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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. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






2. Header - stretch - header






3. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






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






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






6. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






7. Bigger hole / add rebar






8. Running bond every so many coarse






9. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






10. Normal way to lay a brick






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






12. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






13. Bigger hole / add rebar






14. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






15. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






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






17. Deposited by action of water or wind






18. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






19. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






20. SW - MW and NW






21. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






22. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






23. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






24. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






25. Stacked on top






26. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






27. Header - stretch - header






28. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






29. Looks like running bond but made from headers






30. Rubble and Coursed






31. Normal way to lay a brick






32. 1st CO






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






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






35. Are porous






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






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






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






39. 1st CO






40. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






41. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






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






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






44. Stretcher - header - stretcher






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






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






47. 1 horizontal row of Brick






48. Running bond every so many coarse






49. SW - MW and NW






50. Stacked on top