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Construction Basics Exam

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1. 240 in =20ft
Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
Aluminum is commonly used as form and shore material because___

2. Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Most of the cost comes from _____
Slagwool is _____
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____

3. Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
Galvanizing is...
Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____

4. Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
NonFerrous Metals are...
The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Formwork is refereed to as

5. False
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
Coarse-Grained soils are refered to as ______ with water
A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...

6. prestressed concrete member

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7. EAF - BOF - OHF
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 tires in concrete conlumn is too
A common type of Form Tie is ____
A pour stop is generally used with

8. True
In a Flemish-bonded wall
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
_______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal

9. Strip Footing
Simple Connection is also called...
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
A wall footing is also called _____

10. As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column
Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
Frame Structure is defined by ________

11. They provide a weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crak there and not somewhere else.
The most common used size of brick is...
Stirrups are generally made of...
Control joints in concrete do what?
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...

12. Lighter member that spans between the girders
Slagwool is _____
High-strength bolts are made from
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move

13. Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Shores are used for...
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
A tube is referred to as a ____

14. Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
A slip-critical connection is...
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
field bolting of steel member is gerneally preferred over filed welding?

15. Highly Crosive - Extreme
The most common thickness for mortar is____
If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment

16. Solid unit
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Stirrups are generally made of...
HSS can be what Shape?

17. False
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
A rigid connection between a steel beam and a Steel column can be made without connecting Beam Flanges to the Column
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Effloresecence

18. False
Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
EAF full name is?
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Fine Grained soles are______ with water

19. True
The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
What does SJI stand for?
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column

20. Snap Tie
Fine Grained soles are______ with water
A common type of Form Tie is ____
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
A rigid connection between a steel beam and a Steel column can be made without connecting Beam Flanges to the Column

21. Extruded Bricks
Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
LH series has a depth range of...
Bricks that have core holes are ____
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

22. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - ...
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Ground-Supported slabs area____
HSS can be what Shape?

23. Grade 50 steel
A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?

24. False
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
W-Shape is also called _____
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?

25. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Frame Structure is defined by ________
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 ____
Ground-Supported slabs area____

26. To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Retempering of motar means...
What is Core Holes?

27. 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 masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...

28. Compressive strength and Flexural tensile bond strength
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
The two Strength Properties of Mortar are ______
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?

29. A felexible connection that allows the ends of the beam to rotate under the load.
Working is the process by which____
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
A Simple Connection is...
Fine Grained soles are______ with water

30. False
OHF full name is?
Built-up sections are made by _____
Steel roof decks are either form decks or compoiste decks
LH series has a depth range of...

31. The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Precast is where____
A rigid connection between a steel beam and a Steel column can be made without connecting Beam Flanges to the Column

32. AISC Type III Connection
Semirigid Connection is also called...
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 ____
A two way joist floor is also called...
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____

33. Bed Joints
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
The exposed face of the brick is call _____
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___

34. Length - L - of unit
Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - ...
In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...

35. SJI
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation

36. Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
Stripping time is ___
Site-cast is when ____
K-series has a depth range of?

37. Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
In a Flemish-bonded wall
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
K series are more frequently used because they ____

38. G30 - G60 - G120
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
Bricks and Blocks are called ____
List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...

39. The Framework
Most of the cost comes from _____
Cold formings is when __
List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...

40. Beams and Columns
W-Shape are mostly used for ____
Formwork is refereed to as
A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
A two way joist floor is also called...

41. False
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
The most water tight joint is ____
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings

42. Steel Grade
W-Shape is also called _____
Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______

43. Bed Joints
The most water tight joint is ____
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
What is Core Holes?
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors

44. True
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
Basic Oxygen Furnace did what?

45. General contractor
K series are more frequently used because they ____
Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
In a Flemish-bonded wall
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the

46. 8 and 30 in
A pour stop is generally used with
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
The most common thickness for mortar is____

47. AISC Type II Connection
Simple Connection is also called...
Ground-Supported slabs area____
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____

48. Stabilizing members that space across the joists
EAF full name is?
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...

49. Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
A masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?
Mechanical couplers are used

50. Cinder Block
Ground-Supported slabs area____
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
In a Flemish-bonded wall
CMU is _____