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Construction Basics Exam

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1. SJI
The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
OHF full name is?
Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?
The exposed face of the brick is call _____

2. Pre-tensioned concrete
Three differenet types of cleaning Concrete surfaces is...
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
PT concrete is Also known as _______

3. Live ends
The Slag is what?
HSS can be what Shape?
Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____

4. 8 in to 30 in
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
S-Shape is also called ____
K-series has a depth range of?

5. AISC Type III Connection
Effloresecence
The Three Levels of Hot-dip Galvanizing are...
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column
Semirigid Connection is also called...

6. True
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
EAF full name is?

7. Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
Formwork is refereed to as
The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
A doubly rienforced beam is one in which

8. prestressed concrete member

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9. 4
LH series has a depth range 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.
Retempering of motar means...
A fixed anchor assemly is called a ____

10. Electric Arc Furnace
W-Shape is also called _____
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
EAF full name is?
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______

11. A Waffle Slab
In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Ferrous Metals
A two way joist floor is also called...

12. False
Pocket formers in a PT concrete slab-on ground are used at...
The Slag is what?
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
HSS can be what Shape?

13. Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
Ground-Supported slabs area____
A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?

14. Stretcher Face
Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
In an English-bonded Wall
The exposed face of the brick is call _____
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?

15. 3in
The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...
Form liners are used to...
Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____

16. No. 3 or No. 4 bars
To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Stirrups are generally made of...

17. Fibrous
K series are more frequently used because they ____
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape

18. Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Retempering of motar means...
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
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 masonry unit has 20% voids is referred to as a...

19. The courses alternate between headers ans stretchers
The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
In an English-bonded Wall

20. Steel pipes
Formwork is refereed to as
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?

21. Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
A vapor retarder is required under
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the
A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder

22. The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
Stripping time is ___
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____

23. Head Joints
OHF full name is?
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
Girder is...
Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____

24. Roof and Floor
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
High-strength bolts are made from
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...

25. Steel fabricator
The term FLying form refers to...
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
Unfinished bolts have the same charateristics as ____ steel
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.

26. Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating
A tube is referred to as a ____
Galvanizing is...
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?
K-series has a depth range of?

27. Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Mechanical couplers are used
High-strength bolts are made from
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
The freeze-thaw resistance of bricks has been found to be a function of the

28. Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Arch welding is where

29. Simple Connection
LH series has a depth range of...
A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Frame Structure is defined by ________
In a Flemish-bonded wall

30. As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Roof deck is generally topped with _____
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
What is Core Holes?
Frame Structure is defined by ________

31. Cinder Block
The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
CMU is _____
HSS can be what Shape?
Ferrous Metals

32. Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...

33. Steel Joist Institute
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
What does SJI stand for?
High-strength bolts are made from
The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units

34. 3in
A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
Steel reinforcement in concrete elements that are permanently exposed to earth - such as in footing - must have a minimum concrete cover of ____
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?

35. Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
A masonry unit that has no voids is referred to as
The oldest Method is also called Turn-of-Nut methos is where
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____

36. Hot Rolling
If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______

37. Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Steel joist are braced against instabilty by
In a Flemish-bonded wall
A snug-Tight Condiction is also called...

38. Strands
W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
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
The Term Tendons includes...
W-Shape is also called _____

39. Pile
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
The most common thickness for mortar is____
Cold formings is when __
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the

40. 24
G30 is for _____ corrosive enviroment
A pour stop is generally used with
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 ____
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth

41. Parallel - wider
W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Galvanizing is...
A rigid Connection is also called...
What are the 3 types of furnaces?

42. Fibrous
Iron is _______ in character - unlike steel
Unfinished bolts are made from
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
Blast Furnace is the process by which ______

43. Beams and Columns
In a running-bond wall
Unfinished bolts are made from
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
W-Shape are mostly used for ____

44. Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Slagwool is _____
A snape Tie consits of...
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
Floor deck is usally topped with a _____

45. Henry Bessemer in 1855
What are the 3 types of furnaces?
DLH series has a depth range of...
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the

46. Bed Joints
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______
Fine Grained soles are______ with water
a construction join in a concrete slab on ground is required if the concrete in the slab connot be placed in one continuous operation
Twist-off Bolt method is...

47. Length - L - of unit
In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
The exposed face of the brick is call _____
A tube is referred to as a ____

48. Chairs
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
If you put less lime in Morar this decreases
Site-cast is when ____
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground

49. W - S - HP - M
The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
Galvanizing is...

50. Two terminals of high-voltage electric circuit are brought close together and creating a sutained spark across the space between the terminals
A wall footing is also called _____
Arch welding is where
What is Core Holes?
Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for ceilings?