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1. In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Strip Footing
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

2. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Water Proofing
Noncohesive Soils
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space

3. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Weep holes
S50X30
FBX
Column Footing

4. Formwork is refereed to as
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Cinder Block
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
7 in

5. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Sloped - thinner
Pink
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Type S

6. Frame Structure is defined by ________
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Actual strength / required strength
1kip=1000psi
True

7. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
8 and 30 in
Elastic-plastic
Isolated pad footing
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

8. A GFRC curtain wall panel consists of...
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
16'

9. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Horizontal reinforcement
Providing an impervious barrier to water
False

10. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
18'
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

11. The steel anchors that connect the veneer to the CMU backup wall are...
20 ft
S50X30
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
Two piece wire anchors

12. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
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
Hollow structural section
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

13. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Structural concrete fill
Gauge number
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Reinforced concrete member

14. Formwork is refereed to as
Brown coat
cohesive
Air tight
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

15. Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Zinc
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Footing
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

16. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Elevated Slabs
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Immediately about a flashing
Drainage Walls

17. Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Continuious waterproof membrane which provides a continuous barrior that originates at the backup wall and penetrates through air space and cladding
Metals that do not contain Metals
A36
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure

18. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Lintel angle
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Two flange plates
36 ksi

19. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
AISC Type I Connection
A992
W-shaped beams - Steel joints

20. The primary purpose of longitudinal steel bars in a reinforced concrete beam is to overcome the weakness of concrete in ______
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
3/8
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Tension

21. a curtian wal is typically used in buildings whose structural system consists of...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
3000 psi
Flexural and Shear.
E = Change in length / original length = d / L

22. Minimum concrete strength of _____ for a slab
3000 psi
Simple Connection
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
After World War 2

23. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Composite
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

24. Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
SJI
False
A36
High-treated carbon steel

25. A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
18 to 48 in
structural frame
40 ft
Horizontal reinforcement

26. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Fibrous
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Soft-coat EIFS
annealed glass

27. G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Alkali resistant
Highly Crosive - Extreme

28. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
True

29. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
Water Proofing
Tube
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Steel

30. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
Roof and Floor
4000 psi

31. Name one of the types of foundations of tilt-up walls
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
Isolated pad footing
SJI

32. Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
Steel Joist Institute
connection beam flanges
By Splitting I sections in half
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

33. 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?
Brick ledge
That it is welded
A conventional wood light frame building
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

34. A vapor retarder is required under
Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
Pile
EAF - OHF - BOF
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber

35. A slip-critical connection is...
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Mock-up
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

36. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
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.
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
AISC Type I Connection
Isolation Joints

37. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Column Footing
Force / Area
Cinder Block
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

38. The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Some veneer walls
Elastic-plastic
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks

39. Flat glass obtained from the float glass process - without further treatment - is the basic glass - referred to as _____________
Surface tension
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Compressive strength
annealed glass

40. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Construction Joint
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

41. 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
90 to 180 degress
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
Residential
Isolation Joints

42. The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Gauge number
Parallel - wider
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

43. 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
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
24in
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.

44. The important feature of an Exterior drainage wall is...
2 in
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

45. What is the First arrow point at?
After World War 2
Hollow structural section
Capillary break
Leveling Nut

46. In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
2
Adding water to the mortar
Two flange plates
8 and 30 in

47. DLH series has a depth range of...
2 1/2 in
Basic Oxygen Furnace
52-72
tempered glass

48. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Brown coat
stablize joists
Flying forms
Capillary break

49. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
T section
Gravity load support to the veneer
Chairs

50. Thermal Mass is _____
Snap Tie
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
T section
Within the plane of the veneer