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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Full section
Areaway
Section view
Casement window
2. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Specifications writer
Zones
National Building Codes
Bifold door
3. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Casing
Pocket door
Dormer
Full section
4. External water faucets of a building.
Zones
Tread
Plan view
Hose bibbs
5. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Nonconforming
Sidelight
Floor plans
Set backs
6. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Skylight
Floor plans
Zoning regulations
Double-hung window
7. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Skylight
Awning window
Specifications guide
Architect's scale
8. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Modular measurement
Louver
Bifold door
Casing
9. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Zoning regulations
Casing
Beam pocket
Truss
10. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Hearth
Truss
Detail
Blueprinting
11. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Swing
Benchmark
Finish schedules
Variance
12. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Bypass doors
Bearing
Dormer
Architect's scale
13. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Building codes
Beam pocket
Plot plan
Plan view
14. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Orthographics
Elevation
Specifications guide
Partial sections elevations
15. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Partial sections elevations
Modular measurement
Specifications guide
Contour interval
16. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Risers
Windows schedules
Specifications guide
Easement
17. Mark on a plot plan indication the start point for laying out the lot. Usually a large object that is unlikely to move during construction such as a large rock or tree is used.
Slab-on-grade foundation
Slab-on-grade foundation
Point of beginning
Sliding
18. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the edge and usually swings outward.
Dormer
Casement window
Modular measurement
Skylight
19. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Slab-on-grade foundation
Skylight
Metes and bounds
Detail
20. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Metes and bounds
Full section
Orthographics
Door schedules
21. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Windows schedules
Swing
Plot plan
Vapor barrier
22. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Zoning regulations
Finish schedules
Contour interval
Detail
23. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Casing
Hose bibbs
Awning window
Metes and bounds
24. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Sliding
Benchmark
Detail
Plot plan
25. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Hearth
Benchmark
Easement
Hearth
26. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Bypass doors
Contour line
Pocket door
Truss
27. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Specifications guide
Contour interval
Risers
Variance
28. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Awning window
Green space
Beam pocket
Hearth
29. Multiple drawings.
Door schedules
Orthographics
Set backs
Green space
30. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Plan view
Areaway
Scale
Set backs
31. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Areaway
Beam pocket
Casing
Orthographics
32. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Architect's scale
Door schedules
Crawl space
Tread
33. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Elevation
Section view
Hearth
Modular measurement
34. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Crawl space
Plot plan
Bifold door
Door schedules
35. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Casing
Contour line
Bifold door
Casement window
36. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Zones
Casement window
Green space
Double-hung window
37. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Louver
Pocket door
Bearing
Specifications guide
38. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Metes and bounds
Floor plans
Slab-on-grade foundation
Contour interval
39. See National building Codes.
Plan view
Building codes
Bearing
Scale
40. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Double-hung window
Detail
Orthographics
Bypass doors
41. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Plan view
Dormer
Plot plan
Benchmark
42. A detailed description of the land surface.
Awning window
Specifications
Topography
Tread
43. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Plan view
Specifications guide
Hose bibbs
Nonconforming
44. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Contour line
Benchmark
Section view
Swing
45. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Plan view
Casing
Double-hung window
Dormer
46. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Variance
National Building Codes
Elevation
Detail
47. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Variance
Casement window
Blueprinting
Scale
48. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Bypass doors
Double-hung window
Green space
Skylight
49. An opening for ventilation consisting of horizontal slats installed at an angle to exclude rain - light - and vision - but to allow the passage of air.
Awning window
Specifications
Hose bibbs
Louver
50. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Specifications
Awning window
Contour line
Building codes