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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. What should you use to seal the joints between flashing and other surfaces after holes have been patched?
1/3
Silicone Caulk
Top
55-pound roll roofing
2. The term S-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains ____ moisture
Square
Architect
No more than 19 percent
Perpendicular
3. A plan is what view of a construction project?
Cement dermatitus
Top
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
6-inch offset
4. A typical elevation is drawn at the same scale as a floor plan - usually 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch equals _____.
Eave
Roofing cement
1 foot
Pitch
5. Asphalt roofing product manufactured in roll form.
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Lap
Roll roofing
6-inch offset
6. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Course
18'-0'
7. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.
55-pound roll roofing
Of lumber and labor costs
Run
Course
8. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Slope
6 feet
Architect
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
9. The length of a common rafter for a roof with a span of 30' and a rise of 10' is...
10. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Top
Ridge vent
Eave
Ridge shingles
11. The term quarter-sawed means...
Curling
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Foundation
Flashing
12. What direction - in relation to the rafters - should plywood sheathing be installed?
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Ponderosa pine
Perpendicular
Ridge vent
13. How many pieces of 16' lumber are needed for the soleplates - top plates - and double top plates of a building 40' wide and 30' long?
27
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Detail
6-inch offset
14. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
6'-8'
Pitch
Pitch
Curling
15. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
Ponderosa pine
6
No more than 19 percent
Dimension lumber
16. How far should the start row of shingles hang over the apron and drip edge?
Incomplete curing
Roofing cement
Length - width - and height
1/4 inch
17. The horizontal member at the bottom of a door frame is known as the
Threshold
Eave
Tab
Lap
18. A top view of the footings or foundation walls is a/an _____ plan.
Tab
Incomplete curing
4 inches
Foundation
19. You should always use _____ when using a table saw to rip boards less than 4' wide
Buckling
6 feet
Lap
A push stick
20. Which type of drawing shows only one side and two dimensions of an object from a specific viewpoint?
Eave
Interior
Top
Orthographic
21. A vent pipe that penetrates the roof.
Soil stack
Eave
55-pound roll roofing
Details
22. Elevations required for important features - such as built-in cabinets and shelves - are known as _____ elevations.
Pressure-treated
Truss with a steel web
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Interior
23. Wooden joists are normally placed _____ OC with the crown _____.
24. A solid line with arrowheads at both ends to indicate the length - width - or height of an object is known as a/an _____ line
Dimension
Square
Nail drip edge along eaves
Two
25. How many inches should single-layer underlayment lap over the side lap at the end of all joints?
55-pound roll roofing
6
4 inches
Flashing
26. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.
6 feet
Framing a house
Perpendicular
Run
27. Which of these tasks falls into the category of rough carpentry?
Lap
Framing a house
Ponderosa pine
Butt edge
28. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
Open valley
Architect
6 feet
36' wide - 6'-8' high
29. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
Soil stack
6 feet
Tab
Three
30. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
6
6 feet
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
31. Wooden joists are normally placed _____ OC with the crown _____.
32. When building a stair with a total rise of 7'-7' - the number of risers required and their unit rise is _____.
33. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
5 -400
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Roll roofing
Valley
34. A plan is what view of a construction project?
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Top
36' wide - 6'-8' high
A push stick
35. How far should the start row of shingles hang over the apron and drip edge?
Felt
Cement dermatitus
1/4 inch
Span
36. The surface - installed over the supporting framing members - to which the roofing is applied.
Slope
Deck
Pitch
18'-0'
37. What is the wood commonly used in the manufacture of wood frame windows?
Perpendicular
Ridge
6-inch offset
Ponderosa pine
38. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
6
Dimension lumber
Square
A push stick
39. A type of dark roof discoloration caused by algae. Commonly called fungus growth.
Algae Discoloration
4 inches
6
A push stick
40. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.
Ventilation
Open valley
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Hidden
41. Lines on drawings used to show an outline that is not visible from the view shown are called...
Curling
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
Hidden
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
42. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Lap
Detail
Silicone Caulk
43. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
27
Floor
Soil stack
Curling
44. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Soffit
Ponderosa pine
Eave
Cement dermatitus
45. The vertical distance from the eave line to the ridge.
Rise
Pitch
Top
Ridge
46. The finished underside of the eaves.
Span
Soffit
18'-0'
Face of one riser to the face of the next
47. A package of shingles. There may be three - four - or five bundles per square.
Roll roofing
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
Bundle
Platform
48. When laying out a stringer using a framing square - the blade of the framing square represents the unit _____ and the tongue represents the unit_______.
Run; rise
Curling
Platform
Of lumber and labor costs
49. When laying out a stringer using a framing square - the blade of the framing square represents the unit _____ and the tongue represents the unit_______.
Eave
Ratio
Hidden
Run; rise
50. You are beginning to lay the second course of roof sheathing. What is the MINIMUM number of rafters this piece of roof sheathing must cover?
Three
A retractable lower blade guard
Soil stack
Ventilation