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1. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick






2. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall






3. G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment






4. The most common thickness for mortar is____






5. The first coat of stucco is called...






6. A rectngular column measuring 12 in x 12 in. in cross section carries a loat of 18 kips. What is the stress in the column






7. Blast Furnace is the process by which ______






8. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength






9. A Simple Connection is...






10. Built-up sections are made by _____






11. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...






12. PCI recommends a minimum horizontal clearance of ___ of precast panels from the buildings structural frame






13. Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____






14. 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






15. In a brick veneer assembly - weep holes are required at...






16. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






17. TCA recommends a minimum slab thickness of _____ regarless of the loads






18. DLH series has a depth range of...






19. The length of a masonry wall is based on ______ dimension






20. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?






21. Pile






22. ASTM standards require that the area between control joints in stucco applied on a stud wall assembly not exceed ______ with neither deminsion of this area exceeding ___






23. Horizontal Bridging Members are ?






24. The minimum required width of airspace between brick veneer and CMU backup wall is...






25. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___






26. 1 kip = ____psi






27. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores






28. Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water






29. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall






30. a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation






31. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?






32. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____






33. High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____






34. Camber refers to...






35. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints






36. A pour stop is generally used with






37. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls






38. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks






39. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...






40. Fine Grained soles are______ with water






41. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?






42. Gravity generally affects water penetration through an exposed horizontal surface of a wall and can counted by






43. Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?






44. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...






45. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...






46. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one






47. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at






48. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...






49. A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.






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

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