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






2. Running bond every so many coarse






3. Weakest in most masonry wall






4. Are porous






5. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






6. Deposited by action of water or wind






7. Looks like running bond but made from headers






8. Rubble and Coursed






9. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






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






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






13. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






14. 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






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






16. Deposited by action of water or wind






17. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






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






19. 3rd Today






20. Bigger hole / add rebar






21. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






22. 1st CO






23. Looks like running bond but made from headers






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






25. Every other coarse and repeats itself






26. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






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






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






29. 3rd Today






30. Normal way to lay a brick






31. Rock deposited in a molton state






32. 1st CO






33. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






34. Stood up rowlock






35. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






36. Header - stretch - header






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






38. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






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






40. Stacked on top






41. Normal way to lay a brick






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






43. Running bond every so many coarse






44. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






45. End of the block






46. 2nd Monolithic






47. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






48. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






49. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






50. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond