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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. 1 horizontal row of Brick






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






3. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






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






5. Running bond every so many coarse






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






7. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






8. Rubble and Coursed






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






10. Are porous






11. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






12. 1st CO






13. Looks like running bond but made from headers






14. 3rd Today






15. Normal way to lay a brick






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






17. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






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






19. Bigger hole / add rebar






20. Are large slabs






21. Made up of squared pieces (rectangular blocks)






22. (1800psi) (12.4 mpa) Medium High Strength - High Flexural - bond strength - only 4 normal compressive loads






23. Rubble and Coursed






24. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






25. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






26. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






27. Running bond every so many coarse






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






29. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






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






31. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






32. End of the block






33. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






34. SW - MW and NW






35. 2nd Monolithic






36. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






37. Stretcher - header - stretcher






38. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






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






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






41. 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






42. Economical - Fast Install - Strength - Versatile






43. (2500psi) (17.25 mpa) High Strength mortar - High lateral - compressive loads - severe frost action - Below grade






44. Stacked on top






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






46. Header - stretch - header






47. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






48. Weakest in most masonry wall






49. Are porous






50. 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