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Masonry Exam 1 with answers |\ |\ |\ |\




The basic components of Masonry? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Mortor, Grout, Masonry Units, Accessary Materials
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Two dimension sizes of masonry units? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔16" long X 8" wide or 12" wide X 8" Tall
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Are solid unites 100% solid unless so specified? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No |\ |\




What percent solid do hollow masonry units vary from? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔40%-75% solid |\ |\ |\




What is the specification code for masonry? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔TMS 602 |\ |\




What is covered in the masonry specification? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Concrete masonry units |\ |\ |\




Clay or shale material
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Autoclaved aerated concrete masonry units |\ |\ |\ |\




Stone units |\




Glass units |\

,What is the main ASTM that engineers deal with most? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ASTM C90 |\ |\ |\




What does ASTM C90 reference? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Units |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Concrete units normally have a higher or lower void ratio
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than clay units? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Higher
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What ASTM are Visual and Serviceability Characteristics
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of Concrete Masonry Units addressed in? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔ASTM C90 |\ |\




What is the maximum face shell and web thickness? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔plus or minus 1/8"
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What does it mean when we want units to coarse? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔We want the height of the wall to
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be divisible by 8" with no remainder
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What is the minimum compressive strength of concrete
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masonry units? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2000 psi
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, What is Mortor? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bonding agent
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that holds the individual units.
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What is mortor composed of? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Cementitious agents |\




Sand
Water


What ASTM is masonry mortor addressed in? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔ASTM C270 |\ |\




Mortars with high cement content have what? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Higher compressive strength
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Mortars with high lime contents have what? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Better workability
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Higher water retention
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What happens to unhydrated lime in mortar over time? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It hydrates over time causing
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expansion and potential cracking in the mortar
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Who choses the mortar type related to the proportion of
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cement in mortar? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Designer
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