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1. A Simple Connection is...
M -S -N -O
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

2. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Continuous Stip footing
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks

3. Cast Iron is formed when _______
Stress at the point of failure
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.
Flying forms
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

4. What is the bottom piece called?
Acrylic polymer-based mix
HHS
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Footing

5. The Bottom Right hand Picture is a ______
PB pg 703
Horizontal reinforcement
Pipe Section
Expanded metal lath

6. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
2 to 4 ft
The cladding resists all the wind load
By functioning as a water reservior
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

7. What is an Isolation Joint?

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8. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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9. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Dead End
2
Lateral load support to the veneer
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

10. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
240 in =20ft
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals

11. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Tension
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Favorably
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

12. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Elastic-plastic
Vertical
Each course consists of Strechers
Weak in shear

13. The commonly used floor system in a high-rise and midrise masonry bearing wall buildings in North America is...
Isolated pad footing
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
20 ft
16 in

14. The combination of bond Beams and Vertically reinforced CMU cells forms _______
A reinforced-masonry frame
Scratch coat
Isolation Joints
Live end

15. A joint screen is an
K-series - LH series - DHL series
Peter Zumther
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out

16. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Lug
7 in
Support Pylons
Force / Area

17. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
cohesive
By Splitting I sections in half
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
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.

18. Cold formings is when __
A36
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
Henry Bessemer in 1855

19. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
144^2 - 18ft.
stablize joists
stress=force/area
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete

20. Shores are used for...
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
False
EAF - OHF - BOF

21. What is the formula for stress?
90 to 180 degress
Expanded metal lath
W16X25
stress=force/area

22. A bond Beam in a Masonry bearing wall building is required for structural reasons
At each floor level and roof level
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Lighter weight

23. Shear stress formula
Force / Area
Type S
Modular
Footing

24. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Strands
2in
Stretcher Face

25. S section I beam with a nominal depth of 50' and a weight of 60 lbs per 3 feet
windward face
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
16 in
S50X30

26. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Force / Area
False
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

27. A Blast Furnace is a ______
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.
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
Metals that contain Iron

28. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Is embedded in the walls
Molded bricks
Percast at the construction site
Gravel

29. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Pipe Section
excavation
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

30. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Modular
W - S - HP - M
Cross bearing Walls plane

31. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
3/8
same
Reservoir
Vertical

32. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
structural frame
Grouted Space

33. What is the Fill Made up of?
Barrier walls
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Stress / strain = E
Gravel

34. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
2
True
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary

35. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
24
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Elevated Slabs
Column Footing

36. Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
A Waffle Slab
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Steel pipes
Cross bearing Walls plane

37. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Mildly
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
3000 PSI
Pipe Section

38. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Stress at the point of failure
Isolation Joints
Molded bricks
16 in

39. Precast-concrete hollow-core slabs are most commonly used in____
Reinforced concrete member
SJI
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

40. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Open Headed joint
Lighter weight
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

41. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
EAF - OHF - BOF
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes

42. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
The Framework
excavation
2in

43. BOF full name is _______
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Strip Footing
52-72
Parallel - wider

44. One-way deck is a ______
Stiff
True
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Stiff

45. Camber refers to...
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
24
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
By functioning as a water reservior

46. The Very middle one is called _____
Grade 50 steel
At each floor level and roof level
I Section
Strands

47. How is a T section made?
Favorably
By Splitting I sections in half
Column Footing
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

48. What does TCA stand for?
Electric Arc Furnace
CMU backed brick veneer
Construction Joint
Tilt-up Concrete Association

49. The term FLying form refers to...
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Immediately about a flashing
At each floor level and roof level
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

50. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
Two piece wire anchors
A reinforced-masonry frame
2in
Wide-Flange section