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1. Working is the process by which____
Molded bricks
Zero (0)
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Within the plane of the veneer

2. The width of an expansion joint is ___
3 in
3/8
Stress at the point of failure
Bed Joints

3. The face of the PC wall panels should not be less than ____ thick
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Open Headed joint
1in

4. The Horizontal Lines in the Middle are called ____
True
stablize joists
Column Footing
Beams

5. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
Walls with overhangs
3in
Zero (0)
2 in

6. Simple Connection is also called...
Gauge number
EAF - OHF - BOF
Percast at the construction site
AISC Type II Connection

7. In a brick veneer assembly with a steel stud backup wall - the design of studs is generally governed by
Strip Footing
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
2in
Tilt-up Concrete Association

8. The second coat of stucco is called...
Henry Bessemer in 1855
Tilt-up Concrete Association
At each floor level and roof level
Brown coat

9. The GFRC skin is typically
Leveling Nut
Elastic
Flying forms
1/2 to 3/4 thick

10. two types of facotry-blended mixes for this finish coat are available - name some
Acrylic polymer-based mix
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness
Zinc

11. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
Zinc
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Construction Joint
Solid unit

12. Site-cast is when ____
Pink
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Unequal distribution of air pressure on the exterior of the wall and in the airspace between the cladding an d the backup wall.
The concrete is cast at the site

13. Where the cutting of masontry units is discouraged - the wall dimensions are based on the masonry module. The module used in CMU walls is...
8 in
Rain-screen wall
Column Footing
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

14. Bricks that have frogs are...
25 ft in the field of the wall and 10 ft from a wall's corner.
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Molded bricks
24in

15. Metal anchors are needed to transfer lateral loads to the backup wall in...
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Some veneer walls
Head Joints
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

16. The anchors used to anchor the brick veneer to the backup wall are generally two-piece achors to allow differential movement between the veneer and the backup
False
Spraying the mix over a mold
Within the plane of the veneer
Single-story - rectangular (box type)

17. HSS can be what Shape?
Compression
Square - rectangular or round
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
HHS

18. The first coat of stucco is called...
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Scratch coat
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

19. A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without _________ to the column
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
Steel pipes
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
connection beam flanges

20. A drip mechanism at the underside of a projecting horizontal surface counters the effect of...
Surface tension
By functioning as a water reservior
Reinforced concrete wall - CMU wall - wood or steel stud wall
Grade 50 steel

21. The keyway between precast-concrete hollow core slabs runs ____________ to the bearing walls
Zero (0)
perpendicular
The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
False

22. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
field bolting of steel member

23. Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Fibrous
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
30ft
Length - L - of unit

24. What is the First arrow point at?
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Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Force / Area
Some veneer walls

25. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Head Joints
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
True
Immediately above

26. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Stretcher Face
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
True

27. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Vertical
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

28. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
3/8
Pile
Snap Tie
W-Shaped Columns and Beams

29. Retempering of motar means...
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
2in
Adding water to the mortar
Pile

30. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Footing
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
Immediately above

31. The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
8 and 30 in
AISC Type I Connection
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength

32. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
24
True
Walls with overhangs
HHS

33. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Type S
Pile
Mock-up
Mild

34. The arrows next to the Column and the base plate are indications of what?
To ensure the absence of tensile stress in masonry - the resultant of gravity load and the wind load at any horizontal section of the wall must remain within the middle third of the section.
50
shear force=force/area
That it is welded

35. Bond beams are _____
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Adding water to the mortar
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.
field bolting of steel member

36. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Control joints in concrete do what?
Columns

37. The most common used size of brick is...
Is embedded in the walls
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
30 ft

38. HSS can be what Shape?
Air tight
Metals that do not contain Metals
Soft-coat EIFS
Square - rectangular or round

39. In a multisory building - shelf angles are typically used at...
Square - rectangular or round
Steel Grade
High-treated carbon steel
Each floor level

40. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
EAF - BOF - OHF
The Framework
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads

41. in a suspension bridge - Which member(s) is (are) in compression
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Support Pylons
1in
PB pg 703

42. Plastic tubes work ____ than wicks
Strands
Gas or arc
Better
Footing

43. In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
40 ft
Drainage Walls
Asymmetry

44. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
4000 psi
Gravel
Flexural and Shear.
Favorably

45. What does TCA stand for?
Column Footing
Open Headed joint
Tilt-up Concrete Association
By functioning as a water reservior

46. Bricks are anchored to the frame on every floor or every other floor?
W - S - HP - M
Hard coat EIFS
every floor
Flexible - durable - resistance to UV radiation.

47. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Air tight
Prefabricated and collapsible inverted- L forms that allow the walls and slabs for a floor to be cast simultaneously - usually in a 7 day cycle.
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls

48. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
True
T section
Support Pylons
Wide-Flange section

49. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Floor decks
True
4000 psi
Scaffolding

50. What is the First arrow point at?
M -S -N -O
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
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As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

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