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Masonry Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. 1 horizontal row of Brick






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






4. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






5. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






6. Stacked on top






7. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






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






10. SW - MW and NW






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






12. Weakest in most masonry wall






13. Stood up rowlock






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






15. Running bond every so many coarse






16. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






17. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






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






19. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






20. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






21. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






22. Rubble and Coursed






23. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






24. 2nd Monolithic






25. Deposited by action of water or wind






26. Header - stretch - header






27. Every other coarse and repeats itself






28. Normal way to lay a brick






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






30. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






31. Stacked on top






32. 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






33. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






34. Looks like running bond but made from headers






35. Are porous






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






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






38. 3rd Today






39. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






40. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






41. Rock deposited in a molton state






42. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






43. End of the block






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






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






46. End of the block






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






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






49. Normal way to lay a brick






50. Are large slabs