinforcement

44. S-Shape is also called ____
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
American Standard Shape
Gravity - wind and surface tension
8 in

45. A sufficient number of weep holes must be provided for the drainage of the air space - gernerally - a weep hole spacing of ____ is used with open head joints
Scratch coat
24in
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Grade 50 steel

46. Bricks that have core holes are ____
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Extruded Bricks

47. Factor for safety formula
Capillary break
Gravity load support to the veneer
Horizontal reinforcement
Failure stress / allowable stress

48. The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Snap Tie
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
The Framework

49. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Gauge number
Construction Joint
Mildly
Live ends

50. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Stress at the point of failure
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
16'