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1. W-Shape is also called _____
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Wide-Flange section
True
Hard coat EIFS

2. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
G30 - G60 - G120
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
Highly Crosive - Extreme

3. A vapor retarder is required under
Residential
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground

4. The first coat of stucco is called...
Expanded metal lath
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Scratch coat
4000 psi

5. Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Exposed aggregate finish by water washing - Abrasive blasting - acid etching
125psi
AISC Type I Connection
Bed Joints

6. What is one of the Empirical rules?
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
=change in length/original length
S50X30
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

7. The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
4000 psi
Pile
Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

8. 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
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Lug
Isolation Joints
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

9. Benefits of reinforced masonry
CMU backed brick veneer
Capillary break
Floor decks
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.

10. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Sloped toward the interior roof
That it is welded
1kip=1000psi

11. A Mortar capturing device in a brick veneer assembly is used
Immediately about a flashing
Gravel
Parallel - wider
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

12. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
That it is welded
HHS
Live end
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

13. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Rain-screen wall
Stiff
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

14. The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
General contractor
Wide-Flange section
Rain-screen wall
Columns

15. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
EAF - OHF - BOF
T section
Bearing connection

16. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

17. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Isolated pad footing
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
AISC Type II Connection
A Waffle Slab

18. In a running-bond wall
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Stress at the point of failure
Each course consists of Strechers
Gravity - wind and surface tension

19. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Hollow structural section
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
The cladding resists all the wind load

20. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Modular
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Hard coat EIFS

21. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Strands
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs
True
That it is welded

22. What is a control joint used for?
3/8
Tension
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.
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

23. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Steel Grade
Width - W - of Unit
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

24. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
After World War 2
Column Footing

25. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Gravity load support to the veneer
Structural concrete fill
Joists

26. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
S50X30
Mildly
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

27. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Within the plane of the veneer
Stiff
By Splitting I sections in half

28. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
Stiff
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
AISC Type I Connection
Is embedded in the walls

29. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Cranes and rails
1in
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Tunnel Form

30. Built-up sections are made by _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Each floor level
W - S - HP - M

31. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
240 in =20ft
True
3/8

32. Wicks consist of...
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
I Section
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Stretcher Face

33. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Width - W - of Unit

34. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Barrier walls
Construction Joint
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

35. A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Bearing connection
More easily constructable.
Surface tension
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

36. The greater the _____ the great the torsion created - which increases the cost of the structure.
Is embedded in the walls
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Asymmetry

37. The Very middle one is called _____
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
I Section
5000 psi
2.67 ft

38. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
AISC Type I Connection
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Peter Zumther

39. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Gauge number
Less than it's ultimate stress
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Two flange plates

40. A concrete tilt-up system is limited to...
stablize joists
stablize joists
Strip Footing
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

41. A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Beams
Steel pipes
4 to 6 ft
240 in =20ft

42. IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
16 in
False
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Steel pipes

43. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
4000 psi
Parallel - wider
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

44. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Simple Connection
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.
4000 psi
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms

45. Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Head Joints
AISC Type III Connection
90 to 180 degress
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.

46. Mechanical couplers are used
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
Much lower
Grouted Space

47. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

48. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
stablize joists
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
20 ft

49. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Walls with overhangs
Each course consists of Strechers
2in
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.

50. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Reservoir
Stress at the point of failure
A36
Ground-Supported slabs area____