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Construction Basics Exam

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1. Lighter member that spans between the girders
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
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.

2. Noncohesive Soils
Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
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 doubly rienforced beam is one in which
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by

3. W-shaped beams - Steel joints
EAF full name is?
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
DLH series has a depth range of...

4. HHS
Stirrups are generally made of...
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
What is Core Holes?
A tube is referred to as a ____

5. Dead End
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
In a Flemish-bonded wall

6. EAF - BOF - OHF
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
Control joints in concrete do what?
G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Ground-Supported slabs area____

7. Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Stirrups are generally made of...
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally

8. Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____

9. To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
A snape Tie consits of...
In an English-bonded Wall
W-Shape are mostly used for ____

10. Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Effloresecence
Stripping time is ___
Slagwool is _____

11. True
A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
A snape Tie consits of...

12. Molded bricks
Bricks that have frogs are...
BOF full name is _______
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
K-series has a depth range of?

13. Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
A snug-Tight condition is _____

14. Cinder Block
CMU is _____
A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
Formwork is refereed to as

15. Head Joints
Effloresecence
Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
A common type of Form Tie is ____

16. No. 3 or No. 4 bars
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?
Stirrups are generally made of...
Simple Connection is also called...
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which

17. Width - W - of Unit
In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
PT concrete is Also known as _______
In an English-bonded Wall
Camber refers to...

18. Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
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.
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Twist-off Bolt method is...
Mechanical couplers are used

19. American Standard Shape
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
S-Shape is also called ____

20. It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
Fine Grained soles are______ with water
What does HHS stand for?
The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?

21. Gauge number
PT concrete is Also known as _______
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Simple Connection is also called...
The Term Tendons includes...

22. Cranes and rails
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____

23. A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
A snape Tie consits of...
To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
K series are more frequently used because they ____

24. Live end
Most of the cost comes from _____
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores

25. Live ends
Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
W-Shape is also called _____
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
Frame Structure is defined by ________

26. 3 in
Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist

27. Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
Mechanical couplers are used
field bolting of steel member is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?

28. The concrete is cast at the site
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Frame Structure is defined by ________
Site-cast is when ____
Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water

29. All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
NonFerrous Metals are...
Cold formings is when __
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally

30. Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Twist-off Bolt method is...
Form liners are used to...
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
K-series has a depth range of?

31. Bearing connection
A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Built-up sections are made by _____
Site-cast is when ____
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?

32. A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
What is Core Holes?
G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
A pour stop is generally used with

33. 4 to 6 ft
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Stressing-end assembly is called a ____

34. Fibrous
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Form liners are used to...

35. Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
In a Typical sitecast reinforced Concrete structure - the cost of formwork and shores is...
Form liners are used to...
A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A Blast Furnace is a ______

36. Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
Bricks that have frogs are...
PT concrete is Also known as _______

37. American Standard Shape
A wall footing is also called _____
Semirigid Connection is also called...
S-Shape is also called ____
W-Shape are mostly used for ____

38. Strength of it - and weakens the strength of the wall.
Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____

39. Reinforced concrete member
A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Frame Structure is defined by ________
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?

40. 90 to 180 degress
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
A vapor retarder is required under
Girder is...
In a running-bond wall

41. 50
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
What does HHS stand for?

42. 40 ft
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____

43. The Framework
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Most of the cost comes from _____
Mechanical couplers are used

44. Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
A two way joist floor is also called...
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too

45. 18 to 48 in
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
Working is the process by which____
Steel roof decks are either form decks or compoiste decks
LH series has a depth range of...

46. Connected members have been bolted together using spud wretch with the full force of a person
PT concrete is Also known as _______
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
A snug-Tight condition is _____
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder

47. Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Unfinished bolts are made from
K series are more frequently used because they ____
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel

48. 50
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
A snape Tie consits of...
A tube is referred to as a ____
Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding

49. The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
In an English-bonded Wall
Stripping time is ___
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max 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

50. Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Girder is...
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the