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1. Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
BOF full name is _______
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally

2. Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Simple Connection is also called...
Form liners are used to...
Site-cast is when ____
In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?

3. Bearing connection
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...

4. Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Mechanical couplers are used
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Stripping time is ___
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which

5. Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
High-strength bolts are made from
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Cast Iron is formed when _______

6. Each course consists of Strechers
Precast is where____
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
In a running-bond wall
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?

7. The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition
The most water tight joint is ____
What is Core Holes?
The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?

8. True
Ground-Supported slabs area____
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.
Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation

9. Basic Oxygen Furnace
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
BOF full name is _______
Most of the cost comes from _____
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...

10. Simple Connection
Mechanical couplers are used
A snug-Tight condition is _____
A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
In an English-bonded Wall

11. Fibrous
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Arch welding is where
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from

12. Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column

13. Mildly
A tube is referred to as a ____
Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
In a running-bond wall

14. Pile
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Control joints in concrete do what?
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
_______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal

15. 8 and 30 in
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______

16. Strands
A tube is referred to as a ____
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.

17. Open-Hearth furnace
A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
OHF full name is?

18. True
field bolting of steel member is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
A common type of Form Tie is ____
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation

19. Concave
The most water tight joint is ____
In an English-bonded Wall
Ferrous Metals
Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?

20. Electric Arc Furnace
The most common thickness for mortar is____
Retempering of motar means...
EAF full name is?
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?

21. 50
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
DLH series has a depth range of...
A Simple Connection is...
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi

22. Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
Materials used for Formwork are___
The most common thickness for mortar is____
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
DLH series has a depth range of...

23. 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
A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
EAF full name is?
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines

24. 24
Girder is...
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
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.

25. EAF - BOF - OHF
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Galvanizing is...
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?

26. Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
Frame Structure is defined by ________
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
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.

27. Width - W - of Unit
In a Flemish-bonded wall
In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____

28. Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Working is the process by which____
Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Mechanical couplers are used
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the

29. False
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from

30. Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
OHF full name is?
Cast Iron is formed when _______
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors

31. 2
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
W-Shape is also called _____

32. Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
What does SJI stand for?
What is Core Holes?
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______

33. Steel

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34. 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.
In a running-bond wall
Cast Iron is formed when _______
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the

35. Chairs
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground

36. Steel Joist Institute
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Site-cast is when ____
What does SJI stand for?

37. True
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
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
PT concrete is Also known as _______
Built-up sections are made by _____

38. Strands
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
The Term Tendons includes...
A vapor retarder is required under
High-strength bolts are made from

39. W-Shaped Columns and Beams
Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Formwork is refereed to as
The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______

40. Bed Joints
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
A tube is referred to as a ____

41. Beams and Columns
W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Formwork is refereed to as
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Built-up sections are made by _____

42. Molten Limestone that floats over molten Iron
W-Shape are mostly used for ____
The Slag is what?
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units

43. Parallel - wider
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Roof deck is generally topped with _____

44. 52-72
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
DLH series has a depth range of...
Per ASTM standars - facing bricks are classiffied as Types FBS - FBX. amd FBA. Which of these types has the most stringent requirements for dimensional tolerance - chippage - and warpage?
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______

45. False
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
A Simple Connection is...
Galvanizing is...

46. Henry Bessemer in 1855
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______

47. G30 - G60 - G120
W-Shape is also called _____
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
EAF full name is?

48. Zinc
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Ground-Supported slabs area____

49. The Framework
Steel roof decks are either form decks or compoiste decks
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.
Most of the cost comes from _____
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___

50. Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
A common type of Form Tie is ____

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