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






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






3. Every other coarse and repeats itself






4. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






5. Looks like running bond but made from headers






6. 1 horizontal row of Brick






7. Running bond every so many coarse






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






9. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






10. Running bond every so many coarse






11. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






12. Stood up rowlock






13. SW - MW and NW






14. Rubble and Coursed






15. Cut Stone and Asklar






16. 1 horizontal row of Brick






17. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






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






19. End of the block






20. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






21. Deposited by action of water or wind






22. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






23. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






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






25. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






26. Are porous






27. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






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






29. Looks like running bond but made from headers






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






31. Header - stretch - header






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






33. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






34. Stacked on top






35. 2nd Monolithic






36. Rock deposited in a molton state






37. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more






38. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






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






40. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






41. Stretcher - header - stretcher






42. 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






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






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






45. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






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






47. Are porous






48. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






49. Deposited by action of water or wind






50. 3rd Today