ICC MASONRY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Number of mortar compression tests taken per day for the first three successive work days -
ANS 1, RCMCI ED 6, 3.2.4
Standard specification for loadbearing
concrete masonry units - ANS ASTM C 90 S 2.2.1
Grout admixtures used to obtain high
slump with reduced water - ANS Super plasticizer S 2.11.6
Standard specification for autoclaved aerated CMU to conform to the strength class specified in
the documents - ANS ASTM C 1386, CI 530 Part 2 S 2.3E
Grout used in construction of engineered and empirically designed masonry structures -
ANS ASTM C 476
accordance for slump test for grout - ANS ASTM C 1019, ASTM C 1019-03
Conditions for grout specimen testing - ANS Damp, ASTM C 1019-03
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, How long must prisms cure before being cut according to prism test methods - ANS 28 hours,
2006 IBC
Min amount of time for masonry prism tests not to be disturbed or moved after construction
and grouting - ANS 48 hours, ASTM C 1314, S 5.10
Amount of time between obtaining first and final portions of grout when field sampling grout -
ANS 15 minutes, ASTM C 1019, S 7.2.1
Temperature below which glass masonry units shall not be laid - ANS 60 degrees F, 2006 IBC
Min time to cover newly constructed masonry with weather resistant membrane when
temperature is below 40 - ANS 24 hours, 2006 IBC
Max mean daily temperature permitted before fog spraying newly constructed masonry during
curing - ANS 100 degrees F, 2006 IBC
How long until mortar used in masonry construction should be discarded when the ambient
temperature is over 90 and the wind is over 8 mph - ANS 2 hours; 2006 IBC
Type of unit masonry required to be placed with head and bed joints solidly filled -
ANS Glass; 2006 IBC
Thin bed mortar joints used in laying autoclaved aerated concrete
masonry units shall not exceed a thickness of - ANS 1/16"; 2006 IBC
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ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Number of mortar compression tests taken per day for the first three successive work days -
ANS 1, RCMCI ED 6, 3.2.4
Standard specification for loadbearing
concrete masonry units - ANS ASTM C 90 S 2.2.1
Grout admixtures used to obtain high
slump with reduced water - ANS Super plasticizer S 2.11.6
Standard specification for autoclaved aerated CMU to conform to the strength class specified in
the documents - ANS ASTM C 1386, CI 530 Part 2 S 2.3E
Grout used in construction of engineered and empirically designed masonry structures -
ANS ASTM C 476
accordance for slump test for grout - ANS ASTM C 1019, ASTM C 1019-03
Conditions for grout specimen testing - ANS Damp, ASTM C 1019-03
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, How long must prisms cure before being cut according to prism test methods - ANS 28 hours,
2006 IBC
Min amount of time for masonry prism tests not to be disturbed or moved after construction
and grouting - ANS 48 hours, ASTM C 1314, S 5.10
Amount of time between obtaining first and final portions of grout when field sampling grout -
ANS 15 minutes, ASTM C 1019, S 7.2.1
Temperature below which glass masonry units shall not be laid - ANS 60 degrees F, 2006 IBC
Min time to cover newly constructed masonry with weather resistant membrane when
temperature is below 40 - ANS 24 hours, 2006 IBC
Max mean daily temperature permitted before fog spraying newly constructed masonry during
curing - ANS 100 degrees F, 2006 IBC
How long until mortar used in masonry construction should be discarded when the ambient
temperature is over 90 and the wind is over 8 mph - ANS 2 hours; 2006 IBC
Type of unit masonry required to be placed with head and bed joints solidly filled -
ANS Glass; 2006 IBC
Thin bed mortar joints used in laying autoclaved aerated concrete
masonry units shall not exceed a thickness of - ANS 1/16"; 2006 IBC
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