Deck 5: Development of Clay and Shale Brick

Question 1

_____ brick is intended to support pedestrian or light vehicular traffic.

A) Thin
B) Building
C) Facing
D) Paving

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Modern manufacturing processes and the use of automatic equipment _____ .

A) may result in minor differences in color and textures of the brick
B) correct the color and texture differences that were problematic with previous processes
C) make the need for a sample panel obsolete
D) eliminate the need for using intense heat in the kilns

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Glazed brick, similar to that made 2000 years ago, are still made today.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

For brick making, two or more kinds of clay and shale may be mixed together to obtain a material having the proper consistency and composition.

Question 5

To keep brickmaking and bricklaying secrets confined to their own groups, early masons _____ .

A) allowed only family members to join the trade
B) patented their trade secrets
C) required student to pay for the right to learn the secrets
D) banded together in organizations called guilds

Question 6

The recessed panel at the bottom of brick manufactured today is called a _____ .

A) frog
B) core
C) patent
D) center

Question 7

In modular design, the _____ dimension of a masonry Chapter means that the specified or manufactured dimension plus the thickness of the mortar joint being used.

A) module
B) course
C) nominal
D) brick

Question 8

_____ act as fluxes and promote fusion at lower temperatures during brickmaking.

A) Metallic oxides
B) Alcohols
C) Clays
D) Shales

Question 9

_____ are found near the surface of the earth.

A) Shales
B) Surface clays
C) Fire clays
D) Compressed clays

Question 10

The Chaptered States Federal Trade Commission has ruled that no product made from materials other than clay or shale can be called brick with unless the name includes the material from which the Chapter is manufactured.

Question 11

The actual mortar joint size can be determined from the _____ coursing information and the specified Chapter size.

A) horizontal
B) vertical
C) combined horizontal and vertical
D) either horizontal or vertical

Question 12

All clay and shale react in the same manner to processing methods used in brick making.

Question 13

Brick from the same production run will always have uniform color and texture.

Question 14

The acceptable industry standard for chipped brick usually is not more than _____ percent of the exposed face area of a brick wall or project.

A) 15
B) 10
C) 5
D) 1

Question 15

Cored brick are those that _____ .

A) are dried in the sun
B) are solid throughout
C) have holes at the bottom
D) have a glaze coating