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1. The second coat of stucco is called...
Brown coat
More easily constructable.
Grouted Space
False

2. K series are more frequently used because they ____
A325
16'
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Air tight

3. Strain Formula
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Steel
Construction Joint
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

4. The anchors in a brick veneer wall assembly provide
Lateral load support to the veneer
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Grouted Space
Concave

5. the allowable stress in a material is generally

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6. the stirrups in a reinforced concrete beam are used to...
Gravity load support to the veneer
2in
8 in
Increase the strength of beam in shear

7. A vapor retarder is required under
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Barrier walls
Joists
Strands

8. In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Mock-up
Length - L - of unit
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

9. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Steel
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Percast at the construction site
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor

10. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
False
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
That it is welded
2 in

11. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
AISC Type III Connection
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
3/8 in

12. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
EAF - OHF - BOF
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____

13. Built-up sections are made by _____
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Each course consists of Strechers
2in
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building

14. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Immediately above
General contractor
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Rain-screen wall

15. A Soft story is a _______
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Open-Hearth furnace
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Percast at the construction site

16. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Beams
High-treated carbon steel
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

17. The Slag is what?
Weak in shear
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
240 in =20ft
Live end

18. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
M -S -N -O
PB pg 703
Joists
Live ends

19. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Isolation Joints
2in
3 in

20. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
Beams
Mock-up

21. In most masonry Beraing wall structures - the floors consist of precast_____
Concrete hollow-core slabs - metal deck - or wood deck.
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Control joints in concrete do what?
Immediately above

22. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Modular
Construction Joint
Parallel - wider
Failure stress / allowable stress

23. Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
20 ft
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Parallel - wider
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates

24. A two way joist floor is also called...
A Waffle Slab
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
2 to 4 ft
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

25. One-way deck is a ______
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
10-13 feet.
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Spraying the mix over a mold

26. Stripping time is ___
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
M -S -N -O
True
tempered glass

27. Bricks that have frogs are...
Strands
Molded bricks
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

28. What are the three forces that affect water infiltration through exterior wall are...
4000 psi
Gravity - wind and surface tension
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Metals that do not contain Metals

29. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
Elevated Slabs
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
PB pg 703

30. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
2.67 ft
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

31. Rinforced-Masonry walls are ________
True
Walls with vertical reinforcement
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
A ductile material

32. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Sloped - thinner
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Soft-coat EIFS

33. What is the First arrow point at?
7/8in
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Leveling Nut
1in

34. 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 ____
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
Flying forms
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

35. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Joists
30ft
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
By Splitting I sections in half

36. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
1in
False
=change in length/original length
Live end

37. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
True
Beams
every floor
4 to 6 ft

38. What is the formula for stress?
Tension
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
24
stress=force/area

39. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
7 in
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Live end
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

40. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Providing an impervious barrier to water
Open-Hearth furnace
Lug
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.

41. What is ultimate stress?
More easily constructable.
General contractor
Stress at the point of failure
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa

42. Stack casting is used when
Modular
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

43. According to building codes - plain concrete (concrete without steel reinforement is not permitted in new construction.
False
Steel
Continuous Stip footing
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

44. In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Dead End
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Asymmetry
Width - W - of Unit

45. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Width - W - of Unit
Cranes and rails
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

46. Materials used for Formwork are___
Tougher pg 617
2
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
5000 psi

47. The Term Tendons includes Strands
True
Alkali resistant
Horizontal reinforcement
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.

48. Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Strands
Bearing connection
Stress at the point of failure

49. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
A continuous closure strip
False
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

50. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Two piece wire anchors
EAF - OHF - BOF
Lighter member that spans between the girders