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






2. Stood up rowlock






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






4. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






6. 1st CO






7. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






8. Stretcher - header - stretcher






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






10. Are large slabs






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






12. Header - stretch - header






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






14. Stretcher - header - stretcher






15. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






16. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






17. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






18. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






19. Looks like running bond but made from headers






20. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






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






22. End of the block






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






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






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






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






27. 3rd Today






28. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






29. Stood up rowlock






30. SW - MW and NW






31. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






32. Header - stretch - header






33. Stacked on top






34. Every other coarse and repeats itself






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






36. Running bond every so many coarse






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






38. 1 horizontal row of Brick






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






40. Rubble and Coursed






41. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






43. Rock deposited in a molton state






44. Weakest in most masonry wall






45. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






46. Bigger hole / add rebar






47. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






48. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






49. Are porous






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