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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. Are porous






2. 3rd Today






3. Rubble and Coursed






4. Stacked on top






5. Are large slabs






6. SW - MW and NW






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






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






9. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






10. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






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






12. End of the block






13. Rock deposited in a molton state






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






15. Stood up rowlock






16. Cut Stone and Asklar






17. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






18. Are porous






19. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






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






21. Bigger hole / add rebar






22. Header - stretch - header






23. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






24. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






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






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






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






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






29. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






30. Rubble and Coursed






31. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






32. Header - stretch - header






33. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






34. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






35. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






36. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






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






38. 3rd Today






39. Every other coarse and repeats itself






40. Bigger hole / add rebar






41. 2nd Monolithic






42. 1 horizontal row of Brick






43. End of the block






44. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






45. Are large slabs






46. Looks like running bond but made from headers






47. Looks like running bond but made from headers






48. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






49. Every other coarse and repeats itself






50. Weakest in most masonry wall