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| This type of construction has structural elements that are approved non combustible or limited combustible material with sufficient fire-resistive rating's to withstand the effects of fire and prevent its spread from story to story? |
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| Type I: Fire-Resistive Construction |
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| This type of construction contains structural elements which don't qualify as "fire-resistive construction" and are of an approved noncombustible or limited combustible material? |
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| Type II: Noncombustible Construction |
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| This type of construction is prevalent in most downtown or "main street"areas, and includes buildings where the load-bearing walls(usually brick or concrete block) are noncombustible, and the roof and floor assemblies are wood? |
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| Type III: Ordinary Construction |
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| This type of construction can be defined as those buildings that have block or brick exterior load-bearing walls and interior structural members, roofs, floors, and arches of solid or laminated wood without concealed spaces? |
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| Type IV: Heavy Timber Construction |
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| This type of construction is the most common construction type, is built primarily with wood, and constitutes the construction of many homes, newer small businesses, and even chain hotels? |
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| Type V: Wood Frame Construction |
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| This structural component transmits a compressive force parallel through its center? |
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| Walls are subdivided into these two categories? |
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| Load Bearing and Non-Load-Bearing |
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| This structural element delivers loads perpendicular to its length? |
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| This type of load represents the number of British Thermal Units generated when the building and its contents burn? |
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| This force occurs when forces tend to pull a material apart? |
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| This force occurs when forces tend to tear a material apart? |
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| This force pushes materials together? |
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| This construction material is a mixture of carbon and ore heated and rolled into structural shapes to form elements for a building? |
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| This construction material is a mixture of portland cement, sand, gravel, and water? |
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| The most common building material that is relatively inexpensive, easy to manipulate, and a repenishable natural resource? |
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| This construction material used to form load bearing walls is composed of brick, concrete block, and stone? |
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| This building material is comprised of a combination of the four basic materials (Masonry, Steel, Wood, Concrete) as well as various plastics and glues? |
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| What are the three main structual elements of a structure? |
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| What do you call a large pocket of concrete that has crumbled into fine particles, taking away the mass of the concrete? |
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| The capacity of a material to withstand the effects of fire? |
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| Sheetrock and drywall are the brand name's for what? |
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| What do you call wood stud framework that runs from the foundation to the roof? |
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| A connecting plate that is used in truss construction and fails easy in heat or fire? |
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| What is the collapse zone identified as? |
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| 1 1/2 times the height of the building |
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| What are the 2 most common roofs that you will see on a residential home? |
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| Where is the best place to walk on a roof to keep your balance? |
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| What part of the roof do you NOT want to cut through during vertical ventilation ? |
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| Steel bolts that secure the mud sill to the foundation are |
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| Triangular end of an exterior wall below the eaves. |
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