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1. Water resistant layer on the backup wall protects it from
By functioning as a water reservior
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Steel
Peter Zumther

2. A bond beam in masonry bearing wall building must be a...
Stiff
Steel
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam

3. The GFRC skin is typically
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Metals that do not contain Metals

4. The Term GFRC is an acronym for...
True
2
Cross bearing Walls plane
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete

5. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Grouted Space
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Construction Joint

6. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Sloped toward the interior roof
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.

7. Walers
Control joints in concrete do what?
Flexural and Shear.
connection beam flanges
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

8. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
Site cast concrete slabs
Zero (0)
stress=force/area
A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.

9. Is directly underneith the concrete Slab
Grouted Space
Shores
30ft
Water Proofing

10. Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Columns
Steel Grade
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Cohesive

11. What is the Third Arrow Pointing at?
Grouted Space
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.

12. _______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
2 1/2 in
Henry Bessemer in 1855
2 in
Steel

13. What is the yield stress of A36 steel?
36 ksi
The cladding resists all the wind load
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
125psi

14. Steel floor decks are either form decks or ___________decks.
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion
Isolation Joints
Cross bearing Walls plane
Composite

15. 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.
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
4 to 6 ft
Two piece wire anchors

16. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
4
Reinforced concrete member
Elevated Slabs

17. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
Tension
That it is welded
Hard coat EIFS
Carbon steel

18. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
More easily constructable.
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force

19. ____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
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
Chairs
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall

20. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
125psi
False
Tougher pg 617
0.0025

21. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
The cladding resists all the wind load
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Compression
3000 PSI

22. Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Elevated Slabs
Adding water to the mortar
Fibrous
Live ends

23. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Electric Arc Furnace
3 in
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
A 100% solid unit

24. What is Core Holes?
Cross bearing Walls plane
Some veneer walls
3000 PSI
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

25. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Shelf angles
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
The industry's standard for masonry bearing wall structures.

26. Clay is _______
Column Footing
cohesive
Sloped toward the interior roof
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall

27. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Tube

28. When lintel angels and shelf angles are combined in the same angle in a brick veneer clad building - the angle should be treated as a...
Air tight
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building
2in
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast

29. High-strength bolts are made from
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
High-treated carbon steel
Barrier walls

30. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
2 in
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Chairs

31. What is the typical spacing between studs on center?

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32. A snape Tie consits of...
Compression
3/8
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.

33. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Each floor level
1kip=1000psi
Footing

34. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Tougher pg 617
Columns
2

35. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
3/8
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
2 to 4 ft
Henry Bessemer in 1855

36. The backup wall in brick veneer wall assemby consists of a...
same
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Elastic-plastic
Sloped - thinner

37. The Self-Furring glavanized steel lath(diamond pattern) is called what?
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Expanded metal lath
4
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

38. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Sloped toward the interior roof
2
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

39. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
125psi
Thermal Mass
Footing
3 in

40. What is the maximum height for a storefront window system?
Solid unit
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
Parallel - wider
10-13 feet.

41. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
3000 psi
Column Footing
True
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

42. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load
W16X25
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Column Footing

43. Standard CMU size
Shores
Base Plate
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Width - W - of Unit

44. To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
3 in
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
A325
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

45. An ideal pressure-equailzed drainage wall is also referred to as
Rain-screen wall
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
Bearing connection
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.

46. Which type of EIF is most used?
7/8in
PB pg 703
Spraying the mix over a mold
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature

47. A major benefit of a steel stud backup wall in a in a brick veneer assembly as compaired with a CMU backup wall is its ______
Reinforced concrete member
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
Lighter weight

48. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
125psi
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Each floor level

49. Which type of EIF is most used?
PB pg 703
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
False
2 in

50. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Tube
A992
Gas or arc