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ECE 302 Quiz 5
Material Covered: Week 5 – 6, Fall 2017
Date:_____________________
Name:____________________________ UIN Keys_____________
Please read each of the questions carefully before choosing your answer.
Choose ONE best answer for each question.
[While correct answer has 2 marks, incorrect
answer has the additional reduction of 1 mark.
No answer has 0 mark.]
1. ASTM recognizes four types of bricks:
building, facing, hollow and paving.
a. True
b. False
2. In masonry, as a general rule of thumb you
always want the unit’s compressive strength to
be ______ than the mortar compressive
strength. (2 points)
a. >
b. <
6. Based on their shape or form, which one is
NOT one of the two main types of bricks.
a. Exterior bricks
b. Solid bricks
c. Hollow bricks
d. None of the above
“Shape or form” was the clue. Bricks are
manufactured in only two ways: solid and hollow.
Usually, hollow bricks are larger, and are hollow to
reduce weight; cinderblocks are one example.
7. Which of the following is NOT one of the
grades of building blocks?
a. CW
b. SW
c. MW
d. NW
The grades refer to the weathering resistance:
