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1. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Gauge number
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Barrier walls

2. Cellular-type plan is ______
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
stress=force/area
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
SJI

3. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
Air tight
Type N
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories

4. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Strands
A continuous closure strip
Expanded metal lath
Grade 50 steel

5. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Footing
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
perpendicular
3 in

6. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Hard coat EIFS
General contractor
Tougher pg 617
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

7. What is an Isolation Joint?

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8. Capillary break is a...
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint

9. The structural integrity of a bearing wall building depends on ?
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Some veneer walls
Steel
Length - L - of unit

10. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Providing an impervious barrier to water
By Splitting I sections in half
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

11. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
2in
Brick ledge
Angle section (L)
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

12. A fully cured Stucco is ___ thick
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
7/8in
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

13. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Water Proofing
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location

14. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Gravity load support to the veneer
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Mock-up
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

15. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Angle section (L)
Electric Arc Furnace
Support Pylons
field bolting of steel member

16. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
Pipe Section
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
18 to 48 in
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.

17. 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 ____
EAF - BOF - OHF
By functioning as a water reservior
The cladding resists all the wind load
Flying forms

18. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
Length - L - of unit
Gravel
Pile
Gravity - wind and surface tension

19. NonFerrous Metals are...
4
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Leveling Nut
Metals that do not contain Metals

20. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
3in
Wide-Flange section
Tube
Metals that contain Iron

21. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Elastic
Gravity - wind and surface tension

22. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Gauge number
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.
1/2 to 3/4 thick

23. Cold formings is when __
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
30 ft
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Carbon steel

24. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
American Standard Shape
Column Footing

25. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
False
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Control joints in concrete do what?
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

26. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Square - rectangular or round
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Air tight

27. Retempering of motar means...
Carbon steel
Adding water to the mortar
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

28. Ferrous Metals are...
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Portland cement stucco
Metals that contain Iron
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

29. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
CMU backed brick veneer
Beams

30. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Steel pipes
18'
A horizontal butt join in cladding

31. Unfinished bolts are made from
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Carbon steel
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Noncohesive Soils

32. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Noncohesive Soils
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Steel Grade

33. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Barrier walls
Mild
Each course consists of Strechers

34. A two way joist floor is also called...
A Waffle Slab
Beams
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Pile

35. The Very middle one is called _____
I Section
Hollow structural section
Favorably
Support Pylons

36. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
Depth of the joist in inches
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
EAF - OHF - BOF

37. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
False
True
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Gravel

38. What does SJI stand for?
Steel Joist Institute
Cross bearing Walls plane
Sloped on both sides
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.

39. Slagwool is _____
annealed glass
1kip=1000psi
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

40. Twist-off Bolt method is...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
90 to 180 degress

41. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
A325
Steel Grade
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

42. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Tougher pg 617
True
Tube
Dead End

43. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Pile
1in
10-13 feet.

44. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
HHS
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Drainage Walls
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace

45. The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Stretcher Face
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Mock-up
8 in to 30 in

46. 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
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS
5 in

47. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Copper and stainless steel
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

48. Repetitive floor planes are not only structurally more efficient but also _____
American Standard Shape
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
More easily constructable.

49. The simplest and most effective weep hols is a _____
5 in
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

50. Use of the load bearing masonry wall system became extinct for a while and was revived
After World War 2
The concrete is cast at the site
HHS
Angle section (L)