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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. Stacked on top






2. Running bond every so many coarse






3. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






4. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






5. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






6. Cut Stone and Asklar






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






8. Stretcher - header - stretcher






9. 2nd Monolithic






10. SW - MW and NW






11. Normal way to lay a brick






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






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






14. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






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






16. End of the block






17. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






18. 2nd Monolithic






19. 1 horizontal row of Brick






20. Normal way to lay a brick






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






22. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






23. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






24. Stacked on top






25. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






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






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






29. Weakest in most masonry wall






30. Header - stretch - header






31. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






32. Stood up rowlock






33. Deposited by action of water or wind






34. Are porous






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






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






37. Running bond every so many coarse






38. Mortar Joint - Moisture Resistance and Extreme Temperature Construction






39. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






40. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






41. Looks like running bond but made from headers






42. 3rd Today






43. Weakest in most masonry wall






44. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






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






46. Stretcher - header - stretcher






47. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






48. 1st CO






49. Bigger hole / add rebar






50. Rubble and Coursed