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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. Severe weathering - Harsh Winter - Springs - Summer






2. Rubble and Coursed






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






4. Stretcher - header - stretcher






5. 3rd Today






6. 3rd Today






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






8. Is a layer / bricks wide a wall is






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






10. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






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






12. (30psi) (2.40) Medium Low Strength - Non load bearing interior.






13. Negligible Weathering - Indoor sheltered applications






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






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






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






17. Stacked on top






18. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






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






20. SW - MW and NW






21. Running bond every so many coarse






22. Deposited by action of water or wind






23. Weakest in most masonry wall






24. Are large slabs






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






26. Igneous Rock - Sedimentary Rock and Metamorphic Rock






27. Looks like running bond but made from headers






28. Single Wythe Wall and Double Wythe Wall






29. Rubble and Coursed






30. End of the block






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






32. 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






33. Stacked on top






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






35. Normal way to lay a brick






36. Runner Bond and Raking Stretcher Bond






37. Lintel - Sill Block and Keystone






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






39. 1 horizontal row of Brick






40. 1 horizontal row of Brick






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






42. (750psi) (5.17) Medium Strength - General use above grade.






43. Rectangle of clay Flat on all sides






44. End of the block






45. SW - MW and NW






46. Fieldstone and Rubble Stone






47. Moderate Weathering / Mild / Lower grade strength durabillty






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






49. Solid - Cored - Hollow and Frogged






50. 1st CO