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Masonry Basics

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






2. Every other coarse and repeats itself






3. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






4. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






5. Running bond every so many coarse






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






7. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






8. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






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






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






11. Normal way to lay a brick






12. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






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






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






15. Stacked on top






16. 3rd Today






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






18. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






19. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






20. Rock deposited in a molton state






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






22. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






23. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






24. Stood up rowlock






25. Cut Stone and Asklar






26. Rock deposited in a molton state






27. Weakest in most masonry wall






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






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






30. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






31. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






32. 1 horizontal row of Brick






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






34. Every other coarse and repeats itself






35. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






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






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






38. Are porous






39. Deposited by action of water or wind






40. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






41. Are large slabs






42. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






43. Stretcher - header - stretcher






44. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






45. Are large slabs






46. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






47. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






48. Normal way to lay a brick






49. SW - MW and NW






50. Rubble and Coursed