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Masonry Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






2. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






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






4. Rough building stone that is obtained from riverbeds and rock strewn fields






5. Every other coarse and repeats itself






6. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






7. 1 horizontal row of Brick






8. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






10. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






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






12. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






13. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






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






16. SW - MW and NW






17. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






18. Weakest in most masonry wall






19. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)






20. 2nd Monolithic






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






22. Stacked on top






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






24. Weakest in most masonry wall






25. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






26. Rock deposited in a molton state






27. 1st CO






28. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






29. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






30. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






32. End of the block






33. 3rd Today






34. Running bond every so many coarse






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






36. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






37. Rock deposited in a molton state






38. Rubble and Coursed






39. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






40. 3rd Today






41. Cut Stone and Asklar






42. Cut Stone and Asklar






43. 1st CO






44. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






45. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






46. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






47. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






48. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






49. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






50. Rubble and Coursed