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Masonry Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






2. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






3. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






4. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






5. Bigger hole / add rebar






6. Header - stretch - header






7. Stood up rowlock






8. Looks like running bond but made from headers






9. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






10. Normal way to lay a brick






11. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






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






13. Every other coarse and repeats itself






14. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






15. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






16. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






17. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






18. Header - stretch - header






19. Stretcher - header - stretcher






20. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






21. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






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






24. Rock deposited in a molton state






25. Stacked on top






26. 1st CO






27. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






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






29. Rubble and Coursed






30. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






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






32. End of the block






33. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






34. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






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






36. 3rd Today






37. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






38. 1st CO






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






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






41. Stretcher - header - stretcher






42. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






43. Cut Stone and Asklar






44. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






45. End of the block






46. Stood up rowlock






47. Rubble and Coursed






48. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






49. Are large slabs






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