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1. Historical load bearing masonry structures were designed assuming that
Steel Joist Institute
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.

2. the coping on a masonry fence wall is generally...
Sloped on both sides
2in
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
That it is welded

3. 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 ___
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
144^2 - 18ft.
Roof and Floor

4. A slip-critical connection is...
Reinforced concrete member
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
One piece anchors
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

5. Conventional stucco is also called...
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Soft-coat EIFS
Portland cement stucco
False

6. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Zinc
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall

7. Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Roof and Floor
Compression
True
Leveling Nut

8. What is ultimate stress?
One piece anchors
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Metals that contain Iron
Stress at the point of failure

9. The test specimens used for determining the compressive strength of concrete in the united states is a...
8 in to 30 in
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
Parallel - wider
Hard coat EIFS

10. 8in Thick CMU wall is ______

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11. 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 ___
High-treated carbon steel
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
144^2 - 18ft.
Within the plane of the veneer

12. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
Gravity load support to the veneer
One piece anchors
tempered glass
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

13. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Pile
A Waffle Slab
4 to 6 ft

14. Stirrups are generally made of...
Head Joints
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
5 in
Footing

15. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
8 in
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Lug
The cladding resists all the wind load

16. the most commonly used strength of concrete for tilt-up
4000 psi
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Zinc

17. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
Walls with vertical reinforcement

18. CMU is _____
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Portland cement stucco
Cinder Block
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

19. The maximum distance between fastners for stucco is...
Tougher pg 617
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
7 in
I Section

20. What are the types of concrete slabs and their function?
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
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
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
3000 PSI

21. A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
2in
A 100% solid unit
2in

22. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
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
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Increase the strength of beam in shear

23. Effloresecence
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
perpendicular
52-72
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

24. 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
Isolation Joints
Head Joints
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Shelf angles

25. Shear stress formula
Site cast concrete slabs
A reinforced-masonry frame
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Force / Area

26. What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
K-series - LH series - DHL series
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
4

27. What is the formula for stress?
T section
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
stress=force/area
Gravel

28. A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Barrier walls
Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
True
Site cast concrete slabs

29. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
stablize joists
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Site cast concrete slabs
where soil is not strong.

30. Standard CMU size
Lug
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
True
More easily constructable.

31. Tilt-up walls are connected to the slab on ground by one of the following two method - name one
Horizontal reinforcement
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
A continuous closure strip
24in

32. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Zero (0)
24in
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

33. The form work used in constructing high-rse residential buildings in site-cast reinforced-concrete bearing walls generally consists of...
Tougher pg 617
Immediately about a flashing
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

34. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Portland cement stucco
perpendicular
Mock-up
Soft-coat EIFS

35. A shelf angle must be anchored to the building's...
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Zinc
structural frame

36. Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
8 and 30 in
Tunnel Form
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Tube

37. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
Noncohesive Soils
Leveling Nut

38. Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Column Footing
Steel fabricator
Hot Rolling
3000 psi

39. Form liners are used to...
3/8
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Residential

40. What does TCA stand for?
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Weep holes
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
Concave

41. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
Isolation Joints
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Copper and stainless steel
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft

42. Shores are used for...
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
Tilt-up Concrete Association
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches

43. Conventional stucco is also called...
Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
1in
Portland cement stucco
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.

44. The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Shores
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

45. During the erection of concrete tilt up walls - a gap is left between the bottom of a wall panel the top of the footing. The gap is approximately
field bolting of steel member
2in
Air tight
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings

46. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Footing
2
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

47. Galvanizing is...
Strands
Open-Hearth furnace
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Strip Footing

48. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
Vertical reinforcing bars
That it is welded
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
Within the plane of the veneer

49. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
36 ksi
Type S
Elastic-plastic

50. Most common used Veneer wall is...
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure
Adding water to the mortar
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
E = Change in length / original length = d / L