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1. Camber refers to...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Carbon steel
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

2. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Portland cement stucco
5 in
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Roof and Floor

3. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Control joints in concrete do what?
That it is welded
Column Footing
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

4. Benefits of reinforced masonry
PB pg 703
Live end
True
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.

5. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
8 in to 30 in
A36
CMU backed brick veneer
40 ft

6. Formwork is refereed to as
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Beams and Columns
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

7. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
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
Walls with vertical reinforcement
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
SJI

8. A tube is referred to as a ____
Some veneer walls
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
HHS
A36

9. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Elevated Slabs
Mock-up
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

10. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Beams
EAF - BOF - OHF
Column Footing

11. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
Site cast concrete slabs
Stress at the point of failure
Weep holes

12. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
1in
Roof and Floor
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
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

13. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
excavation
Gravel
2 1/2 in
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

14. Cellular-type plan is ______
That it is welded
16'
Cranes and rails
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

15. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
4000 psi
SJI
16 in
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

16. Safety Margin formula
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Beams
Actual strength / required strength
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

17. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Plortland cement-based mix
Elevated Slabs
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

18. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
2in
Ground-Supported slabs area____
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

19. The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Bearing connection
AISC Type II Connection
True

20. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Increase the strength of beam in shear
A992
Barrier walls
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

21. Mechanical couplers are used
False
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

22. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
Adding water to the mortar
connection beam flanges
Molded bricks
Concrete masonry Units

23. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
W - S - HP - M
3in
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

24. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Water Proofing
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Wide-Flange section

25. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
2 1/2 in
2in
High-treated carbon steel
Gravity load support to the veneer

26. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
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.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Gravity - wind and surface tension
8 in

27. Form liners are used to...
30ft
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
American Standard Shape
Hard coat EIFS

28. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
High-treated carbon steel
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
Providing an impervious barrier to water

29. The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

30. Plymer modified EIFS are also called...
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Hard coat EIFS
Compressive strength
2in pg 645

31. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
1in
4000 psi
Columns
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

32. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Sloped - thinner
24
Strip Footing
Lintel angle

33. What is the First arrow point at?
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Leveling Nut
16'
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

34. Pretensioned concrete & tensioned concrete have ______ stress
Wide-Flange section
same
Construction Joint
Angle section (L)

35. What is a control joint used for?
7/8in
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Cranes and rails

36. 1 kip = ____psi
Compression
Beams
1kip=1000psi
Base Plate

37. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
30ft
Vertical
Hot Rolling
tempered glass

38. Walers
3/8
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
same
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

39. Laminated glass can be made with ____________ or annealed glass
tempered glass
annealed glass
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
G30 - G60 - G120

40. IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Within the plane of the veneer
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Depth of the joist in inches

41. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
By Splitting I sections in half
Each course consists of Strechers
A36
Length - L - of unit

42. Factor for safety formula
Barrier walls
Failure stress / allowable stress
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

43. Was is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Water Proofing
Mock-up
Residential
1in

44. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Cohesive
Isolation Joints
Length - L - of unit
A992

45. A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
2in
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Isolated pad footing
Solid unit

46. 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.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
More easily constructable.

47. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Elevated Slabs
16 in
Bed Joints

48. CMU is _____
Cinder Block
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

49. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
3/8

50. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
3in
Live end
Tension
T section