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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. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
2. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Specifications guide
Bifold door
Set backs
Tread
3. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Topography
Finish schedules
Building codes
Floor plans
4. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Bearing
Finish schedules
Double-hung window
Dormer
5. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Orthographics
Blueprinting
Bearing
Scale
6. 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.
Point of beginning
Areaway
Set backs
Vapor barrier
7. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Crawl space
Sidelight
Metes and bounds
Zones
8. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Plan view
Casement window
Awning window
Zoning regulations
9. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Blueprinting
Double-hung window
Beam pocket
Orthographics
10. External water faucets of a building.
Door schedules
Swing
Crawl space
Hose bibbs
11. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Awning window
Tread
Truss
Casing
12. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Scale
Modular measurement
Detail
Finish schedules
13. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Metes and bounds
Hearth
Zones
Pocket door
14. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Modular measurement
Truss
Orthographics
Casing
15. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Orthographics
Scale
Scuttle
Zones
16. A notion granted by the zoning board of appeals in a community to change the zoning code due to hardships imposed by the zoning regulations.
Variance
Hose bibbs
Benchmark
Plot plan
17. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Dormer
Hose bibbs
Section view
Contour interval
18. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Casing
Full section
Building codes
Architect's scale
19. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Sidelight
Areaway
Floor plans
Green space
20. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Green space
Windows schedules
Crawl space
Metes and bounds
21. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Scale
Door schedules
Nonconforming
Section view
22. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Finish schedules
Pocket door
Plot plan
Specifications guide
23. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Skylight
Section view
Scuttle
Specifications
24. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Set backs
Hearth
Awning window
Areaway
25. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Scale
Tread
Bifold door
Bypass doors
26. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Architect's scale
Set backs
Zones
Hearth
27. Multiple drawings.
Vapor barrier
Plan view
Orthographics
Risers
28. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Building codes
Section view
Bypass doors
Plot plan
29. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Topography
Door schedules
Sidelight
Plan view
30. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Set backs
Awning window
Partition
Finish schedules
31. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Plan view
Finish schedules
Specifications guide
Blueprinting
32. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Modular measurement
Scale
Hose bibbs
Bearing
33. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Architect's scale
Windows schedules
Detail
Bypass doors
34. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Specifications guide
Bifold door
Nonconforming
Benchmark
35. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Bypass doors
Plan view
Metes and bounds
Risers
36. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Specifications guide
Door schedules
Scuttle
Orthographics
37. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Building codes
Easement
Contour interval
Full section
38. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Areaway
Sidelight
Metes and bounds
Hose bibbs
39. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Bearing
Casing
Sidelight
Floor plans
40. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Bearing
Door schedules
Section view
Specifications writer
41. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Crawl space
Blueprinting
Floor plans
Nonconforming
42. A detailed description of the land surface.
Topography
Blueprinting
Metes and bounds
Detail
43. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Bypass doors
Benchmark
Zones
Risers
44. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Double-hung window
Door schedules
Slab-on-grade foundation
Benchmark
45. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Orthographics
Hose bibbs
Detail
Nonconforming
46. A notion granted by the zoning board of appeals in a community to change the zoning code due to hardships imposed by the zoning regulations.
Scuttle
Benchmark
Orthographics
Variance
47. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Variance
Pocket door
Plot plan
Casing
48. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Tread
Skylight
Elevation
Swing
49. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Bifold door
Scale
Point of beginning
National Building Codes
50. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Benchmark
Truss
Skylight
Double-hung window