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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
In the activities you completed, what was the mortar made of?
Lime, gravel, and water
Sand, Lime, and water
Sand, gravel, and water
Lime, cement and water
What is done to improve the strength of a brick wall?
Courses are staggered
Larger bricks are used
Less mortar is used between courses
Additional mortar is added between courses.
What is a course of bricks?
The direction of the wall
One side of a brick wall
One layer of bricks in the wall
A level wall
What is involved in buttering a brick?
Placing mortar on all sides of the brick.
Placing mortar on the end of the brick.
Cleaning up the excess mortar on a brick.
Touching up the mortar in between the bricks.
What does a mason use to smooth the mortar between the bricks?
Setting tool
Buttering tool
Grooming tool
Jointing tool
What do you call a wall that is perfectly straight up and down?
Level
Plumb
True
Sound
What is the corner lead?
The corner of a brick wall.
The first course of a brick wall.
The top course of a brick wall.
The first brick placed into the mortar.
What is true if a brick is buttered correctly?
The excess mortar will fall off.
The mortar will fill in the spaces between bricks.
The mortar will stick to the brick.
The mortar will fill in the spaces between courses.
What is pointing?
Wiping up the excess mortar from a brick wall.
Using the trowel to lay a bed of mortar.
Using the trowel to flip the air out of the mortar.
Placing mortar in the gaps between bricks.
What tools are used to guide the placement of bricks and blocks in building a wall?
Level and Line
Trowel and broom
Lift and ledge
Brick Set
