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






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






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






4. Rubble and Coursed






5. Are porous






6. 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






7. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






8. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






9. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






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






11. 3rd Today






12. Normal way to lay a brick






13. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






14. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






16. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






17. 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






18. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






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






20. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






21. Stretcher - header - stretcher






22. Stood up rowlock






23. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






24. Cut Stone and Asklar






25. Deposited by action of water or wind






26. Stacked on top






27. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






28. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






29. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






30. Deposited by action of water or wind






31. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






32. Running bond every so many coarse






33. Rock deposited in a molton state






34. Are porous






35. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






36. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






37. Looks like running bond but made from headers






38. Bigger hole / add rebar






39. Header - stretch - header






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






41. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






42. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






43. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






44. Stretcher - header - stretcher






45. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






46. Are large slabs






47. 2nd Monolithic






48. Stacked on top






49. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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