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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. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






2. 2nd Monolithic






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






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






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






6. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






7. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






8. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






9. Every other coarse and repeats itself






10. Are porous






11. Are porous






12. 1 horizontal row of Brick






13. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






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






16. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






17. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






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






19. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






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






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






22. 2nd Monolithic






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






24. Weakest in most masonry wall






25. 1 horizontal row of Brick






26. Header - stretch - header






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






28. Every other coarse and repeats itself






29. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






30. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






31. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






32. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






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






34. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






35. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






36. Deposited by action of water or wind






37. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






38. Rock deposited in a molton state






39. 3rd Today






40. End of the block






41. Normal way to lay a brick






42. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






43. Header - stretch - header






44. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






45. Weakest in most masonry wall






46. Are large slabs






47. Bigger hole / add rebar






48. Deposited by action of water or wind






49. Looks like running bond but made from headers






50. Running bond every so many coarse