Chapter 8 - Online Quiz Flashcards
The most common mortar joint thickness is
3/8”
Masonry units should always be wetted before laying. T/F
False
There is no truly standard brick size. T/F
True
You would be least likely to see a mason’s apprentice performing which of the following
laying a lead (installing the bricks in a building’s corner)
It is almost impossible to build brick walls that contain steel reinforcing bars. T/F
False
The low-lift method and the high-lift method are used to describe different procedures for
grouting reinforced brick walls
Leads are constructed in brick and block wall construction to accomplish all of the following except
accommodate lintel installation at openings in the wall
Bricks shrink considerably during drying and firing. T/F
True
The most common type of large-scale reinforced brick masonry wall is characterized by
low-lift or high-lift grouting of a continuous cavity that contains the reinforcing bars
Portland cement mortar that is growing hard before use way be retempered with water and used
within 90 minutes of its mixing
In english bond brickwork
both of the above
Which word doesn’t belong with the others?
stile
Quoins are associated with
corners of masonry walls
Flemish bond is purely decorative. T/F
False
The terms vitrification, oxidation, water smoking, and flashing are all associated with
firing bricks in a kiln
Which of the following mortar joint profiles are appropriate to use outdoors in a severe climate?
b and c
Some brick bonds like flemish bond, common bond, and english bond involve double wythes. But these structural bonds are not used much in new consrtuction today because
these are load-bearing bonds, but most brick used on buildings today is not load-bearing
Which brick manufacturing process produces a molded brick by pressing the clay/water mix into steel molds?
dry press
It is possible to build dome without using formwork. T/F
True
Which of the following structural bonding patterns for bricks features a single wythe?
running bond
Mortar is of little consequence to finished appearance of a brick wall. T/F
False
Quicklime is mixed with portland cement, sand, and water to make mortar. T/F
False
