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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. Rock deposited in a molton state






2. SW - MW and NW






3. Normal way to lay a brick






4. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






5. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






6. Stood up rowlock






7. Running bond every so many coarse






8. Every other coarse and repeats itself






9. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






10. SW - MW and NW






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






12. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






13. Stacked on top






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






15. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






16. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






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






19. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






20. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






21. Are large slabs






22. Deposited by action of water or wind






23. 3rd Today






24. Are porous






25. Stretcher - header - stretcher






26. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






27. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






28. End of the block






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






30. Running bond every so many coarse






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






32. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






33. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






34. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






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






36. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






37. Looks like running bond but made from headers






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






39. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






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






41. Stretcher - header - stretcher






42. Normal way to lay a brick






43. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






44. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






45. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






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






47. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






48. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






49. Are porous






50. Stood up rowlock