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1. A 1 1/2 depression is commonly created in foundation to receive the first course of the veneer - What is the name of the ledge?
50
Brick ledge
3/8
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

2. _____ are generally kept at the construction site and become the basis for judgement of all panels produced by the precast plant
Gravity - wind and surface tension
High-treated carbon steel
Mock-up
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

3. Cold formings is when __
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
PB pg 703
Actual strength / required strength
Elastic

4. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Chairs
Vertical
Carbon steel
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection

5. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
True
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

6. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Scaffolding
Open Headed joint
Sloped - thinner

7. The most water tight joint is ____
Concave
3/8 in
A 100% solid unit
Plortland cement-based mix

8. The use of ______ concrete is customary
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
4000 psi
2

9. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Columns
T section
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Drilled pier footing

10. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Tube
Drainage Walls
Residential
Gravel

11. Slagwool is _____
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
EAF - OHF - BOF
By Splitting I sections in half
1kip=1000psi

12. In a tilt up wall constuction system - the walls are...
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
Percast at the construction site
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Peter Zumther

13. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
A36
Some veneer walls
Pile
Is embedded in the walls

14. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Type S
Parallel - wider
perpendicular
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

15. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Barrier walls

16. The first coat of stucco is called...
Scratch coat
Each floor level
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.

17. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
Beams
3/8
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors

18. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
Lateral load support to the veneer
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

19. Unfinished bolts are made from
Cross bearing Walls plane
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
EAF - OHF - BOF
Carbon steel

20. Low carbon (mild) steel is a(an) __________ material
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
16 in
Elastic-plastic
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

21. the foundations for concrete tilt-up walls constits of...
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Cranes and rails
Portland cement stucco

22. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Bed Joints
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
10-13 feet.
2

23. A bond Beam is provided at ______
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Column Footing
Water Proofing

24. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
4000 psi
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Bed Joints
True

25. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Better
FBX
Mildly
Carbon steel

26. Wicks consist of...
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Open Headed joint
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
False

27. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Lug
Immediately about a flashing
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

28. Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
8 and 30 in
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Compression
Bed Joints

29. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
A992
Asymmetry
Dead End
Horizontal reinforcement

30. The term FLying form refers to...
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Width - W - of Unit
Pink

31. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Immediately about a flashing
structural frame
Brick ledge
A Waffle Slab

32. A typical bond beam is provided with
Width - W - of Unit
Column Footing
Horizontal reinforcement
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron

33. Modulus of elasticity
Stress / strain = E
Depth of the joist in inches
field bolting of steel member
Horizontal reinforcement

34. A tube is referred to as a ____
HHS
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
125psi
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

35. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
stress=force/area
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Structural concrete fill
Construction Joint

36. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Isolation Joints
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
True
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

37. Slagwool is _____
Surface tension
Site cast concrete slabs
3000 PSI
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.

38. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Thermal Mass
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

39. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Better
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
More easily constructable.
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

40. The use of ONe-way decks yields the following two types of bearing wall planes name one?
Pipe Section
Fibrous
AISC Type I Connection
Longitudinal bearing Wall Plan.

41. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Favorably
Adding water to the mortar
Square - rectangular or round

42. What is the formula for shear force?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
shear force=force/area
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
A reinforced-masonry frame

43. A snug-Tight condition is _____
Is embedded in the walls
Vertical reinforcing bars
5000 psi
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person

44. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Water Proofing
K-series - LH series - DHL series
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
2.67 ft

45. What is a construction joint?
2in
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
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
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.

46. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Pink
same
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
3/8

47. Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Lateral load support to the veneer
Beams
Isolation Joints
Structural concrete fill

48. Shores are used for...
5 in
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
A36

49. 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
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.
24in
T section

50. Stripping time is ___
T section
Water Proofing
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms