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






2. Header - stretch - header






3. SW - MW and NW






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






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






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






7. 1 horizontal row of Brick






8. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






9. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






10. Rubble and Coursed






11. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






12. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






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






14. 1st CO






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






16. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






17. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






18. Rubble and Coursed






19. 1st CO






20. 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






21. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






22. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






23. Bigger hole / add rebar






24. 3rd Today






25. 3rd Today






26. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






27. SW - MW and NW






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






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






30. End of the block






31. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






32. Cut Stone and Asklar






33. Deposited by action of water or wind






34. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






35. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






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






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






38. Weakest in most masonry wall






39. Normal way to lay a brick






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






41. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






42. Stretcher - header - stretcher






43. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






44. Rock deposited in a molton state






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






46. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






47. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






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






49. Weakest in most masonry wall






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