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Masonry Basics
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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
Masonry Weaknesses
Corbel
Rubble Stone
Monk Bond
2. 3rd Today
Brick Types
Type M
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Runner Bond
3. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat
Extreme Temperature Construction
Bricklaying Terms
Solid Brick
Masonry Weaknesses
4. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides
Stretcher
Hollow Brick
Sedimentary Rock
Solid Brick
5. Course - Wythe - Stretcher - Header - Rowlock - Soldier and Corbel
Fieldstone
Bricklaying Terms
Manufactured Stone
Cored Brick
6. Rough building stone that is obtained from riverbeds and rock strewn fields
Types of Stone Masonry
SW
Fieldstone
Solid Brick
7. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade
Cored Brick
Lime - Water and Sand
Type M
Igneous Rock
8. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Rubble Stone
Concrete Block Advantages
Type O
Corbel
9. 2nd Monolithic
Lime - Water and Sand
Mortar Joint
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
10. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall
Type S
Header
Rubble Stone
Sedimentary Rock
11. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty
Double Wythe Wall
Igneous Rock
MW
Stretcher
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
Manufactured Stone
Bricklaying Terms
Stretcher
Bricklaying Terms
13. Every other coarse and repeats itself
Types of Stone Masonry
Hollow Brick
Cut Stone
Runner Bond
14. Weakest in most masonry wall
Concrete Block Advantages
Hollow Brick
Single Wythe Wall
Mortar Joint
15. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged
Flagstone
Monk Bond
Flemish Bond
Brick Types
16. Rock deposited in a molton state
Raking Stretcher Bond
Metamorphic Rock
Cut Stone
Igneous Rock
17. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock
Solid Brick
Dimension Stone
Types of Stone
Wythe
18. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock
Igneous Rock
Brick Grades
Types of Stone
Flagstone
19. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Monk Bond
Concrete Block Advantages
Type S
20. Normal way to lay a brick
Stretcher
Extreme Temperature Construction
Raking Stretcher Bond
Types of Stone
21. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone
Stone Types and Shapes
SW
NW
Single Wythe Wall
22. Soft Mud Process - Dry Mud Process and Stiff Mud Process
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Types of Stone
Accessories
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
23. Deposited by action of water or wind
Rowlock
Sedimentary Rock
Moisture Resistances
Brick Types
24. Stretcher - header - stretcher
Flemish Bond
Bricklaying Terms
Flagstone
Lime - Water and Sand
25. Stacked on top
Masonry Weaknesses
Metamorphic Rock
Accessories
Stack Bond
26. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side
Monk Bond
Rowlock
Accessories
Moisture Resistances
27. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads
Type S
Masonry Weaknesses
Solid Brick
NW
28. Running bond every so many coarse
Concrete Block Advantages
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Extreme Temperature Construction
Header
29. Thin slabs of stone that are used for flooring and paving either rectangular or irregular in outline
Flagstone
Header
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Wythe
30. Are porous
Type M
Types of Stone Masonry
Moisture Resistances
Type N
31. 1st CO
Wythe
Double Wythe Wall
Runner Bond
Lime - Water and Sand
32. Looks like running bond but made from headers
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Header Bond
Moisture Resistances
Cut Stone
33. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond
Single Wythe Wall
Bricklaying Terms
Cut Stone
SW
34. Cut Stone and Asklar
Dimension Stone
Bond Types
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Manufactured Stone
35. SW - MW and NW
Course
Cut Stone
Brick Grades
Dimension Stone
36. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.
Type O
Cored Brick
Cut Stone
Solid Brick
37. Weakest in most masonry wall
Header Bond
Mortar Joint
Type S
Stretcher
38. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone
Brick Types
Manufactured Stone
Stone Types and Shapes
Soldier
39. End of the block
Flagstone
Lime - Water and Sand
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Header
40. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer
Header Bond
Brick Grades
Raking Stretcher Bond
SW
41. Are large slabs
Cut Stone
Brick Grades
Type O
SW
42. Header - stretch - header
Monk Bond
Cut Stone
Lime - Water and Sand
Bond Types
43. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side
Dimension Stone
Header Bond
Rowlock
Single Wythe Wall
44. 2nd Monolithic
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Type N
Stone Types and Shapes
45. Stretcher - header - stretcher
Flemish Bond
Corbel
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Cored Brick
46. Normal way to lay a brick
Reinforcing
Metamorphic Rock
SW
Stretcher
47. 3rd Today
Type O
Reinforcing
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Rubble Stone
48. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load
Reinforcing
Raking Stretcher Bond
Bricklaying Terms
Cored Brick
49. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load
Wythe
Brick Grades
Reinforcing
Stretcher
50. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides
Header
Rubble Stone
NW
Solid Brick