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Construction Basics Exam

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1. Steel fabricator
NonFerrous Metals are...
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Ground-Supported slabs area____

2. Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
A vapor retarder is required under

3. Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists

4. Basic Oxygen Furnace
Built-up sections are made by _____
Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
BOF full name is _______

5. Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Mechanical couplers are used
Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel

6. Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Arch welding is where

7. Heavier members and spans from column to column
Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
The most common used size of brick is...
A common type of Form Tie is ____
Precast is where____

8. Chairs
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground

9. Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
Built-up sections are made by _____
Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units

10. Mildly
A snug-Tight condition is _____
G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by

11. Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
A two way joist floor is also called...
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column
Galvanizing is...
The Slag is what?

12. Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
K series are more frequently used because they ____
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____

13. Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Galvanizing is...
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...

14. Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
A snug-Tight condition is _____
Frame Structure is defined by ________
The Slag is what?

15. General contractor
DLH series has a depth range of...
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the

16. Square - rectangular or round
BOF full name is _______
Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - ...
K-series has a depth range of?
HSS can be what Shape?

17. The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Formwork is refereed to as
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
A Simple Connection is...
A common type of Form Tie is ____

18. Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Frame Structure is defined by ________
What is Core Holes?

19. Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
The Slag is what?
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
A vapor retarder is required under
G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment

20. Zinc
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
_______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?

21. Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
LH series has a depth range of...
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
NonFerrous Metals are...

22. Reinforced concrete member
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?

23. It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Built-up sections are made by _____
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
OHF full name is?
Precast is where____

24. True
A snug-Tight condition is _____
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column
W-Shape are mostly used for ____

25. All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
Cold formings is when __
Galvanizing is...
Ferrous Metals
A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____

26. Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Effloresecence
CMU is _____
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Materials used for Formwork are___

27. A325
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Materials used for Formwork are___
NonFerrous Metals are...
High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____

28. Gas or arc
Frame Structure is defined by ________
Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where

29. The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
Precast is where____
List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Ferrous Metals

30. A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Twist-off Bolt method is...
A pour stop is generally used with
LH series has a depth range of...
Precast is where____

31. Pile
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
A slip-critical connection is...
Cast Iron is formed when _______

32. 2 to 4 ft
Most of the cost comes from _____
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...

33. False
Stirrups are generally made of...
Arch welding is where
A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.

34. Pile
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Materials used for Formwork are___
A common type of Form Tie is ____
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move

35. Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Shores are used for...
Fine Grained soles are______ with water
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
HSS can be what Shape?

36. Henry Bessemer in 1855
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - ...
Bricks that have frogs are...
Bricks and Blocks are called ____

37. Live end
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Materials used for Formwork are___
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...

38. Stretcher Face
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?

39. To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
EAF full name is?
The term FLying form refers to...
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____

40. True
Retempering of motar means...
The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...

41. Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where
Stripping time is ___
Slagwool is _____

42. Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
CMU is _____
Stirrups are generally made of...

43. Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
Girder is...
Slagwool is _____
A vapor retarder is required under
A snug-Tight condition is _____

44. K-series - LH series - DHL series
Frame Structure is defined by ________
To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?

45. True
G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
The Slag is what?
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth

46. Live ends
Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
K series are more frequently used because they ____
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?

47. 240 in =20ft
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
What does HHS stand for?
This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
A snug-Tight condition is _____

48. Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
The Slag is what?

49. Bed Joints
The primary purpose of steel reinforments is to increase the tensile strenth of concrete elements - however - steel reinforcments is also used to increase the shear strength and compressive strenght of concrete elements
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
A two way joist floor is also called...
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______

50. Strands
Steel roof decks are either form decks or compoiste decks
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
The Term Tendons includes...