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Construction Basics Exam

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1. Zinc
S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
A snug-Tight condition is _____
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____

2. False
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Girder is...
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____

3. Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
G120 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
Working is the process by which____
Hot-dipped galvanized the steel member is immersed in a kettle of molten _____

4. EAF - BOF - OHF
Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - ...
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?
A common type of Form Tie is ____

5. The time between the end of concreting and the removal of the forms
_______ is the Most important Ferrous Metal
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
Stripping time 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

6. American Standard Shape
S-Shape is also called ____
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines
Horizontal Bridging Members are ?
Twist-off Bolt method is...

7. Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
The most common used size of brick is...
Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Built-up sections are made by _____

8. Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
____ are used to Support the Rebar up off pf the ground
Weathering index of a location is a function of the
The term FLying form refers to...
Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...

9. Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
The height and depth of ending Bearing is ___ for all K-series joists
The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
A pour stop is generally used with
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____

10. Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
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
To protect reinforcment from corrosion - a minimum amount of concrete is ____
The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Most of the cost comes from _____

11. 24
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...
The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
K series are more frequently used because they ____
Roof decks are anchored to supporting members by continuous welds along the support lines

12. True
A tube is referred to as a ____
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column
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 ____
What is Core Holes?

13. Live end
What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
The most common thickness for mortar is____
Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____

14. Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
The most important reason for providing ties in concrete wall is to...
Weathering index of a location is a function of the
The minimum depth of a K-series joist is ___ and the Max is __
The Term Tendons includes...

15. Gauge number
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?
What does HHS stand for?
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.
The thickness of a roof or floor deck is generally specified in terms of...

16. False
The most common used size of brick is...
PT concrete is Also known as _______
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
Ferrous Metals

17. A Waffle Slab
The most water tight joint is ____
A two way joist floor is also called...
Formwork is refereed to as
Frame Structure is defined by ________

18. K-series - LH series - DHL series
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
Galvanizing is...
Steel decks are availiable in two catagories ___ and ____
The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______

19. EAF - BOF - OHF
Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
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?
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
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

20. Each course consists of Strechers
This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
In a running-bond wall
Details of connection between Steel Framing members are generally prepared by the buildings
K series are more frequently used because they ____

21. Gas or arc
Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
The structural design of formwork design is the reponsibility of the
Hooks in bars are produced by turning the bars through
Most of the cost comes from _____

22. W - S - HP - M
The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
In specifying the dimensions of a masonry unit - which dimension is states last?
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi

23. Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
A shear connection between a steel beam and a steel column can be made without connection beam flanges to the column
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
What is Core Holes?
A slip-critical connection is...

24. AISC Type II Connection
Simple Connection is also called...
Steel joist and joist girders are best utilized in a building that has concentrated loads.
A rigid connection between a steel beam and a Steel column can be made without connecting Beam Flanges to the Column
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems are...

25. M -S -N -O
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______
Girder is...
List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength

26. A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
A tube is referred to as a ____
Scaffold-types shores are usally made from
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...

27. Some interior concrete slabs-on-ground
A vapor retarder is required under
In a Flemish-bonded wall
Simple Connection is also called...
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...

28. Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
In connecting the upper-Column shaft with a lower-column shaft in a multistory steel frame building - we generally require?
The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Diagonal bridging may be used as an alternative to horizontal bridging to stablize joists?
Who Manufactureres joists and joist girders?

29. HHS
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
A tube is referred to as a ____
Unfinished bolts are made from

30. Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
The Slag is what?
The two most commonly used concrete floor systems 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

31. Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
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 ____
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____

32. Molded bricks
A wall footing is also called _____
The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and...
Bricks that have frogs are...
The Term Tendons includes...

33. 40 ft
Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - ...
The grade of A992 yields strength of ____ksi
A K-series steel joist that is 20 in deep cannot space more than ____
Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist

34. Lighter Weight - Easier Erection
High-strength bolts have the same charterisitcs as ____
Vertical Mortar joints are also called _____
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?

35. Simple Connection
Camber refers to...
IRA is a measure of the Tensile Stregth of a brick?
A shear connection between a Steel beam and a Steel Colum is also called a ____
The primary reason for providing core hols in bricks is to...

36. Cranes and rails
In specifying the dimesnsions f a masonry unity - which dimensions is stated first?
S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Blast Furnace is the process by which ______
Mechanical couplers are used

37. Henry Bessemer in 1855
Height adjustablilty in shores made of dimension lumber is provided through___
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 vapor retarder is required under
Who Invented the Basic Oxygen Furnace?

38. The contained molds in which the concrete is cast
Formwork is refereed to as
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?
Galvanizing is...
IN the steel joist designation 24LH10 the number 24 gives the _____

39. Hot Rolling
Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______
A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
K series are more frequently used because they ____

40. Bear directly on a compacted ground with the organic top soil removed.
A pour stop is generally used with
Inside of Pressed concret the prestressing cables are called____
Ground-Supported slabs area____
Stirrups are generally made of...

41. Bolting the member and rightening them with a spud wrench using full force
A snug-Tight Connection between framing members is obtained by
Fine Grained soles are______ with water
PT concrete is Also known as _______
K-series has a depth range of?

42. All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
CMU is _____
A slip-critical connection is...
Cold formings is when __
High-strength bolts are made from

43. Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
In a Multisotry steel frame building - the columns are generally spiced every ____ floors
Steel floor decks are either form decks or Composite decks.
K series are more frequently used because they ____
Site cast concrete slabs can be one of two types What are they?

44. Bed Joints
A vapor retarder is required under
K series are more frequently used because they ____
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
Horizontal Mortar joints are also called ______

45. A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Twist-off Bolt method is...
Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
The exposed face of the brick is call _____

46. True
The chairs used for supporting reinforcing steel bars are generally
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
Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
A snug-Tight condition is _____

47. Live end
What are some Disadvantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
The 'perfect' amount of carbon is from .01 to 1.7% - this metal is called ______
Retempering of mortar - if needed - should be generally done within

48. 240 in =20ft
In a steel fram building - the secondary framing member for a roof or floor generally consist of ____ and ____
A 10 in deep joist can be used for a maximum span of _____
NonFerrous Metals are...
Most Structural Steel sections are produced using _______

49. Live end
In a PT concrete slab on groud - the tendons are stressed from the
Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
If you put more lime in Mortar this increases
Yeild strength of steel is also referred to as the ______

50. Pieces sticking out away from the columes
Specified Dimensions of masonry units is ____
A two way joist floor is also called...
Camber refers to...
Girder is...