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Masonry Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Rock deposited in a molton state






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






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






4. Rubble and Coursed






5. Rubble and Coursed






6. 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






7. End of the block






8. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






9. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






10. 1st CO






11. 3rd Today






12. 1 horizontal row of Brick






13. 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






14. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






16. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






17. Are porous






18. Running bond every so many coarse






19. Normal way to lay a brick






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






21. Normal way to lay a brick






22. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






23. 3rd Today






24. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






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






26. 2nd Monolithic






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






28. Deposited by action of water or wind






29. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






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






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






32. Stacked on top






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






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






35. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






36. Stood up rowlock






37. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






38. Header - stretch - header






39. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






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






41. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






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






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






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






45. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






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






47. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






48. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






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






50. Looks like running bond but made from headers