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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. Are porous






2. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






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






4. Are large slabs






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






6. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






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






8. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






9. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






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






11. 1 horizontal row of Brick






12. Weakest in most masonry wall






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






14. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






15. Cut Stone and Asklar






16. Running bond every so many coarse






17. 1 horizontal row of Brick






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






19. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






20. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






21. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






22. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






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






24. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






25. 2nd Monolithic






26. Rubble and Coursed






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






28. Stood up rowlock






29. End of the block






30. Running bond every so many coarse






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






32. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






33. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






34. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






35. Rock deposited in a molton state






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






37. 1st CO






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






39. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






40. Stood up rowlock






41. Stretcher - header - stretcher






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






43. Bigger hole / add rebar






44. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






46. Stacked on top






47. End of the block






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






49. Rubble and Coursed






50. 1st CO