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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. Normal way to lay a brick






2. 2nd Monolithic






3. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






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






5. 1 horizontal row of Brick






6. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






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






8. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






9. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






10. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






11. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






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






13. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






15. Every other coarse and repeats itself






16. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






17. Stacked on top






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






19. Are porous






20. Header - stretch - header






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






22. Cut Stone and Asklar






23. Rubble and Coursed






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






25. Bigger hole / add rebar






26. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






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






28. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






29. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






30. Weakest in most masonry wall






31. Running bond every so many coarse






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






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






34. Cut Stone and Asklar






35. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






36. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






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






38. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






39. 1st CO






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






41. Are porous






42. Stood up rowlock






43. Header - stretch - header






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






45. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






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






47. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






48. Every other coarse and repeats itself






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






50. 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