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Masonry Basics
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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. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides
Stretcher
Accessories
Solid Brick
Concrete Block Advantages
2. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone
Stone Types and Shapes
Brick Types
Manufactured Stone
Stretcher
3. 1 horizontal row of Brick
Course
Type O
Stone Types and Shapes
Type N
4. End of the block
Header
SW
NW
Brick Types
5. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline
Flagstone
Type M
Reinforcing
Flemish Bond
6. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer
SW
Type M
Course
3 Methods to Make Bricks
7. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone
Accessories
Mortar Joint
Types of Stone
Course
8. Header Bond - Stack Bond - Flemish Bond - Monk Bond - English Bond and Common Bond or American Bond
Double Wythe Wall
Fieldstone
Brick Grades
Types of Stone Masonry
9. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads
Accessories
Mortar Joint
Fieldstone
Type S
10. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline
MW
Cored Brick
Igneous Rock
Flagstone
11. SW - MW and NW
Soldier
SW
Brick Grades
Corbel
12. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Corbel
Extreme Temperature Construction
Header Bond
13. Normal way to lay a brick
Asklar
Stretcher
Header Bond
Stone Types and Shapes
14. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond
Single Wythe Wall
Monk Bond
Type S
Type M
15. End of the block
Masonry Weaknesses
Type N
Type O
Header
16. 2nd Monolithic
Metamorphic Rock
SW
Asklar
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
17. Normal way to lay a brick
Dimension Stone
Type O
Stretcher
SW
18. Are porous
Types of Stone
Single Wythe Wall
Course
Moisture Resistances
19. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat
Extreme Temperature Construction
Lime - Water and Sand
NW
Fieldstone
20. Are porous
Reinforcing
Header Bond
Moisture Resistances
Type M
21. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side
Hollow Brick
Soldier
Rowlock
Monk Bond
22. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Stretcher
Double Wythe Wall
Corbel
Runner Bond
23. SW - MW and NW
Brick Grades
Header
Type M
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
24. 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
Manufactured Stone
Moisture Resistances
Igneous Rock
Soldier
25. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load
Type S
Reinforcing
Stack Bond
Lime - Water and Sand
26. Deposited by action of water or wind
Types of Stone
Sedimentary Rock
Single Wythe Wall
Type O
27. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond
Type M
Single Wythe Wall
Bricklaying Terms
Asklar
28. Running bond every so many coarse
Flagstone
Rubble Stone
Header
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
29. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is
Wythe
Types of Stone
NW
Stack Bond
30. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Asklar
Header Bond
Raking Stretcher Bond
Type S
31. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall
SW
Rubble Stone
Types of Stone Masonry
Reinforcing
32. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)
Cored Brick
Corbel
Rowlock
Runner Bond
33. Stacked on top
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Asklar
Type S
Stack Bond
34. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock
Types of Stone
Stack Bond
MW
Header
35. Cut Stone and Asklar
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Dimension Stone
Double Wythe Wall
Moisture Resistances
36. Course - Wythe - Stretcher - Header - Rowlock - Soldier and Corbel
Bricklaying Terms
MW
Soldier
Brick Types
37. Bigger hole / add rebar
Sedimentary Rock
Hollow Brick
Double Wythe Wall
Extreme Temperature Construction
38. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Bond Types
Soldier
Mortar Joint
Header Bond
39. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile
Brick Grades
Types of Stone Masonry
SW
Concrete Block Advantages
40. Stacked on top
Header Bond
Rowlock
Header Bond
Stack Bond
41. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides
Moisture Resistances
Course
Solid Brick
Brick Grades
42. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall
Bond Types
Igneous Rock
Brick Types
Reinforcing
43. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.
Type N
Brick Grades
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Extreme Temperature Construction
44. Header - stretch - header
SW
Hollow Brick
Type N
Monk Bond
45. Rock deposited in a molton state
Types of Stone
Igneous Rock
Bond Types
SW
46. Stood up rowlock
Soldier
Stack Bond
Reinforcing
MW
47. Deposited by action of water or wind
Sedimentary Rock
Double Wythe Wall
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Hollow Brick
48. Will over lap the one below it by half the dimension over laps 1/3 of the brick
Raking Stretcher Bond
SW
Stone Types and Shapes
Concrete Block Advantages
49. Bigger hole / add rebar
Hollow Brick
Dimension Stone
NW
Lime - Water and Sand
50. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer
Rubble Stone
Type M
Stretcher
SW