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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. Stacked on top
Cut Stone
Sedimentary Rock
Rowlock
Stack Bond
2. Will over lap the one below it by half the dimension over laps 1/3 of the brick
Flagstone
Manufactured Stone
Asklar
Raking Stretcher Bond
3. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.
Rowlock
Type N
Asklar
Mortar Joint
4. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is
Wythe
Concrete Block Advantages
Solid Brick
Types of Stone
5. Stood up rowlock
Sedimentary Rock
Cored Brick
Soldier
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
6. Normal way to lay a brick
Stretcher
Asklar
Solid Brick
Double Wythe Wall
7. SW - MW and NW
Concrete Block Advantages
Brick Grades
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
8. Every other coarse and repeats itself
Header Bond
Masonry Weaknesses
Runner Bond
Single Wythe Wall
9. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat
Extreme Temperature Construction
Runner Bond
Wythe
Dimension Stone
10. Horizontal Reinforcing - Joint - Grout - Bond Beam - Vertical Reinforcing - Surface Bonding and Severe Seismic Zones or High Impact load
Lime - Water and Sand
Masonry Weaknesses
Reinforcing
SW
11. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications
NW
Flagstone
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Runner Bond
12. Stacked on top
Dimension Stone
Lime - Water and Sand
Stack Bond
Bricklaying Terms
13. Are large slabs
Cut Stone
Cored Brick
Igneous Rock
Stretcher
14. Stretcher - header - stretcher
Flemish Bond
Corbel
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Header Bond
15. Weakest in most masonry wall
Igneous Rock
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Rowlock
Mortar Joint
16. Running bond every so many coarse
Types of Stone
Mortar Joint
Solid Brick
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
17. Rock deposited in a molton state
Monk Bond
Types of Stone
Corbel
Igneous Rock
18. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Metamorphic Rock
Stone Types and Shapes
SW
19. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction
Masonry Weaknesses
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Types of Stone Masonry
NW
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
Cut Stone
Type N
Manufactured Stone
Header Bond
21. Be a Brick across multiple withs flat or on it's side
Lime - Water and Sand
Reinforcing
Rowlock
Wythe
22. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads
Dimension Stone
Types of Stone Masonry
Type S
Sedimentary Rock
23. Deposited by action of water or wind
Cored Brick
Sedimentary Rock
Type O
SW
24. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock
Solid Brick
Double Wythe Wall
Types of Stone
Course
25. Rubble and Coursed
Stack Bond
Reinforcing
Types of Stone Masonry
Type S
26. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer
Solid Brick
Rubble Stone
SW
Rubble Stone
27. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Asklar
Wythe
Header
28. Looks like running bond but made from headers
Header Bond
Concrete Block Advantages
Stack Bond
Type N
29. Either igneous or sedimentary has been transformed by heat and pressure into a diff types of rock
Stretcher
Lime - Water and Sand
Metamorphic Rock
Brick Grades
30. Weakest in most masonry wall
Mortar Joint
Sedimentary Rock
Type S
Fieldstone
31. Consists of irregular quarried fragments that have at least one good face to expose in a wall
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Rubble Stone
Concrete Block Advantages
NW
32. Rough building stone that is obtained from riverbeds and rock strewn fields
Double Wythe Wall
Fieldstone
Extreme Temperature Construction
Runner Bond
33. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.
Fieldstone
Raking Stretcher Bond
Type O
Header
34. Rough building stone that is obtained from riverbeds and rock strewn fields
Metamorphic Rock
3 Methods to Make Bricks
Rubble Stone
Fieldstone
35. Cold Weather - Dry Ingredients - Accelerate Cure - Batch Size - Enclosures and Heat
MW
Solid Brick
Extreme Temperature Construction
Corbel
36. Brick with holes in em (Better gripping strength)
Cored Brick
Header
Accessories
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
37. Running bond every so many coarse
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
Portland Cement - Water - lime and Sand
Lime - Water and Sand
Bond Types
38. Limited spanning capability / small opening in brick walls each brick sticks out more
Mortar Joint
NW
Bricklaying Terms
Corbel
39. Bigger hole / add rebar
Hollow Brick
Brick Types
Flemish Bond
Common Bond or Ameican Bond
40. End of the block
Concrete Block Advantages
Header
Corbel
Dimension Stone
41. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction
Reinforcing
Concrete Block Advantages
Masonry Weaknesses
Double Wythe Wall
42. Header Bond - Stack Bond - Flemish Bond - Monk Bond - English Bond and Common Bond or American Bond
Rubble Stone
Type M
Double Wythe Wall
Asklar
43. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone
Moisture Resistances
Header Bond
Stretcher
Accessories
44. 2nd Monolithic
Moisture Resistances
Concrete Block Advantages
Portland Cement - Water and Sand
Dimension Stone
45. Cut Stone and Asklar
Fieldstone
Type N
Dimension Stone
Stretcher
46. 1 horizontal row of Brick
Stretcher
Runner Bond
Single Wythe Wall
Course
47. Normal way to lay a brick
Stretcher
Brick Grades
Metamorphic Rock
Lime - Water and Sand
48. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile
Accessories
Extreme Temperature Construction
Extreme Temperature Construction
Concrete Block Advantages
49. Are large slabs
Types of Stone Masonry
Cut Stone
MW
Manufactured Stone
50. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone
Header Bond
Stone Types and Shapes
Cored Brick
Brick Types