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Carpentry Basics 3
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industries
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carpentry
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
Eave
Foundation
55-pound roll roofing
Bundle
2. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it
4 inches
Span
27
Does not conduct heat as readily
3. A package of shingles. There may be three - four - or five bundles per square.
Open valley
Face of one riser to the face of the next
8'
Bundle
4. How many inches should single-layer underlayment lap over the side lap at the end of all joints?
1/3
27
1/4 inch
4 inches
5. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
Ridge
1/4 inch
Detail
6 feet
6. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
Architect
Does not conduct heat as readily
Detail
Perpendicular
7. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
Details
6-inch offset
Platform
Course
8. A unit of roof measure covering 100 square feet.
Platform
Vent
55-pound roll roofing
Square
9. A _____ plan is a plan of footings and foundation walls.
Felt
Foundation
1 foot
Open valley
10. What plan do all of the construction personnel look at?
Framing a house
Floor
Nail drip edge along eaves
6-inch offset
11. Which of these is a true statement regarding availability for work
Threshold
16'; up
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
18'-0'
12. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
27
Valley
Two
Top
13. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
Lap
Face of one riser to the face of the next
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
6-inch offset
14. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be
27
Lap
Felt
Pressure-treated
15. Which of these tasks falls into the category of rough carpentry?
Run
Framing a house
Unit rise
Ridge vent
16. The three dimensions shown on a 3-D object are _____.
Length - width - and height
6 feet
Ventilation
36' wide - 6'-8' high
17. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
18'-0'
Curling
Foundation
6
18. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.
Ventilation
18'-0'
Slope
Ridge shingles
19. The pitch of a roof that has a rise of 8' and a run of 12' is...
A. Plans b. Elevation
Roll roofing
1/3
6 feet
20. Tread run (unit run) is measured from the...
Pressure-treated
Architect
Framing a house
Face of one riser to the face of the next
21. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
6 feet
1 foot
Perpendicular
Tongue and the blade
22. When laying out a stringer using a framing square - the blade of the framing square represents the unit _____ and the tongue represents the unit_______.
Roll roofing
Run; rise
Span
6 feet
23. A plan is what view of a construction project?
Algae Discoloration
Course
Top
Valley
24. The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the run - in inches.
Slope
6-inch offset
18'-0'
Roofing cement
25. Wooden joists are normally placed _____ OC with the crown _____.
26. To cover the surface of one shingle or roll with another.
Run
Lap
Rise
Roll roofing
27. Which of these tasks falls into the category of rough carpentry?
Run
4 inches
Pressure-treated
Framing a house
28. 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.
A push stick
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Ratio
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
29. maximum span of a 2'
30. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Buckling
Curling
Does not conduct heat as readily
31. Which of these is a true statement regarding availability for work
Deck
Rise
Buckling
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
32. A portable circular saw has
Pitch
Dimension
Ponderosa pine
A retractable lower blade guard
33. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
Detail
Floor
Framing
Ridge
34. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
Architect
Lap
Perpendicular
6
35. Roofing lifelines must hold a MINIMUM deadweight of _____ pounds.
Curling
Course
5 -400
Platform
36. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Rise
1 foot
Cement dermatitus
Interior
37. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
1 foot
1. Eave 2. Ridge
A push stick
Ridge
38. Detail drawings consist of what two types of views?
Vent
8'
A retractable lower blade guard
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
39. The surface - installed over the supporting framing members - to which the roofing is applied.
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
Deck
1/3
Tongue and the blade
40. In what order should damaged shingles be removed?
Top
Orthographic
Buckling
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
41. A ridgeboard is typically
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Length - width - and height
Cement dermatitus
Buckling
42. dimensions of a door marked '3668' on a floor plan are
43. What plan do all of the construction personnel look at?
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
6'-8'
Ratio
Floor
44. The term quarter-sawed means...
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Detail
Open valley
Length - width - and height
45. You should always use _____ when using a table saw to rip boards less than 4' wide
A push stick
Drip edge
Detail
Ponderosa pine
46. 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.
Algae Discoloration
Ponderosa pine
Flashing
Soffit
47. You should always use _____ when using a table saw to rip boards less than 4' wide
A push stick
Curling
Ponderosa pine
Cement dermatitus
48. The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the run - in inches.
Unit rise
Rise
Slope
A retractable lower blade guard
49. A vent pipe that penetrates the roof.
Ventilation
Soil stack
1/3
6
50. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Tab
Top
Slope