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Masonry Basics
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. 1 horizontal row of Brick
Course
Masonry Weaknesses
Manufactured Stone
Types of Stone Masonry
2. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Corbel
Sedimentary Rock
Moisture Resistances
SW
3. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty
MW
Dimension Stone
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Type S
4. Soft Mud Process - Dry Mud Process and Stiff Mud Process
Igneous Rock
Lime - Water and Sand
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Stretcher
5. Running bond every so many coarse
Wythe
Course
Course
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
6. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load
Cut Stone
Rubble Stone
Extreme Temperature Construction
Reinforcing
7. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides
Solid Brick
Flagstone
Stretcher
Moisture Resistances
8. Rubble and Coursed
Solid Brick
Stone Types and Shapes
Types of Stone Masonry
Reinforcing
9. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat
Extreme Temperature Construction
Manufactured Stone
Manufactured Stone
Type N
10. Are porous
Double Wythe Wall
Rubble Stone
Single Wythe Wall
Moisture Resistances
11. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond
Single Wythe Wall
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Metamorphic Rock
Soldier
12. 1st CO
Hollow Brick
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Course
Lime - Water and Sand
13. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Extreme Temperature Construction
Header Bond
Dimension Stone
Igneous Rock
14. 3rd Today
Type S
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
NW
Accessories
15. Normal way to lay a brick
Stretcher
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Type M
Header
16. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load
Brick Types
Reinforcing
Type O
Stretcher
17. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond
Soldier
Single Wythe Wall
Bond Types
Stretcher
18. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)
Cored Brick
Header Bond
Extreme Temperature Construction
Rowlock
19. Bigger hole / add rebar
Stone Types and Shapes
Brick Types
Solid Brick
Hollow Brick
20. Are large slabs
Cut Stone
Mortar Joint
Moisture Resistances
Type S
21. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)
Flagstone
Asklar
Cut Stone
Double Wythe Wall
22. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads
Rubble Stone
Type S
Raking Stretcher Bond
Dimension Stone
23. Rubble and Coursed
Header
Reinforcing
Types of Stone Masonry
3 Methods to Make Bricks
24. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile
Masonry Weaknesses
Soldier
Solid Brick
Concrete Block Advantages
25. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications
Rowlock
Monk Bond
Moisture Resistances
NW
26. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides
MW
Solid Brick
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Hollow Brick
27. Running bond every so many coarse
Monk Bond
Fieldstone
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Type M
28. Either igneous or sedimentary has been transformed by heat and pressure into a diff types of rock
Rowlock
Wythe
Metamorphic Rock
Type M
29. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged
Course
Brick Types
Rowlock
Accessories
30. Soft Mud Process - Dry Mud Process and Stiff Mud Process
NW
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Types of Stone
31. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone
Stone Types and Shapes
Stretcher
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Igneous Rock
32. End of the block
Header
SW
Bricklaying Terms
Stone Types and Shapes
33. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.
Wythe
Type O
Types of Stone
Monk Bond
34. SW - MW and NW
Brick Grades
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Type S
Flemish Bond
35. 2nd Monolithic
Soldier
Header
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Brick Grades
36. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications
NW
Concrete Block Advantages
Runner Bond
Type N
37. Stretcher - header - stretcher
Header Bond
Fieldstone
Types of Stone Masonry
Flemish Bond
38. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock
Igneous Rock
Types of Stone
Asklar
Wythe
39. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline
Brick Types
Flagstone
Extreme Temperature Construction
Manufactured Stone
40. Will over lap the one below it by half the dimension over laps 1/3 of the brick
Raking Stretcher Bond
MW
Stack Bond
Reinforcing
41. 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
Manufactured Stone
Type M
Lime - Water and Sand
Types of Stone Masonry
42. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile
Bricklaying Terms
Reinforcing
Concrete Block Advantages
Metamorphic Rock
43. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade
Moisture Resistances
Type O
Type M
Brick Grades
44. Stacked on top
Stack Bond
Extreme Temperature Construction
Lime - Water and Sand
Stone Types and Shapes
45. Course - Wythe - Stretcher - Header - Rowlock - Soldier and Corbel
Bricklaying Terms
Monk Bond
Lime - Water and Sand
Mortar Joint
46. Header - stretch - header
Single Wythe Wall
Stone Types and Shapes
Monk Bond
Rubble Stone
47. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.
Metamorphic Rock
Manufactured Stone
Type N
Manufactured Stone
48. Weakest in most masonry wall
NW
Brick Grades
Type N
Mortar Joint
49. Are porous
Moisture Resistances
Stack Bond
Igneous Rock
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
50. 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
Rubble Stone
Single Wythe Wall
Manufactured Stone
Solid Brick