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Construction Basics Exam

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1. AISC Type II Connection
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Simple Connection is also called...
Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
Arch welding is where

2. AISC Type I Connection
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
A rigid Connection is also called...
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____

3. Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
Effloresecence
Arch welding is where
A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
The Slag is what?

4. True
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
A Blast Furnace is a ______
A vapor retarder is required under
Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - ...

5. Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
Form liners are used to...
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
The Slag is what?
Control joints in concrete do what?

6. Dead End
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Bricks and Blocks are called ____

7. Gas or arc
Site-cast is when ____
A common type of Form Tie is ____
Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Formwork is refereed to as

8. 52-72
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
The Slag is what?
DLH series has a depth range of...

9. A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Twist-off Bolt method is...
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Girder is...
A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...

10. 2 1/2 in
Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
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

11. Parallel - wider
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Unfinished bolts are made from
W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?

12. False
Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?

13. Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
A common type of Form Tie is ____
In an English-bonded Wall
A snape Tie consits of...

14. Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Retempering of motar means...
K-series has a depth range of?
Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors

15. EAF - OHF - BOF
Materials used for Formwork are___
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Stripping time is ___
Form liners are used to...

16. The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Materials used for Formwork are___
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Girder is...
Stripping time is ___

17. Adding water to the mortar
W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Retempering of motar means...
Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
In a Flemish-bonded wall

18. Concrete masonry Units
Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores

19. Extruded Bricks
Bricks that have core holes are ____
A two way joist floor is also called...
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____

20. Heavier members and spans from column to column
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
A vapor retarder is required under
Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
Formwork is refereed to as

21. Fibrous
Bricks that have frogs are...
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
A vapor retarder is required under
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from

22. Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
NonFerrous Metals are...
Cast Iron is formed when _______

23. Dead End
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
The term FLying form refers to...

24. Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Formwork is refereed to as
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores

25. It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
A Blast Furnace is a ______
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
A wall footing is also called _____

26. Pieces sticking out away from the columes
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Control joints in concrete do what?
Girder is...
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth

27. True
S-Shape is also called ____
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...

28. A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...

29. Simple Connection
A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?

30. The Framework
The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
Most of the cost comes from _____
Working is the process by which____
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?

31. A992
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
The most water tight joint is ____

32. Carbon steel
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Unfinished bolts are made from

33. 18 to 48 in
LH series has a depth range of...
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
A snape Tie consits of...
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which

34. Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
_______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Form liners are used to...
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
A common type of Form Tie is ____

35. Its strenth-to-weight ration is high - which reduces the weight of forms and shores.
Camber refers to...
Bricks that have frogs are...
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
The most common used size of brick is...

36. 24
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____

37. False
DLH series has a depth range of...
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Slagwool is _____
The most common thickness for mortar is____

38. True
Working is the process by which____
Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
EAF full name is?

39. It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Stripping time is ___
Control joints in concrete do what?
S-Shape is also called ____
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?

40. G30 - G60 - G120
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
If you are moving the prefabricated formwork for each bay of the floor as a complete unit and the put it into position with a crane This is refereed to as ____
In an English-bonded Wall

41. Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
A vapor retarder is required under
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Slagwool is _____
What are the 3 types of furnaces?

42. Steel

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43. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Ground-Supported slabs area____

44. 24
The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Bricks that have frogs are...
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth

45. Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Ferrous Metals
CMU is _____
Materials used for Formwork are___
The Slag is what?

46. True
Bricks that have core holes are ____
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
W-Shape is also called _____

47. False
Control joints in concrete do what?
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
field bolting of steel member is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines

48. Structural concrete fill
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Bricks that have core holes are ____
Floor deck is usally topped with a _____
K-series has a depth range of?

49. 4
Stripping time is ___
A Column Spice is approximately ___ ft above the lower floor so that the erector can use the floor as a platform to make the connection.
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Twist-off Bolt method is...

50. American Standard Shape
PT concrete is Also known as _______
Bricks that have frogs are...
S-Shape is also called ____
Weathering index of a location is a function of the