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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.
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. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Type N
Asklar
Types of Stone
Corbel
2. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall
Type O
Cut Stone
Concrete Block Advantages
Rubble Stone
3. Rubble and Coursed
Types of Stone Masonry
Brick Types
Course
Fieldstone
4. Deposited by action of water or wind
Sedimentary Rock
Stone Types and Shapes
Reinforcing
Dimension Stone
5. Every other coarse and repeats itself
Runner Bond
Rubble Stone
Bricklaying Terms
Wythe
6. Bigger hole / add rebar
Hollow Brick
Stretcher
Single Wythe Wall
Double Wythe Wall
7. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)
Corbel
Wythe
Asklar
Type M
8. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Masonry Weaknesses
Dimension Stone
NW
Header Bond
9. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall
Metamorphic Rock
Single Wythe Wall
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Bond Types
10. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is
Types of Stone Masonry
Wythe
Types of Stone
Hollow Brick
11. Running bond every so many coarse
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Metamorphic Rock
Hollow Brick
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
12. Rock deposited in a molton state
NW
Mortar Joint
Bricklaying Terms
Igneous Rock
13. Rough building stone that is obtained from riverbeds and rock strewn fields
Asklar
SW
Fieldstone
Type M
14. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction
Rubble Stone
Double Wythe Wall
Mortar Joint
Masonry Weaknesses
15. Stretcher - header - stretcher
Soldier
Reinforcing
Flemish Bond
Type N
16. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.
Dimension Stone
Type N
Cored Brick
Sedimentary Rock
17. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)
Masonry Weaknesses
Bond Types
Masonry Weaknesses
Cored Brick
18. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)
Lime - Water and Sand
Bricklaying Terms
Cored Brick
Stone Types and Shapes
19. Running bond every so many coarse
Stretcher
Flemish Bond
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Cored Brick
20. Cut Stone and Asklar
MW
Manufactured Stone
Manufactured Stone
Dimension Stone
21. 3rd Today
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Moisture Resistances
Single Wythe Wall
22. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides
Solid Brick
Type O
Types of Stone
Brick Grades
23. Weakest in most masonry wall
Header Bond
Corbel
Mortar Joint
Igneous Rock
24. Rock deposited in a molton state
Bricklaying Terms
Raking Stretcher Bond
Igneous Rock
Types of Stone Masonry
25. 1 horizontal row of Brick
Types of Stone
Course
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Corbel
26. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction
NW
Monk Bond
Rowlock
Masonry Weaknesses
27. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Soldier
Flagstone
Concrete Block Advantages
28. Stacked on top
Masonry Weaknesses
Sedimentary Rock
Dimension Stone
Stack Bond
29. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.
Extreme Temperature Construction
Rubble Stone
Metamorphic Rock
Type O
30. Bigger hole / add rebar
Monk Bond
Fieldstone
Lime - Water and Sand
Hollow Brick
31. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone
Asklar
Accessories
Hollow Brick
Solid Brick
32. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged
Lime - Water and Sand
Brick Types
Manufactured Stone
Brick Grades
33. Header Bond - Stack Bond - Flemish Bond - Monk Bond - English Bond and Common Bond or American Bond
Course
Double Wythe Wall
Types of Stone Masonry
NW
34. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond
Cored Brick
Concrete Block Advantages
Single Wythe Wall
Rowlock
35. Every other coarse and repeats itself
Runner Bond
Wythe
Types of Stone Masonry
Cut Stone
36. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads
Raking Stretcher Bond
Type S
Igneous Rock
Rubble Stone
37. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load
Raking Stretcher Bond
Soldier
Cored Brick
Reinforcing
38. Stood up rowlock
Concrete Block Advantages
Soldier
Mortar Joint
Solid Brick
39. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.
Sedimentary Rock
Moisture Resistances
Type O
Bricklaying Terms
40. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade
Metamorphic Rock
Runner Bond
Type M
Asklar
41. Stretcher - header - stretcher
Lime - Water and Sand
Monk Bond
Flemish Bond
Accessories
42. 2nd Monolithic
Solid Brick
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Rubble Stone
Extreme Temperature Construction
43. 1st CO
Type N
Cut Stone
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Lime - Water and Sand
44. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Bond Types
Concrete Block Advantages
Hollow Brick
Header Bond
45. Soft Mud Process - Dry Mud Process and Stiff Mud Process
Types of Stone
Sedimentary Rock
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
46. Are porous
Moisture Resistances
Cut Stone
Type M
Brick Types
47. Deposited by action of water or wind
Double Wythe Wall
Manufactured Stone
Sedimentary Rock
Header Bond
48. Rubble and Coursed
Cut Stone
Header Bond
Course
Types of Stone Masonry
49. End of the block
Single Wythe Wall
Header
Lime - Water and Sand
Sedimentary Rock
50. 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
Cut Stone
Rubble Stone
Dimension Stone
Manufactured Stone