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Masonry Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






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






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






4. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






5. Are porous






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






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






8. 2nd Monolithic






9. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






10. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






11. 3rd Today






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






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






14. Deposited by action of water or wind






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






16. Header - stretch - header






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






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






19. Stood up rowlock






20. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






21. Stacked on top






22. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






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






24. Bigger hole / add rebar






25. 2nd Monolithic






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






27. Stood up rowlock






28. Rock deposited in a molton state






29. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






30. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






31. 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






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






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






34. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






35. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






36. 1st CO






37. Looks like running bond but made from headers






38. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






39. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






40. Header - stretch - header






41. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






42. 3rd Today






43. Running bond every so many coarse






44. Every other coarse and repeats itself






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






46. Normal way to lay a brick






47. SW - MW and NW






48. Normal way to lay a brick






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






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