BLDG TECH 6: MASONRY

Question 1

Building with units of various natural or manufactured products as stone, brick, or concrete block, usually with the use of mortar as a bonding agent

Answer 1

MASONRY

Question 2

the underside of a brick or other masonry unit, or the layer of mortar in which a masonry is laid

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BED

Question 3

A continuous, usually horizontal range of bricks, tiles, or shingles, as in a wall or roof

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COURSE

Question 4

A continuous course of masonry units having the same height from end to end

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RANGE

Question 5

the last masonry unit laid in a course

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CLOSER

Question 6

An arrangement of masonry units to provide strength, stability and in some cases beauty through a setting pattern by lapping over one or mother or by connecting with metal ties

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BOND

Question 7

An ornamental or protective layer, as the outer wythe of a masonry wall

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FACING

Question 8

something that forms the back or provides support, strength, or protection from the back, as the inner wythe/s of a masonry wall

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BACKING

Question 9

An exterior angle of a masonry wall, one of the stones or bricks forming such an angle, usually differentiated from adjoining surfaces material, texture, color, size, or projection

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QUOIN

Question 10

A concrete masonry unit used in concrete floor or roof construction where the soffit of a concrete beam is concealed by a face of the unit

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SOFFIT BLOCK

Question 11

A masonry wall having a facing and backing completely separated except for metal ties and enclosing an inner space serving to prevent penetration by water

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CAVITY WALL

Question 12

A device for lifting a dressed stone or precast concrete panel, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone or panel

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LEWIS

Question 13

A nonstructural facing of brick, stone, concrete, or tile attached to a backing for the purpose of ornamentation, protection, or insulation

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VENEER

Question 14

A plastic mixture of lime or cement, or a combination of both with sand and water, used as a bonding agent in masonry construction

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MORTAR

Question 15

A mortar made by mixing Portland cement, sand, and water

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CEMENT MORTAR

Question 16

A proprietary mix of Portland cement and other ingredients, as hydrated lime, plasticizers, air-entraining agents and gypsum, requiring only the addition of sand and water

Answer 16

MASONRY CEMENT

Question 17

A fluid cement mortar that will flow easing without segregation of the ingredients, used to fill narrow cavities in masonry and consolidate the adjoining materials into solid mass

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GROUT

Question 18

A brick or masonry unit laid horizontally in a wall with the longer edge exposed or parallel to the surface

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STRETCHER

Question 19

A brick or masonry unit laid horizontally in a wall with the shorter end exposed or parallel to the surface

Answer 19

HEADER

Question 20

A brick or masonry unit laid vertically with the longer edge exposed

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SOLDIER

Question 21

A brick or masonry unit laid horizontally on the longer edge with the shorter end exposed

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ROWLOCK/ROLLOCK

Question 22

A brick or masonry unit laid horizontally in the longer edge with the broad face exposed

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SHINER/BULL STRETCHER

Question 23

A brick or masonry unit laid vertically with the broad faced exposed

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SAILOR

Question 24

A precast masonry unit of Portland cement, fine aggregate and water, molded into various shapes

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CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT

Question 25

A wall constructed of hollow masonry unit laid and set with mortar, with adjacent wythes bonded by masonry headers or metal ties

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HOLLOW UNIT MASONRY

Question 26

Hollow unit masonry having certain cells continuously filled with concrete or grout, in which reinforcing steel is embedded for increased resistance to buckling and lateral wind and seismic loads

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REINFORCED HOLLOW-UNIT MASONRY

Question 27

A hollow or solid concrete masonry unit, often incorrectly referred to as cement hollow block

Answer 27

CONCRETE BLOCK

Question 28

A concrete masonry unit having nominal dimension of 4 in x 8 in x 16 in or 5 in X8 in x 16 in

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STRETCHER BLOCK

Question 29

A concrete masonry unit used in constructing non-load-bearing wall, usually having a nominal thickness of 4 in or 6 in

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PARTITION BLOCK

Question 30

A concrete masonry unit having one or more rounded exterior corners

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BULLNOSE BLOCK

Question 31

A concrete masonry unit having a solid end face and used in constructing the end or corner of a wall

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CORNER BLOCK

Question 32

A concrete masonry unit used at the corners of walls to maintain a horizontal coursing with the appearance of full and half length units

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RETURN CORNER BLOCK

Question 33

A concrete masonry unit having solid faces at both ends and used in constructing a masonry pier

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DOUBLE CORNER BLOCK

Question 34

Any of various concrete masonry units used in constructing a plain or reinforced masonry pilaster

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PILASTER BLOCK

Question 35

A solid concrete masonry unit used in constructing the top or finishing course of a masonry wall

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COPING BLOCK

Question 36

A solid concrete masonry unit having a wash to shed rainwater from a sill

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SILL BLOCK

Question 37

A concrete masonry unit having an end slot or rabbet to receive the jamb of a door or window frame

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SASH BLOCK/JAMB BLOCK

Question 38

A concrete masonry unit having a solid top for use as a bearing surface in the finishing course of a foundation wall

Answer 38

CAP BLOCK/SOLID-TOP BLOCK

Question 39

A concrete masonry unit used in constructing a bond beam, having a depressed section in which reinforcing steel can be placed for embedment in grout

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BOND BEAN BLOCK

Question 40

A concrete masonry unit having one end open in which vertical steel reinforcement can be placed for embedment in grout

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OPEN END BLOCK

Question 41

A concrete masonry unit used in constructing a lintel or bond beam, having a U-shaped section in which reinforcing steel can be placed for embedment in gront

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LINTEL BLOCK

Question 42

A concrete masonry unit having a portion of one face shell removed to receive headers in a bonded masonry wall

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HEADER BLOCK

Question 44

A concrete masonry unit having a solid top and a slotted face shell and sometimes fibrous filler, for increased sound absorption

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SOUND-ABSORBING MASONRY UNIT

Question 45

A concrete masonry unit having an irregular face and surface texture caused by the settlement of a wet mix during curing

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SLUMP BLOCK

Question 46

A concrete masonry unit, split lengthwise by a machine after curing to produce a rough, fractured surface texture

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SPLIT-FACE BLOCK

Question 47

A concrete masonry unit having a special ceramic, glazed or polished face

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FACED BLOCK

Question 48

Any of various concrete masonry units having one or more vertical grooves which simulate raked joints

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SCORED BLOCK

Question 49

Any of various concrete masonry units having a face shell with a pattern of beveled recesses

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SHADOW BLOCK

Question 50

A concrete masonry unit used esp. in tropical architecture, having a decorative patter of transverse opening for admitting air and excluding sunlight

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SCREEN BLOCK

Question 51

A masonry unit with louvered face

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LOUVER BLOCK

Question 52

A rubblework having discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses

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RANDOM RUBBLE

Question 53

A rubble wall having approximately level beds and brought at intervals to continuous level courses

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COURSED RUBBLE

Question 54

A rubble wall built of squared stones of varying sizes and coursed at every third or fourth stone

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SQUARED RUBBLE

Question 55

formed with large, irregular blocks of stone fitted closely together without the use of mortar

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CYCLOPEAN

Question 56

A squared bldg stone finely dressed on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints

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ASHLAR

Question 57

Ashlar masonry built in discontinuous courses

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RANDOM ASHLAR

Question 58

Ashlar masonry built of stones having the same height within each course

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COURSED ASHLAR

Question 59

Ashlar masonry laid in horizontal courses of varying heights, any one of which may be broken at intervals into two or more courses

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BROKEN RANGEWORK

Question 60

Ashlar masonry having the visible faces of the dressed stones raised or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints, which may be rabbeted, chamfered or beveled

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RUSTICATION

Question 61

A finishing stone of a structure, as a copestone

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CAPSTONE

Question 62

A stone forming a coping

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COPESTONE

Question 63

A stone molding used as a drip cornice over a window or doorway

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DRIPSTONE

Question 64

Any stones suitable for use in building construction as limestone, marble, or granite

Answer 64

BUILDING STONE

Question 65

Solid mineral matter, naturally formed by the action of heat or water and occurring in fragments or large masses

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ROCK

Question 66

Rock or a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose

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STONE

Question 67

Formed by the crystallization of molten magma as granite, obsidian, and malachite

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IGNEOUS ROCK

Question 68

Rock that has undergone a change in structure, texture, or composition due to the natural agencies, as heat and pressure, especially when the rock becomes harder and more crystalline, as marble and slate

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METAMORPHIC

Question 69

A rock formed by the deposition of sediment by glacial action, as limestone, sandstone, and shale

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SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 70

Consist of rough fragments of broken stone that have at least one good face for exposure in a wall

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RUBBLE

Question 71

What do you call a stone that is carried and squared for a specified thickness, used commonly for wall panels, cornices, coping, lintels, and floorings

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DIMENSION STONE

Question 72

Refers to flat stone slabs used for flooring and horizontal surfacing

Answer 72

FLAGSTONE

Question 73

Refers to stone used as aggregate in concrete products

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CRUSHED STONE

Question 74

What stone is formed from clay, dark blue, with faint shades of green used for floor tiles, stair treads, coping stones, interior wall base, interior window stools of exterior window sills?

Answer 74

ARGILITE

Question 75

What stone is igneous in origin, hard, strong, durable, and capable of taking high pressure polish; red pink yellow green blue white and brown; used for flooring, wall paneling, column, mullion facing, stair treads, and flagstone?

Answer 75

GRANITE

Question 76

What sedimentary rock has no cleavage lines, low in absorption, smooth, uniform in structure and composition, with high compressive and tensile strength, used for wall floor surfaces?

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LIMESTONE

Question 77

What type of rock is a dolomite?

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LIMESTONE

Question 78

What sedimentary rock has pleasing texture with small natural pockets on a cut surface used for interior decorative stone?

Answer 78

TRAVERTINE

Question 79

What metamorphic rock is a recrystallized limestone forming into carara, parian, onyx, and vermont used for flooring wall and column facing?

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MARBLE

Question 80

What igneous rock has mineral serpentine, typically olive green to greenish black but impurities may color the rock used only for interiors due to weathering?

Answer 80

SERPENTINE

Question 81

A class of rock of cemented silica grains with texture ranging from very fine to very coarse, colors may vary from buff, red, and light brown, porous where as 30% of volume composed of pores

Answer 81

SANDSTONE

Question 82

A metamorphosis of clays and shales deposited in layers, may be separated into thin rough sheets, colors are black, green, red, gray, or purple used for flooring, window sills, stools, stair treads, and facing

Answer 82

SLATE

Question 83

What is a sedimentary rock for chiefly by the accumulation of organic remains, as shells and corals, and used as building stone and in the manufacture of lime?

Answer 83

LIMESTONE

Question 84

What is a variety of limestone deposited by spring waters, especially hot springs, sold as a marble in the building trade?

Answer 84

TRAVERTINE

Question 85

A limestone composed of small, round, calcerous grains, resembling fish roe

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OOLITE/EGG STONE

Question 86

What is a sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, clay, or calcium carbonate?

Answer 86

SANDSTONE

Question 87

What is a dense, fine-grained, argillaceous sandstone that splits easily along bedding planes to form thin slabs?

Answer 87

BLUESTONE

Question 88

What is a reddish brown sandstone quarried and used extensively as a building material?

Answer 88

BROWNSTONE

Question 89

What is a massive soft rock containing a high proportion of talc used as dimension stone for hearths, table tops, and carved ornaments?

Answer 89

SOAPSTONE/STEATITE

Question 90

What is a metamorphic rock of crystallized limestone consisting mainly of calcite and dolomite used especially in architecture and sculpture?

Answer 90

MARBLE

Question 91

What is a dense, fine-grained, metamorphic rock formed by the compression of various sediments, as clay and shale?

Answer 91

SLATE

Question 92

What is a compact granular metamorphic rock consisting essentially of quartz, derived from sandstone?

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QUARTZITE

Question 93

What is a banded or foliated metamorphic rock corresponding in composition to granite?

Answer 93

GNEISS

Question 94

What is a very hard, coarse-grained, igneous rock composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica, or other colored minerals?

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GRANITE

Question 95

What is a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually black mineral, copper carbonate, used as a highly polished veneer and for making ornamental articles?

Answer 95

OBSIDIAN

Question 96

What is a mineral or rock consisting of hydrous magnesium silicate usually green in color and having a mottled appearance?

Answer 96

SERPENTINE

Question 97

What type of rock is a limestone?

Answer 97

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 98

What type of rock is a travertine?

Answer 98

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 99

What type of rock is an oolite?

Answer 99

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 100

What type of rock is an egg stone?

Answer 100

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 101

What type of rock is a sandstone?

Answer 101

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 102

What type of rock is a bluestone?

Answer 102

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 103

What type of rock is a brownstone?

Answer 103

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 104

What type of rock is a soapstone?

Answer 104

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 105

What type of rock is a steatite?

Answer 105

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Question 106

What type of rock is a marble?

Answer 106

METAMORPHIC ROCK

Question 107

What type of rock is a slate?

Answer 107

METAMORPHIC ROCK

Question 108

What type of rock is a quartzite?

Answer 108

METAMORPHIC ROCK

Question 109

What type of a rock is a gneiss?

Answer 109

METAMORPHIC ROCK

Question 110

What type of rock is a granite?

Answer 110

IGNEOUS ROCK

Question 111

What type of rock is obsidian?

Answer 111

IGNEOUS ROCK

Question 112

What type of rock is a serpentine?

Answer 112

IGNEOUS ROCK

Question 113

what stone construction refers to thin slabs of stone cut to dimension and thickness to cover back up walls and provide finished exterior?

Answer 113

PANELING

Question 114

What stone construction refers to work requiring the use of cut stone that includes broken ashlars, regularly or irregularly coursed?

Answer 114

ASHLAR

Question 115

What stone construction is random and has no attempt to produce an orderly course either horizontal or vertical wherein the small spaces are filled with spalls and smaller stones?

Answer 115

RUBBLEWORK

Question 116

What stone construction refers to stone cut for specific purposes like jambs, sills, belts, copings, cornices, lintels, steps, voussoirs?

Answer 116

TRIM