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Masonry Basics

Instructions:
  • 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. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






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






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






5. 1st CO






6. Stacked on top






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






8. Deposited by action of water or wind






9. SW - MW and NW






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






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






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






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






14. Are porous






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






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






17. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






18. End of the block






19. 3rd Today






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






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






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






23. Running bond every so many coarse






24. Stretcher - header - stretcher






25. Deposited by action of water or wind






26. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






27. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






28. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






29. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






31. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






32. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






33. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






34. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






35. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






36. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






37. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






38. Are porous






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






40. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






41. 2nd Monolithic






42. Stood up rowlock






43. 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






44. Cut Stone and Asklar






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






46. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






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






48. SW - MW and NW






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






50. Running bond every so many coarse