Masonry Test 2025 Questions and
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Masonry - ✔✔Materials we STACK
Reinforced or not reinforced
Structural or Architectural
Lintel - ✔✔*carries DEADWEIGHT of masonry over openings
What can a lintel be made of? - ✔✔-Wood
-Steel
-Concrete
-Reinforced Blocking
corbel arch - ✔✔
Greeks - ✔✔two columns and a beam
Romans - ✔✔arches
Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (II Duomo) - ✔✔*Italy
*Renaissance
Monadnock Building - ✔✔*Chicago 1889
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, *The thickness of the base is proportional to height
*Designed by John Root and Daniel Burnham
*13 floors, load bearing masonry building
*Base is 6ft thick, (72 inches)
What division is masonry? - ✔✔Division 4
Mortar - ✔✔*"Binding agent between masonry"
*Two types
*Four ingredients
(may not need it if masonry is heavy enough)
What category does mortar fall under? - ✔✔ASTM 270
Grout - ✔✔filler between, doesn't necessarily hold/bind the masonry together
Mortar Ingredients - ✔✔1. Portland cement or Masonry Cement (bonding agents)
2.Hydrated lime (makes mortar smooth and workable)
3.Aggregate(sand)
4.Water (binds ingredients)
Mortar makes up what percent of wall? - ✔✔20%, so color is important
Who requires a MOCK UP of the wall before the entire wall is constructed? -
✔✔Architects
Plastic Properties (of Mortar) - ✔✔*Workability
*Water Retention (bleeding)
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Answers 100% Pass
Masonry - ✔✔Materials we STACK
Reinforced or not reinforced
Structural or Architectural
Lintel - ✔✔*carries DEADWEIGHT of masonry over openings
What can a lintel be made of? - ✔✔-Wood
-Steel
-Concrete
-Reinforced Blocking
corbel arch - ✔✔
Greeks - ✔✔two columns and a beam
Romans - ✔✔arches
Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (II Duomo) - ✔✔*Italy
*Renaissance
Monadnock Building - ✔✔*Chicago 1889
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, *The thickness of the base is proportional to height
*Designed by John Root and Daniel Burnham
*13 floors, load bearing masonry building
*Base is 6ft thick, (72 inches)
What division is masonry? - ✔✔Division 4
Mortar - ✔✔*"Binding agent between masonry"
*Two types
*Four ingredients
(may not need it if masonry is heavy enough)
What category does mortar fall under? - ✔✔ASTM 270
Grout - ✔✔filler between, doesn't necessarily hold/bind the masonry together
Mortar Ingredients - ✔✔1. Portland cement or Masonry Cement (bonding agents)
2.Hydrated lime (makes mortar smooth and workable)
3.Aggregate(sand)
4.Water (binds ingredients)
Mortar makes up what percent of wall? - ✔✔20%, so color is important
Who requires a MOCK UP of the wall before the entire wall is constructed? -
✔✔Architects
Plastic Properties (of Mortar) - ✔✔*Workability
*Water Retention (bleeding)
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