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Masonry Basics
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Instructions:
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. Deposited by action of water or wind
Stack Bond
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Sedimentary Rock
Flemish Bond
2. Deposited by action of water or wind
Flemish Bond
Rubble Stone
Sedimentary Rock
Flagstone
3. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock
Types of Stone
Header
Moisture Resistances
Brick Grades
4. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Reinforcing
Corbel
Types of Stone Masonry
Brick Types
5. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade
Mortar Joint
Manufactured Stone
Type M
Moisture Resistances
6. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer
Sedimentary Rock
Types of Stone
SW
Igneous Rock
7. End of the block
Metamorphic Rock
Flemish Bond
Header
Flagstone
8. Stretcher - header - stretcher
Single Wythe Wall
Rubble Stone
Flemish Bond
Fieldstone
9. Normal way to lay a brick
Moisture Resistances
Stretcher
Cored Brick
Type S
10. 2nd Monolithic
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Header
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
11. Will over lap the one below it by half the dimension over laps 1/3 of the brick
Raking Stretcher Bond
Stone Types and Shapes
Moisture Resistances
Masonry Weaknesses
12. Stacked on top
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Stone Types and Shapes
Stack Bond
NW
13. Cut Stone and Asklar
Dimension Stone
Wythe
Lime - Water and Sand
Stone Types and Shapes
14. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.
Runner Bond
Stretcher
Extreme Temperature Construction
Type N
15. Are large slabs
Type M
Cut Stone
Raking Stretcher Bond
Flemish Bond
16. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline
Single Wythe Wall
Header Bond
Stack Bond
Flagstone
17. Either igneous or sedimentary has been transformed by heat and pressure into a diff types of rock
Course
Fieldstone
Metamorphic Rock
Raking Stretcher Bond
18. 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
Hollow Brick
Manufactured Stone
Bond Types
Rowlock
19. Running bond every so many coarse
Soldier
Stretcher
Dimension Stone
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
20. Every other coarse and repeats itself
Header Bond
SW
Masonry Weaknesses
Runner Bond
21. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications
NW
Types of Stone
Mortar Joint
3 Methods to Make Bricks
22. Either igneous or sedimentary has been transformed by heat and pressure into a diff types of rock
Dimension Stone
Concrete Block Advantages
Flagstone
Metamorphic Rock
23. Stood up rowlock
Dimension Stone
Hollow Brick
Types of Stone
Soldier
24. Course - Wythe - Stretcher - Header - Rowlock - Soldier and Corbel
Manufactured Stone
Bricklaying Terms
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Metamorphic Rock
25. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile
Concrete Block Advantages
Double Wythe Wall
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Raking Stretcher Bond
26. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)
Reinforcing
Type S
Course
Cored Brick
27. Rubble and Coursed
Monk Bond
Types of Stone Masonry
Corbel
Manufactured Stone
28. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load
Reinforcing
Extreme Temperature Construction
Single Wythe Wall
Wythe
29. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat
Hollow Brick
Fieldstone
Extreme Temperature Construction
Brick Types
30. Header - stretch - header
Hollow Brick
Reinforcing
Masonry Weaknesses
Monk Bond
31. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged
Brick Types
Type N
Type O
Concrete Block Advantages
32. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone
Course
Extreme Temperature Construction
Accessories
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
33. Stacked on top
Bricklaying Terms
Lime - Water and Sand
Stack Bond
Asklar
34. Header Bond - Stack Bond - Flemish Bond - Monk Bond - English Bond and Common Bond or American Bond
Type M
Corbel
Double Wythe Wall
Flagstone
35. Weakest in most masonry wall
Cut Stone
Accessories
Mortar Joint
Reinforcing
36. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)
Asklar
Stone Types and Shapes
Metamorphic Rock
Double Wythe Wall
37. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock
Cut Stone
Moisture Resistances
Lime - Water and Sand
Types of Stone
38. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides
Cored Brick
Solid Brick
Type O
Mortar Joint
39. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)
Accessories
Mortar Joint
Asklar
Soldier
40. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads
Type S
Flagstone
Reinforcing
Type O
41. 1 horizontal row of Brick
Types of Stone
Masonry Weaknesses
Stone Types and Shapes
Course
42. 1st CO
Lime - Water and Sand
Stack Bond
Corbel
Moisture Resistances
43. Course - Wythe - Stretcher - Header - Rowlock - Soldier and Corbel
Bond Types
Accessories
Bricklaying Terms
SW
44. 3rd Today
Extreme Temperature Construction
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Stone Types and Shapes
Dimension Stone
45. 2nd Monolithic
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Single Wythe Wall
Type M
NW
46. 1 horizontal row of Brick
Course
Stone Types and Shapes
Bond Types
Hollow Brick
47. SW - MW and NW
Brick Grades
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Types of Stone Masonry
Single Wythe Wall
48. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Header Bond
Sedimentary Rock
Reinforcing
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
49. End of the block
Extreme Temperature Construction
Accessories
NW
Header
50. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is
Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Wythe
Reinforcing