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Construction Basics Exam

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 4 to 6 ft






2. Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection






3. Steel Grade






4. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.






5. Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.






6. Cranes and rails






7. As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.






8. Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together






9. True






10. Bed Joints






11. Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall






12. prestressed concrete member

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13. Gas or arc






14. Steel fabricator






15. A Waffle Slab






16. Steel






17. False






18. Length - L - of unit






19. Molded bricks






20. posttensioned concret






21. A325






22. Adding water to the mortar






23. Cinder Block






24. False






25. Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground






26. 52-72






27. Steel Joist Institute






28. Live ends






29. 90 to 180 degress






30. Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground






31. True






32. Extruded Bricks






33. Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms






34. Snap Tie






35. True






36. 4






37. Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person






38. Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members






39. Cohesive






40. Henry Bessemer in 1855






41. FBX






42. Basic Oxygen Furnace






43. Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs






44. 40 ft






45. The Framework






46. It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it






47. Structural concrete fill






48. Highly Crosive - Extreme






49. Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.






50. Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together