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1. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
Pile
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Strands
3/8

2. a 20-ft high column shortens by 0.6 in. under a load. What is the resulting strain in the column?
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Leveling Nut
0.0025
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

3. The term FLying form refers to...
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Noncohesive Soils

4. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Wide-Flange section
Head Joints

5. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Mild
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Zinc
Live ends

6. Galvanizing is...
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Type S
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.

7. Camber refers to...
connection beam flanges
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
Base Plate
Lintel angle

8. Benefits of reinforced masonry
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.
Cranes and rails
1/2 to 3/4 thick
4000 psi

9. The Top right hand Beam is called a
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Gravel
2in pg 645
T section

10. Most common used Veneer wall is...
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Hot Rolling
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
3000 PSI

11. The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
0.0025
A ductile material
G30 - G60 - G120
Much lower

12. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Either tension or compression
Lug
Steel fabricator

13. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Dead End
Concave
Type S
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

14. Weathering index of a location is a function of the
2
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
That it is welded
Pink

15. Coats of stucco are usally ____ thick
3/8
Roof and Floor
Composite
Column Footing

16. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Parallel - wider
Capillary break
Site cast concrete slabs

17. The structural behavior of a contemporary load-bearing masonry wall building is similar to that of...
A conventional wood light frame building
Surface tension
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
4000 psi

18. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Compressive strength
I Section
Brick ledge

19. Two-way deck is a ____
36 ksi
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Control joints in concrete do what?

20. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Pipe Section
Grouted Space

21. Clay is _______
Steel Joist Institute
FBX
cohesive
By Splitting I sections in half

22. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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23. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
More easily constructable.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Cohesive
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings

24. Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
A continuous concrete closure strip in the slab-on-ground.
Zero (0)
One piece anchors
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it

25. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
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
Mildly
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads

26. 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
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Parallel - wider
structural frame
Isolation Joints

27. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
A reinforced-masonry frame
Grade 50 steel
Modular

28. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Pipe Section
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.

29. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
4
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

30. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building
Floor decks
Is embedded in the walls
Brick ledge
Walls with overhangs

31. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
perpendicular
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Gravel
Sloped - thinner

32. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
True
Ground-Supported slabs area____
General contractor
Some veneer walls

33. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
Elastic
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
False
True

34. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Plortland cement-based mix
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Mock-up
T section

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

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36. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Residential
Barrier walls
3/8
Gravel

37. The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
2 1/2 in
AISC Type II Connection
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.

38. What is a control joint used for?
Molded bricks
W-shaped beams - Steel 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.
Tougher pg 617

39. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
Vertical reinforcing bars
Surface tension
Failure stress / allowable stress

40. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
4000 psi
Gas or arc
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.

41. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Tube
Soft-coat EIFS
The concrete is cast at the site
Dead End

42. The Top Left hand Corner is a ____ Beam
Adding water to the mortar
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Angle section (L)
Sloped toward the interior roof

43. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Construction Joint
Horizontal reinforcement
Favorably

44. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
Live end
3/8
Stiff
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns

45. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Tube
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
Extruded Bricks
Weak in shear

46. Working is the process by which____
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
Stress / strain = E
False

47. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
4000 psi
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Carbon steel
Some veneer walls

48. Stack casting is used when
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.
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Lug
8

49. The simplest cellular-type plan is a_______
Single-story - rectangular (box type)
Vertical
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole

50. The Term Tendons includes Strands
General contractor
Leveling Nut
True
Beams