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Masonry Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Looks like running bond but made from headers






2. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






3. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






4. Running bond every so many coarse






5. Soft Mud Process - Dry Mud Process and Stiff Mud Process






6. Looks like running bond but made from headers






7. Soft Mud Process - Dry Mud Process and Stiff Mud Process






8. Cut Stone and Asklar






9. Course - Wythe - Stretcher - Header - Rowlock - Soldier and Corbel






10. 1st CO






11. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more






12. Header Bond - Stack Bond - Flemish Bond - Monk Bond - English Bond and Common Bond or American Bond






13. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






14. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall






15. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






16. Header Bond - Stack Bond - Flemish Bond - Monk Bond - English Bond and Common Bond or American Bond






17. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side






18. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






19. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






20. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline






21. Bigger hole / add rebar






22. 2nd Monolithic






23. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






24. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






25. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






26. Made in molds taken directly from real stone - Thin material - 1 1/2 Inches think - made of light weight concrete dried to match the coloration - of the authentic stone that its meant to imitate






27. Either igneous or sedimentary has been transformed by heat and pressure into a diff types of rock






28. Running bond every so many coarse






29. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






30. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






31. SW - MW and NW






32. Are porous






33. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






34. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






35. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






36. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






37. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline






38. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load






39. Header - stretch - header






40. End of the block






41. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






42. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






43. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






44. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat






45. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






46. 1st CO






47. 1 horizontal row of Brick






48. Every other coarse and repeats itself






49. Are large slabs






50. Will over lap the one below it by half the dimension over laps 1/3 of the brick