Construction: Brickwork, Staircases & Roof Covering is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 Civil Technology CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. English bond is built from alternating courses of which two brick orientations?
Stretchers and headers
Only stretchers, never headers
Only headers, never stretchers
Queen closers and king closers only
Answer: Stretchers and headers — English bond is built from alternating courses of stretchers (bricks laid with their long face showing) and headers (bricks laid with their short end showing), each course being entirely one type or the other.
Easy
2. What is the external corner of a brickwork wall called?
A quoin
A T-junction
A cross junction
A reveal
Answer: A quoin — A quoin is the external corner of a brickwork wall, requiring specific bond detailing to maintain the correct overlapping pattern around the 90-degree corner.
Medium
3. Name the type of wall junction where one wall meets another at a right angle without continuing past it, such as an internal dividing wall meeting an external wall.
Answer: T-junction — A T-junction is where one wall meets another at a right angle without continuing past it, requiring specific brick arrangements at each course to properly interlock the two walls.
