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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. Header - stretch - header






2. 3rd Today






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






4. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






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






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






7. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






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






9. 2nd Monolithic






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






11. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






12. 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






13. Every other coarse and repeats itself






14. Weakest in most masonry wall






15. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






16. Rock deposited in a molton state






17. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






18. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






19. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






20. Normal way to lay a brick






21. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






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






23. Deposited by action of water or wind






24. Stretcher - header - stretcher






25. Stacked on top






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






27. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






28. Running bond every so many coarse






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






30. Are porous






31. 1st CO






32. Looks like running bond but made from headers






33. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






34. Cut Stone and Asklar






35. SW - MW and NW






36. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






37. Weakest in most masonry wall






38. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






39. End of the block






40. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






41. Are large slabs






42. Header - stretch - header






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






44. 2nd Monolithic






45. Stretcher - header - stretcher






46. Normal way to lay a brick






47. 3rd Today






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






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






50. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides