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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. End of the block






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






3. 1 horizontal row of Brick






4. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






5. Stretcher - header - stretcher






6. Running bond every so many coarse






7. Stood up rowlock






8. Every other coarse and repeats itself






9. Stacked on top






10. Header - stretch - header






11. End of the block






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






13. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






14. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






15. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






16. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






17. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






18. Header - stretch - header






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






20. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






21. 1st CO






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






23. Rock deposited in a molton state






24. Bigger hole / add rebar






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






26. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






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






28. Stretcher - header - stretcher






29. Are porous






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






31. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






32. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






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






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






35. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






36. Stacked on top






37. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






38. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






39. 3rd Today






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






41. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






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






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






44. Rubble and Coursed






45. Running bond every so many coarse






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






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






48. Are large slabs






49. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






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