Bonds

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A series of questions about various bonds in brickwork
John  Hodgson
Quiz by John Hodgson, updated more than 1 year ago
John  Hodgson
Created by John Hodgson about 4 years ago
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Question 1

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When is English bond mainly used?
Answer
  • Where strength is required
  • Where an aesthetic appearance is important
  • Where half bond is required
  • Mainly on new builds

Question 2

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How many bricks per square meter are in a 1 brick wall?
Answer
  • 60
  • 180
  • 240
  • 120

Question 3

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Which of the below best describes the bonding of stretcher bond?
Answer
  • It is 1/4 bond
  • It is 3/4 bond
  • It is 1/2 bond
  • It is 1/8th bond

Question 4

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How many bricks per square meter are in a half brick wall?
Answer
  • 120
  • 240
  • 60
  • 180

Question 5

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Which sequence of bricks correctly describes Flemish bond?
Answer
  • Alternate courses of headers and stretchers
  • 3 courses of stretchers to one course of headers
  • Alternate headers and stretchers on the same course
  • One header to 5 stretchers on the same course

Question 6

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Stretcher bond is the strongest bond you can build with.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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English [blank_start]garden[blank_end] wall bond has 1 course of headers to 3, 5, or 7 courses of stretchers.
Answer
  • garden
  • creative
  • Flemish
  • stretcher

Question 8

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English bond is a [blank_start]quarter[blank_end] bond wall
Answer
  • quarter
  • half
  • quality
  • stack

Question 9

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Stack bond is a very
Answer
  • weak bond
  • strong bond

Question 10

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Half bond means one brick overlaps another brick by half a brick
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

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Quarter bond means that one brick overlaps another brick by a quarter of a brick
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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A [blank_start]half[blank_end] brick wall is 102.5 mm wide
Answer
  • half
  • quarter
  • one
  • two

Question 13

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A one brick wall is 215mm wide
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 14

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Bonding means
Answer
  • The relationship that the bricks have to each other in the wall
  • The relationship that the bricks have to each other before the wall is built
  • The relationship that the mortar has to the bricks in regards to the mix ratio
  • The relationship that the tradespersons have towards each other

Question 15

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Stretcher bond is stronger than English bond
Answer
  • True
  • False
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