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Carpentry Stair Framing
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industries
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Answer 30 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Cutout supports for the treads and risers in a staircase; also called a rough stringer and stair horse.
Stair carriage
Stairwell
Nosing
Mortise
2. A rectangular cavity cut in a piece of wood to receive a tongue or tenon projecting from another piece.
Housed stringer
Stair carriage
Nosing
Mortise
3. A railing on a stairway intended to be grasped by the hand to serve as a support and guard.
Staircase
Stair carriage
Handrail
Open stairway
4. The rounded edge of a stair tread projecting over the riser.
Stair horse
Stair carriage
Nosing
Stringer
5. A rectangular cavity cut in a piece of wood to receive a tongue or tenon projecting from another piece.
Staircase
Handrail
Newel post
Mortise
6. In drawer construction - a piece centered above a drawer to keep it form tilting downward when opened.
Staircase
Stringer
Stairwell
Kicker
7. A post to which the end of a stair railing or balustrade is fastened; also - any post to which a railing or balustrade is fastened.
Handrail
Newel post
Nosing
Stair horse
8. A type of stairway with the ends of the treads and risers visible.
Cleat
Cleat
Winder
Open stairway
9. A type of stair installed between walls where the ends of tread and riser are hidden from view.
Staircase
Kicker
Stairwell
Closed stairway
10. A piece of 1 x 5 stock that is installed around the walls of a closet to support the shelf and the rod; also - blocks fastened to the stair carriage to support the treads.
Cleat
Newel post
Housed stringer
Kicker
11. A finished stringer that is dadoed to receive treads and risers of a stairway.
Housed stringer
Stair carriage
Cleat
Nosing
12. A type of stairway with the ends of the treads and risers visible.
Kicker
Mortise
Staircase
Open stairway
13. A post to which the end of a stair railing or balustrade is fastened; also - any post to which a railing or balustrade is fastened.
Newel post
Stair horse
Nosing
Open stairway
14. Cutout supports for the treads and risers in a staircase; also called a rough stringer and stair horse.
Stair carriage
Kicker
Kicker
Nosing
15. Also called a stair carriage and a rough stringer.
Winder
Stair horse
Mortise
Stringer
16. An opening in the floor for climbing or descending stairs or the space of a structure where the stairs are located.
Cleat
Stairwell
Kicker
Stringer
17. A tread in a stairway - wider on one end than the other - that changes the direction of travel.
Winder
Closed stairway
Housed stringer
Newel post
18. Finish material applied to cover the stair carriage.
Stairwell
Kicker
Stringer
Newel post
19. A finished stringer that is dadoed to receive treads and risers of a stairway.
Housed stringer
Staircase
Closed stairway
Stringer
20. A railing on a stairway intended to be grasped by the hand to serve as a support and guard.
Handrail
Winder
Stringer
Winder
21. A tread in a stairway - wider on one end than the other - that changes the direction of travel.
Nosing
Winder
Kicker
Closed stairway
22. Term used to refer to an entire set of stairs that includes treads - risers - stringers - and balustrade.
Housed stringer
Stringer
Staircase
Nosing
23. An opening in the floor for climbing or descending stairs or the space of a structure where the stairs are located.
Nosing
Stair horse
Stairwell
Winder
24. A piece of 1 x 5 stock that is installed around the walls of a closet to support the shelf and the rod; also - blocks fastened to the stair carriage to support the treads.
Cleat
Winder
Housed stringer
Open stairway
25. Finish material applied to cover the stair carriage.
Stringer
Mortise
Stair carriage
Closed stairway
26. Term used to refer to an entire set of stairs that includes treads - risers - stringers - and balustrade.
Stair carriage
Winder
Stair horse
Staircase
27. In drawer construction - a piece centered above a drawer to keep it form tilting downward when opened.
Stair carriage
Kicker
Stair horse
Handrail
28. A type of stair installed between walls where the ends of tread and riser are hidden from view.
Closed stairway
Nosing
Newel post
Staircase
29. The rounded edge of a stair tread projecting over the riser.
Closed stairway
Nosing
Housed stringer
Winder
30. Also called a stair carriage and a rough stringer.
Mortise
Nosing
Stair horse
Stairwell