Test your basic knowledge |

Carpentry Basics

Subject : industries
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Facility ready-mixed concrete is mixed to specification - then discharged into transit-mix trucks for delivery to a job site.






2. Concrete that contains steel reinforcement (rebar) or fiberglass reinforcing rod to strengthen it.






3. Fine-grained natural earth material that is plastic when wet and compact and brittle when dry.






4. Construction material of cement - sand - and gravel. Used for foundations - entire buildings - flatwork - and many other types of structures.






5. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






6. Type of foundation constructed with a stem wall supported by spread footing.






7. One of the various levels of the lot surface after grading work has been completed.






8. Ingredient that binds together sand and gravel in a concrete mixture after water is added.






9. Cavity dug in the ground.






10. Small sunken area allowing light or air into a basement window that is partially below the grade level around the building. Also called window well.






11. Trade term for placing concrete.






12. Thin mixture of cement - and water use for patching and leveling.






13. Truck equipped with a large drum concrete mixer for delivery of ready-mixed concrete to the job site.






14. Masonry or wood wall constructed to hold back a bank of earth.






15. Drawing in which inches or inch-fractions represent one foot of the actual measurement of a building.






16. Concrete mixed at a batch plant and delivered by truck to the job site.






17. Type of foundation with the footing extending from only one side of the foundation wall.






18. One of the various levels of the lot surface after grading work has been completed.






19. Condition that occurs when aggregate settles because the mixture is too thin to support the aggregate.






20. Stake placed in the corner of a lot when the lot is being surveyed and its exact boundaries established.






21. One of the lines drawn on a survey plan and some plot plans pass through points having the same elevation on a lot.






22. Point of elevation reference - established by local authorities - from which other elevations in the area are measured. Often referred to as the point of beginning (POB).






23. Ground and calcined (heated) mixture of limestone - shells - cement rock - silica sand - clay - shale - iron ore - gypsum - and clinker.






24. Walkway that extends along a street and borders the building lot.






25. Plan included in a set of prints showing the size of the lot - location of the building on the lot - grades - and all other information needed to perform work required before construction of the foundation begins.






26. Narrow space between a floor unit and the ground.






27. Measurement; The distance between two points.






28. Recorded - legal boundaries of a piece of property.






29. Graduated scale that gives fractions of a degree on leveling instruments.






30. Proportions of cement - sand - and gravel in a mixture of concrete.






31. Direction - size - and arrangement of the wood fibers in a piece of lumber.






32. Removing or adding soil to the surface of the lot so that there is enough slope for surface water to flow away from the building.






33. Ditch dug in the ground down to bearing soil for foundation footings.






34. Steel plates (3' square) with an oblong hole in the middle to allow the plates to be adjustable in case an anchor bolt is not centered on the sill plate. Bearing plates significantly increase the strength of anchor bolt connections.






35. Services provided to the public - requiring electrical and plumbing hookups in a building.






36. A two-dimensional drawing used for making up prints.






37. Legal right-of-way provision on another person's propery.






38. A precast block - solid or hollow - used in the construction of walls. Also referred to as concrete block.






39. One of the heights established for different levels of a building.






40. Level board nailed to stakes driven into the ground. String is attached to batterboards to identify property lines - building lines - and pier locations.






41. Survey instrument use to establish and verify grades and elevations and to set up level points over long distances.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


42. A foundation system use on a sloped and hillside lots. The walls and footings are shaped like steps.






43. Area between the street curb and sidewalk where a lawn or other vegetation may be planted.






44. Depth to which soil freezes in a particular area.






45. Drawing in a set of prints that gives a plan view as well as section views of the foundation of a building.






46. Distance from the property line to the side of a building.






47. Wood plate fastened to the top of a foundation wall. it provides a nailing base for floor joists or studs. Also called mudsill.






48. Foundation system that combines concrete foundation walls with a concrete floor slab that rests directly on a bed of gravel that has been placed over the ground. Also called slab-on-grade.






49. Line set up on batter-boards to represent outside face of the exterior wall of a building.






50. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.