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The total approximate dead load of a floor in a typical wood frame residential building is:

10 psf

For most of the United States, the design wind speed for an average-risk building is:

115 mph

The design wind speed for a location is the peak:

3-s gust speed

The floor live load in a residential occupancy is generally assumed to be:

40 psf

Which of the following loads can be estimated with greatest certainty?

Dead loads

For wind blowing along one of the two major axes of a rectangular building, the leeward wall is subjected to positive (toward-the-wall) pressure:

False

The two main categories under which all building loads may be classified are:

Gravity loads Lateral loads

In which of the following roofs will you consider the effect of rain load?

Roof with a parapet

Everything else being the same, a building constructed of heavyweight materials is subjected to a greater earthquake load than a building constructed of lightweight materials:

True

For wind blowing along one of the two major axes of a rectangular building, the windward wall is subjected to positive (toward-the-wall) pressure:

True

On a leeward wall, the wind pressure:

is almost constant with height above the ground

The loads on a floor are generally expressed in:

lb/ft^2

The roof live load in a building is generally:

less than the floor live load