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Construction Basics Exam

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Live end
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
What is Core Holes?
A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the

2. Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
A wall footing is also called _____
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
W-Shape are mostly used for ____

3. Wide-Flange section
NonFerrous Metals are...
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
W-Shape is also called _____

4. Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
A slip-critical connection is...
Mechanical couplers are used

5. Adding water to the mortar
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Retempering of motar means...
This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - ...

6. Pieces sticking out away from the columes
A Blast Furnace is a ______
BOF full name is _______
Girder is...
Fine Grained soles are______ with water

7. Stabilizing members that space across the joists
Site-cast is when ____
Formwork is refereed to as
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Cast Iron is formed when _______

8. Strip Footing
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
A wall footing is also called _____
Bricks that have frogs are...
LH series has a depth range of...

9. A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
The term FLying form refers to...
Girder is...
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
If you put more lime in Mortar this increases

10. False
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
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?
A rigid Connection is also called...
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?

11. 2
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
The most water tight joint is ____
A wall footing is also called _____

12. All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Cold formings is when __
The most common thickness for mortar is____

13. W - S - HP - M
The most water tight joint is ____
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
What does HHS stand for?

14. Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Working is the process by which____
Cold formings is when __
Formwork is refereed to as
NonFerrous Metals are...

15. Two flange plates
What is Core Holes?
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
A common type of Form Tie is ____
What does HHS stand for?

16. No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Simple Connection is also called...
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Stirrups are generally made of...
Bricks and Blocks are called ____

17. Width - W - of Unit
The most water tight joint is ____
In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment

18. High-treated carbon steel
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
High-strength bolts are made from
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which

19. Extruded Bricks
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Bricks that have core holes are ____
Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...

20. Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
The term FLying form refers to...
Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...

21. MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
PT concrete is Also known as _______
Unfinished bolts are made from

22. Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Ground-Supported slabs area____
field bolting of steel member is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______

23. 24
Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Most of the cost comes from _____
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth

24. Length - L - of unit
In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...

25. False
Mechanical couplers are used
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
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 ____
Steel roof decks are either form decks or compoiste decks

26. Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Mechanical couplers are used
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the

27. Electric Arc Furnace
Frame Structure is defined by ________
A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
EAF full name is?

28. W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Retempering of motar means...
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?

29. Molded bricks
Bricks that have frogs are...
A slip-critical connection is...
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...

30. 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
High-strength bolts are made from
Cold formings is when __
A snape Tie consits of...

31. Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Weathering index of a location is a function of the
A snug-Tight condition is _____

32. Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
Arch welding is where
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which

33. AISC Type III Connection
Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
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?
Semirigid Connection is also called...
Simple Connection is also called...

34. 90 to 180 degress
Camber refers to...
Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...

35. Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______

36. Hot Rolling
What is Core Holes?
The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______

37. Henry Bessemer in 1855
Frame Structure is defined by ________
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Cold formings is when __

38. 3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
The most common used size of brick is...
The most common thickness for mortar is____
Most of the cost comes from _____

39. Steel
_______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
A slip-critical connection is...
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors

40. Steel fabricator
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
CMU is _____
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings

41. 24
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
Ground-Supported slabs area____
The term FLying form refers to...
Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall

42. Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
The exposed face of the brick is call _____
In a Flemish-bonded wall
Twist-off Bolt method is...
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally

43. Snap Tie
A common type of Form Tie is ____
List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
What is Core Holes?

44. Dead End
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
A wall footing is also called _____
Weathering index of a location is a function of the

45. A large formwork assembly for concrete walls
A two way joist floor is also called...
Bricks that have core holes are ____
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
The term FLying form refers to...

46. Average annual freezing cycle days - and average annual winter rainfall of the location
Weathering index of a location is a function of the
The Slag is what?
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as

47. Strands
HSS can be what Shape?
The Term Tendons includes...
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Formwork is refereed to as

48. Live end
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
Steel roof decks are either form decks or compoiste decks
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...

49. False
Arch welding is where
A rigid connection between a steel beam and a Steel column can be made without connecting Beam Flanges to the Column
The most common thickness for mortar is____
In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?

50. Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...
A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?