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Masonry Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more






2. Are porous






3. Stacked on top






4. Stacked on top






5. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






6. 3rd Today






7. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






8. 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






9. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






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






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






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






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






14. Cut Stone and Asklar






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






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






17. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






18. 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






19. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






20. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






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






22. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






23. Cut Stone and Asklar






24. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






25. Rock deposited in a molton state






26. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






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






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






29. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






30. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






31. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






32. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






33. SW - MW and NW






34. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






35. Rock deposited in a molton state






36. 1 horizontal row of Brick






37. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






38. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






39. 1st CO






40. Running bond every so many coarse






41. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






42. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






43. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






44. SW - MW and NW






45. Stretcher - header - stretcher






46. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






47. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






48. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






49. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






50. Looks like running bond but made from headers