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Masonry Basics

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






2. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






3. 3rd Today






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






5. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






6. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






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






8. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






9. Normal way to lay a brick






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






11. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






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






13. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






14. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






15. Are porous






16. Stretcher - header - stretcher






17. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






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






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






20. 1 horizontal row of Brick






21. Every other coarse and repeats itself






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






23. Rubble and Coursed






24. Stacked on top






25. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






26. End of the block






27. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






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






30. Stacked on top






31. Bigger hole / add rebar






32. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






34. Weakest in most masonry wall






35. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






36. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






37. End of the block






38. 2nd Monolithic






39. 1st CO






40. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






41. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






42. Deposited by action of water or wind






43. Running bond every so many coarse






44. 3rd Today






45. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






47. Stood up rowlock






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






49. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






50. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile