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






2. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






3. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






4. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






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






6. 1 horizontal row of Brick






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






8. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






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






10. Stretcher - header - stretcher






11. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






12. Deposited by action of water or wind






13. Stood up rowlock






14. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






15. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






16. Cut Stone and Asklar






17. 1 horizontal row of Brick






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






19. Header - stretch - header






20. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






22. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






23. Are porous






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






25. Are porous






26. Running bond every so many coarse






27. Are large slabs






28. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






29. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






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






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






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






33. 1st CO






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






35. Cut Stone and Asklar






36. Weakest in most masonry wall






37. End of the block






38. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






39. Rubble and Coursed






40. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






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






42. 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






43. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






45. Stretcher - header - stretcher






46. Rock deposited in a molton state






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






48. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






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






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