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1. Suction that pulls wind driven rain into the airspace of a drainage wall takes place on the __________ of the wall
windward face
General contractor
Barrier walls
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

2. Arch welding is where
Drilled pier footing
Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Isolated pad footing
A small opening at the bottom of cladding

3. A snape Tie consits of...
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Pile
One piece anchors

4. The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Pipe Section
Steel
Tube
AISC Type II Connection

5. DLH series has a depth range of...
52-72
Stabilizing members that space across the joists
That the thickness of exterior masonry walls progressively increase toward the lower floors.
50

6. Girder is...
2.67 ft
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Shelf angle anchored to the structural frame of the building

7. Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Sloped on both sides
Bed Joints
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

8. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
High-treated carbon steel
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework
5 in
True

9. The Slag is what?
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Cross bearing Walls plane
The cladding resists all the wind load
Type N

10. What is the 2 arrow?
Base Plate
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall

11. BOF full name is _______
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
Basic Oxygen Furnace
The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
High-treated carbon steel

12. The coping on a roof parapet is generally
Sloped toward the interior roof
Immediately about a flashing
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Immediately about a flashing

13. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Parallel - wider
Pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs

14. In relation to it's compressive strength - the tensile strength of concrete is...
Much lower
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Length - L - of unit
8 in to 30 in

15. Wicks consist of...
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
Immediately above

16. The bearing strength of a material is closely related to it's ___________
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Compressive strength
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

17. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Site cast concrete slabs
Modular
Concrete masonry Units

18. 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
Force / Area
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
5 in

19. Shelf angles are...
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Angle section (L)
field bolting of steel member
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure

20. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually
Noncohesive Soils
Drainage Walls

21. If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.

22. Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
Head Joints
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Highly Crosive - Extreme

23. The second coat of stucco is called...
Lug
Zinc
Brown coat
AISC Type III Connection

24. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
7 in
Alkali resistant

25. the temporary braces that support the concrete tilt-up walls are typically removed when
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
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
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.
Basic Oxygen Furnace

26. A shelf angle in a brick veneer assembly must provide
The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Grade 50 steel
A36
Gravity load support to the veneer

27. Conventional stucco is also called...
structural frame
A conventional wood light frame building
Steel fabricator
Portland cement stucco

28. Water-resistant exterior walls may be divided into three types What is one of these?
Strip Footing
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Barrier walls

29. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Shelf angles
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
16 in

30. 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 ______
Lighter weight
Column Footing
16'
Bed Joints

31. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
A conventional wood light frame building
Type S
Control joints in concrete do what?
Large - prefabricated - tunnel forms that allow walls and slabs to be cast simultaneously

32. A Blast Furnace is a ______
Weep holes
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.
structural frame
Either tension or compression

33. in a pressure-equalized wall the backup wall must be
Cohesive
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Brick ledge
Air tight

34. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
16'
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Joists
W - S - HP - M

35. IF the bottom piece was extended what would we call it?
Walls with overhangs
Lug
True
Tunnel Form

36. Galvanizing is...
Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Spraying the mix over a mold
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
A Waffle Slab

37. The term FLying form refers to...
Cylinder measuring 6 inches in diameter x 12 in high
General contractor
A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
perpendicular

38. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
3000 PSI
A992
Heavier members and spans from column to column
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically

39. A Steel angle used to support the weight of Brick veneer over an opening is called a...
Lintel angle
Footing
2in pg 645
Strands

40. Built-up sections are made by _____
2 to 4 ft
Air tight
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
W16X25

41. A ____ sized gap is needed between adjacent lengths to provide for the shelf angles expansion.
Capillary break
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
2
3/8 in

42. 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
Drainage Walls
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
Isolation Joints

43. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
every floor
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

44. 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 courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______

45. What is the formula for stress?
stress=force/area
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
High-treated carbon steel
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

46. Because the Bond Beam is grouted it provides ______
3/8
connection beam flanges
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Zero (0)

47. The Veneer is generally supported at each floor using steel _______
Less than it's ultimate stress
The Long part extending from the Foundation into the bed rock - as shown in this picture is called _____
they extend the entire thickness of the slab - they isolate the slab from the building's structural componants.
Shelf angles

48. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Flexural and Shear.
Wide-Flange section
Favorably
Mildly

49. Regarless of the type of footing - the bottom of panel is typically about ____ above top of the footing?
False
125psi
2in
30 ft

50. Thermal Mass is _____
30ft
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Hot Rolling
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night