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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. SW - MW and NW






2. End of the block






3. SW - MW and NW






4. 1st CO






5. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






6. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






7. Every other coarse and repeats itself






8. 1st CO






9. 3rd Today






10. Running bond every so many coarse






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






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






13. Rubble and Coursed






14. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






16. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






17. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






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






19. Are large slabs






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






21. Stacked on top






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






23. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






25. 2nd Monolithic






26. Rock deposited in a molton state






27. Stretcher - header - stretcher






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






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






30. Header - stretch - header






31. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






32. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






33. 2nd Monolithic






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






35. Normal way to lay a brick






36. Deposited by action of water or wind






37. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






38. 3rd Today






39. Bigger hole / add rebar






40. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






42. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






43. Are large slabs






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






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






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






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






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






49. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






50. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty