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Masonry Basics

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






2. 1 horizontal row of Brick






3. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






4. Stood up rowlock






5. Looks like running bond but made from headers






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






7. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






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






10. Running bond every so many coarse






11. Every other coarse and repeats itself






12. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






13. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






14. Stood up rowlock






15. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






16. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






17. Stacked on top






18. End of the block






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






20. 1st CO






21. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






22. Header - stretch - header






23. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






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






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






26. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






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






28. Stretcher - header - stretcher






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






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






31. 2nd Monolithic






32. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






33. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






34. 2nd Monolithic






35. Deposited by action of water or wind






36. Cut Stone and Asklar






37. Rubble and Coursed






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






39. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






40. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






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






42. 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






43. Bigger hole / add rebar






44. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






45. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






46. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






47. SW - MW and NW






48. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






49. 1 horizontal row of Brick






50. Bigger hole / add rebar