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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. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






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






3. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






4. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






5. Every other coarse and repeats itself






6. Every other coarse and repeats itself






7. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






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






9. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






10. Running bond every so many coarse






11. 1st CO






12. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






13. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






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






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






16. 1st CO






17. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






18. Stacked on top






19. Looks like running bond but made from headers






20. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






21. Bigger hole / add rebar






22. 3rd Today






23. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






24. Stretcher - header - stretcher






25. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






26. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






27. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






28. Deposited by action of water or wind






29. 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






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






31. Header - stretch - header






32. Rock deposited in a molton state






33. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






34. Looks like running bond but made from headers






35. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






36. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






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






38. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






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






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






41. Rock deposited in a molton state






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






43. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






44. 1 horizontal row of Brick






45. End of the block






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






47. Rubble and Coursed






48. Normal way to lay a brick






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






50. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock