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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. Normal way to lay a brick






2. End of the block






3. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






4. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






5. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






6. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






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






8. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






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






11. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






12. Looks like running bond but made from headers






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






14. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






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






16. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






18. Are large slabs






19. Weakest in most masonry wall






20. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






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






22. Header - stretch - header






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






24. Are porous






25. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






26. 2nd Monolithic






27. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






29. Bigger hole / add rebar






30. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






31. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






32. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






33. Looks like running bond but made from headers






34. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






35. Stretcher - header - stretcher






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






37. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






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






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






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






41. 1st CO






42. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






43. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






44. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






45. 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






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






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






48. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






49. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






50. Running bond every so many coarse