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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. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






2. 1 horizontal row of Brick






3. Stood up rowlock






4. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






5. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






6. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






7. Stretcher - header - stretcher






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






9. Bigger hole / add rebar






10. 3rd Today






11. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






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






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






15. Weakest in most masonry wall






16. Rock deposited in a molton state






17. 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






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






19. Are porous






20. Rock deposited in a molton state






21. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






23. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






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






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






26. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






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






28. 3rd Today






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






30. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






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






32. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






33. End of the block






34. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






35. 2nd Monolithic






36. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






37. End of the block






38. Header - stretch - header






39. Deposited by action of water or wind






40. Cut Stone and Asklar






41. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






42. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






43. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






45. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






46. Are large slabs






47. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






48. Cut Stone and Asklar






49. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






50. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone