Chapter 8 - Online Quiz

Question 1

The most common mortar joint thickness is

Answer 1

3/8”

Question 2

Masonry units should always be wetted before laying. T/F

Answer 2

False

Question 3

There is no truly standard brick size. T/F

Answer 3

True

Question 4

You would be least likely to see a mason’s apprentice performing which of the following

Answer 4

laying a lead (installing the bricks in a building’s corner)

Question 5

It is almost impossible to build brick walls that contain steel reinforcing bars. T/F

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The low-lift method and the high-lift method are used to describe different procedures for

Answer 6

grouting reinforced brick walls

Question 7

Leads are constructed in brick and block wall construction to accomplish all of the following except

Answer 7

accommodate lintel installation at openings in the wall

Question 8

Bricks shrink considerably during drying and firing. T/F

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The most common type of large-scale reinforced brick masonry wall is characterized by

Answer 9

low-lift or high-lift grouting of a continuous cavity that contains the reinforcing bars

Question 10

Portland cement mortar that is growing hard before use way be retempered with water and used

Answer 10

within 90 minutes of its mixing

Question 11

In english bond brickwork

Answer 11

both of the above

Question 12

Which word doesn’t belong with the others?

Answer 12

stile

Question 13

Quoins are associated with

Answer 13

corners of masonry walls

Question 14

Flemish bond is purely decorative. T/F

Answer 14

False

Question 15

The terms vitrification, oxidation, water smoking, and flashing are all associated with

Answer 15

firing bricks in a kiln

Question 16

Which of the following mortar joint profiles are appropriate to use outdoors in a severe climate?

Answer 16

b and c

Question 17

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

Answer 17

these are load-bearing bonds, but most brick used on buildings today is not load-bearing

Question 18

Which brick manufacturing process produces a molded brick by pressing the clay/water mix into steel molds?

Answer 18

dry press

Question 19

It is possible to build dome without using formwork. T/F

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Which of the following structural bonding patterns for bricks features a single wythe?

Answer 20

running bond

Question 21

Mortar is of little consequence to finished appearance of a brick wall. T/F

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Quicklime is mixed with portland cement, sand, and water to make mortar. T/F

Answer 22

False