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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. Deposited by action of water or wind
Flagstone
Types of Stone Masonry
Stretcher
Sedimentary Rock
2. SW - MW and NW
Brick Grades
Dimension Stone
Bond Types
Flemish Bond
3. Rock deposited in a molton state
Type M
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Igneous Rock
MW
4. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Soldier
Header Bond
Corbel
Rubble Stone
5. 3rd Today
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Stack Bond
Type S
Brick Types
6. Stood up rowlock
Hollow Brick
Type N
Soldier
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
7. 3rd Today
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Cored Brick
Type N
Fieldstone
8. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall
Cored Brick
Moisture Resistances
Rowlock
Bond Types
9. Will over lap the one below it by half the dimension over laps 1/3 of the brick
Raking Stretcher Bond
Cored Brick
Type N
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
10. Bigger hole / add rebar
Hollow Brick
Double Wythe Wall
Moisture Resistances
Bricklaying Terms
11. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads
Brick Grades
Hollow Brick
Metamorphic Rock
Type S
12. Course - Wythe - Stretcher - Header - Rowlock - Soldier and Corbel
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Soldier
Bricklaying Terms
Types of Stone Masonry
13. 1st CO
Rubble Stone
Lime - Water and Sand
Rowlock
Runner Bond
14. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.
Type N
Flemish Bond
Mortar Joint
Reinforcing
15. SW - MW and NW
Igneous Rock
Type M
Brick Grades
Types of Stone
16. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Single Wythe Wall
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Dimension Stone
Header Bond
17. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Flemish Bond
Header Bond
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Types of Stone Masonry
18. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)
Accessories
Masonry Weaknesses
Asklar
SW
19. Every other coarse and repeats itself
Flagstone
Hollow Brick
Bricklaying Terms
Runner Bond
20. Will over lap the one below it by half the dimension over laps 1/3 of the brick
Flemish Bond
Raking Stretcher Bond
MW
Type M
21. Normal way to lay a brick
Flagstone
Manufactured Stone
Stretcher
Lime - Water and Sand
22. Are large slabs
Course
Cut Stone
Stretcher
Bond Types
23. Rubble and Coursed
Types of Stone Masonry
Hollow Brick
Bond Types
Dimension Stone
24. Stacked on top
Types of Stone Masonry
Stack Bond
Metamorphic Rock
Type O
25. Rough building stone that is obtained from riverbeds and rock strewn fields
Fieldstone
Dimension Stone
Types of Stone
Solid Brick
26. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone
Single Wythe Wall
Flagstone
Extreme Temperature Construction
Accessories
27. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall
Rubble Stone
Bricklaying Terms
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Type O
28. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall
Course
Moisture Resistances
MW
Rubble Stone
29. Stacked on top
Monk Bond
NW
Stack Bond
Accessories
30. Header - stretch - header
Brick Grades
Double Wythe Wall
Monk Bond
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
31. Soft Mud Process - Dry Mud Process and Stiff Mud Process
Raking Stretcher Bond
Mortar Joint
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Accessories
32. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond
Single Wythe Wall
Dimension Stone
Brick Types
Sedimentary Rock
33. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)
Mortar Joint
Masonry Weaknesses
Asklar
Solid Brick
34. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat
Solid Brick
Stack Bond
Hollow Brick
Extreme Temperature Construction
35. 2nd Monolithic
Hollow Brick
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Bond Types
NW
36. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer
Types of Stone Masonry
Igneous Rock
Header
SW
37. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
MW
Flagstone
Type N
38. Are porous
Moisture Resistances
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Corbel
Stack Bond
39. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged
Fieldstone
Brick Types
Bricklaying Terms
Mortar Joint
40. Running bond every so many coarse
Stone Types and Shapes
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Masonry Weaknesses
Extreme Temperature Construction
41. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side
Rowlock
Sedimentary Rock
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Single Wythe Wall
42. Header - stretch - header
Stack Bond
Double Wythe Wall
Stack Bond
Monk Bond
43. 1 horizontal row of Brick
Reinforcing
Asklar
Course
Fieldstone
44. Rubble and Coursed
Metamorphic Rock
Igneous Rock
Types of Stone Masonry
Reinforcing
45. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock
Types of Stone
Flagstone
Runner Bond
Reinforcing
46. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade
Monk Bond
Bricklaying Terms
Dimension Stone
Type M
47. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is
Extreme Temperature Construction
Wythe
Flagstone
SW
48. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side
Manufactured Stone
Cut Stone
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Rowlock
49. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Stack Bond
Corbel
Type N
SW
50. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)
Cored Brick
Manufactured Stone
Accessories
Types of Stone