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Masonry Basics

Instructions:
  • 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. Running bond every so many coarse






2. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






3. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






4. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






5. Stood up rowlock






6. Rubble and Coursed






7. 3rd Today






8. Every other coarse and repeats itself






9. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






10. Every other coarse and repeats itself






11. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side






12. Are porous






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






14. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






15. Rock deposited in a molton state






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






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






18. Bigger hole / add rebar






19. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






20. 2nd Monolithic






21. 1st CO






22. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






23. Are large slabs






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






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






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






27. Stretcher - header - stretcher






28. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






30. Stacked on top






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






32. SW - MW and NW






33. End of the block






34. Bigger hole / add rebar






35. Are porous






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






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






38. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






39. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






40. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






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






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






43. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






44. 3rd Today






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






46. Deposited by action of water or wind






47. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






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






49. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






50. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond