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Carpentry Basics 3
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industries
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Pieces of metal or roll roofing used to prevent seepage of water into a building around any intersection or projection in a roof such as vent pipes - chimneys - adjoining walls - dormers - and valleys.
Floor
Tab
Flashing
Ponderosa pine
2. Elevations required for important features - such as built-in cabinets and shelves - are known as _____ elevations.
Interior
Vent
Drip edge
Truss with a steel web
3. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
Sliding T-bevel
Ratio
Run
Course
4. The roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the span - in inches.
Square
Rise
Pitch
Tongue and the blade
5. You should always use _____ when using a table saw to rip boards less than 4' wide
A push stick
16'; up
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
1/4 inch
6. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
Framing
Curling
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
Vent
7. A portable circular saw has
Algae Discoloration
6-inch offset
Course
A retractable lower blade guard
8. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
Rise
Open valley
Two
6
9. The surface - installed over the supporting framing members - to which the roofing is applied.
Valley
Ridge
Deck
8'
10. A type of adjustable square that can be used to set - test - and transfer angles is called a...
Vent
Sliding T-bevel
6-inch offset
Ridge
11. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
Flashing
6'-8'
Sheathing
Ridge shingles
12. The finished underside of the eaves.
Soffit
Orthographic
Vent
Ponderosa pine
13. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
18'-0'
Tab
Eave
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
14. A portable circular saw has
Pressure-treated
A retractable lower blade guard
Nail drip edge along eaves
Buckling
15. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
16'; up
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Lap
16. A package of shingles. There may be three - four - or five bundles per square.
6-inch offset
6 feet
Nail drip edge along eaves
Bundle
17. A top view of the footings or foundation walls is a/an _____ plan.
Does not conduct heat as readily
Three
Cement dermatitus
Foundation
18. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Curling
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Pitch
Soil stack
19. The roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the span - in inches.
Framing a house
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Pitch
1. Eave 2. Ridge
20. What is the wood commonly used in the manufacture of wood frame windows?
4 inches
Ratio
Ponderosa pine
6
21. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
6-inch offset
Algae Discoloration
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Eave
22. The pitch of a roof that has a rise of 8' and a run of 12' is...
1/3
Framing
Floor
No more than 19 percent
23. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Cement dermatitus
Drip edge
Unit rise
Algae Discoloration
24. What should you use to seal the joints between flashing and other surfaces after holes have been patched?
Lap
Silicone Caulk
Ventilation
Details
25. A type of dark roof discoloration caused by algae. Commonly called fungus growth.
Run; rise
Algae Discoloration
Floor
Dimension
26. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
Bundle
Deck
Detail
Top
27. What roofing term identifies the horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof?
Ponderosa pine
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Foundation
Eave
28. Elevations required for important features - such as built-in cabinets and shelves - are known as _____ elevations.
Interior
Cement dermatitus
Butt edge
Hidden
29. A noncorrosive - nonstaining material used along the eaves and rakes to allow water runoff to drip clear of underlying construction.
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Drip edge
Run; rise
1/4 inch
30. At least how many ladder rungs should extend above the eaves to allow a person to step directly out onto the roof?
Felt
Length - width - and height
Two
Run
31. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
Sliding T-bevel
5 -400
Dimension lumber
Sliding T-bevel
32. In what order should damaged shingles be removed?
Overhang
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
18'-0'
Nail drip edge along eaves
33. For a given length and size - the type of floor joist with the most strength is a(n)
Perpendicular
Floor
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Truss with a steel web
34. Any outlet for air that protrudes through the roof deck - such as a pipe or stack. Any device installed on the roof - gable - or soffit for the purpose of ventilating the underside of the roof deck.
6-inch offset
4 inches
Vent
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
35. The uppermost - horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
6 feet
36'
Ridge
Deck
36. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
Pitch
6'-8'
55-pound roll roofing
Two
37. What should you use to seal the joints between flashing and other surfaces after holes have been patched?
Framing a house
Silicone Caulk
Square
A push stick
38. How many inches should underlayment lap on both sides over a ridge?
Dimension
Deck
6
Course
39. The scale of a drawing is not a unit of measurement but represents the _____ between the size of the object as shown - and its actual size.
Square
Flashing
Ratio
Hidden
40. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
Floor
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Soffit
Vent
41. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
Tongue and the blade
Threshold
Top
55-pound roll roofing
42. What enlarged drawings show the builder how various parts are to be connected?
Soil stack
Details
8'
Deck
43. The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the run - in inches.
Hidden
Slope
Overhang
27
44. The vertical distance from the eave line to the ridge.
Rise
Dimension lumber
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Sheathing
45. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
Lap
Tab
Square
Rise
46. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
6
Detail
Ridge
Silicone Caulk
47. A _____ plan is a plan of footings and foundation walls.
Foundation
Platform
Floor
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
48. The finished underside of the eaves.
5 -400
Soffit
4 inches
4 inches
49. The three dimensions shown on a 3-D object are _____.
Of lumber and labor costs
55-pound roll roofing
Length - width - and height
Ridge vent
50. Roofing lifelines must hold a MINIMUM deadweight of _____ pounds.
Top
Span
5 -400
Dimension