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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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1. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Felt
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Ridge shingles
Tab
2. The standard width for a main entry door is...
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3. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it
Ratio
Ridge shingles
Run
Does not conduct heat as readily
4. For a given length and size - the type of floor joist with the most strength is a(n)
6-inch offset
Truss with a steel web
Deck
Dimension
5. What is the wood commonly used in the manufacture of wood frame windows?
Dimension
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Ponderosa pine
6. How far should the start row of shingles hang over the apron and drip edge?
Hidden
1/4 inch
Tab
Eave
7. Roofing lifelines must hold a MINIMUM deadweight of _____ pounds.
Bundle
Run; rise
5 -400
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
8. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Cement dermatitus
Course
6-inch offset
Open valley
9. A package of shingles. There may be three - four - or five bundles per square.
Felt
Floor
Ratio
Bundle
10. A vent pipe that penetrates the roof.
Felt
Ridge shingles
Soil stack
Three
11. When building a stair with a total rise of 7'-7' - the number of risers required and their unit rise is _____.
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12. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
Nail drip edge along eaves
6-inch offset
Eave
6
13. General drawings consist of what two types of drawings?
Span
Soil stack
Does not conduct heat as readily
A. Plans b. Elevation
14. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
Deck
55-pound roll roofing
Roofing cement
Details
15. A ridgeboard is typically
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Platform
Vent
Roll roofing
16. A portable circular saw has
Dimension
A retractable lower blade guard
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Length - width - and height
17. 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.
Pitch
A. Plans b. Elevation
Vent
Bundle
18. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
Interior
Eave
Framing
Run
19. The length of a common rafter for a roof with a span of 30' and a rise of 10' is...
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20. A typical elevation is drawn at the same scale as a floor plan - usually 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch equals _____.
1 foot
1/3
6
Framing a house
21. Which step do you start AFTER the roof has been completely stripped of roofing and the underlayment has been finished?
Nail drip edge along eaves
Ridge shingles
Perpendicular
Framing
22. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
Course
No more than 19 percent
1/3
Tab
23. The finished underside of the eaves.
Tongue and the blade
Finish nail
Ponderosa pine
Soffit
24. Which of these is a true statement regarding availability for work
Overhang
Soffit
8'
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
25. You should always use _____ when using a table saw to rip boards less than 4' wide
A push stick
Buckling
Eave
Truss with a steel web
26. A _____ plan is a plan of footings and foundation walls.
Foundation
Valley
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Details
27. The standard width for a main entry door is...
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28. What can be installed in a home with gable vents to dramatically increase the ventilation of the attic?
Ridge vent
Ponderosa pine
Hidden
A. Plans b. Elevation
29. 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.
1/3
Ridge shingles
Ratio
Nail drip edge along eaves
30. A plan is what view of a construction project?
Valley
Top
Threshold
6 feet
31. The distance a rafter rises vertically for each foot of run is known as the
Unit rise
Dimension
6
Length - width - and height
32. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Tab
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Roofing cement
A. Plans b. Elevation
33. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be
Drip edge
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Pressure-treated
Bundle
34. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
Bundle
Dimension lumber
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Architect
35. The term S-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains ____ moisture
Ratio
Run; rise
No more than 19 percent
6-inch offset
36. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Roofing cement
No more than 19 percent
Deck
37. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
6 feet
Dimension
5 -400
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
38. Elevations required for important features - such as built-in cabinets and shelves - are known as _____ elevations.
Dimension
Top
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Interior
39. The pitch of a roof that has a rise of 8' and a run of 12' is...
1/3
Ridge vent
Rise
Square
40. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it
Foundation
4 inches
6-inch offset
Does not conduct heat as readily
41. To cover the surface of one shingle or roll with another.
Eave
Soil stack
Lap
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
42. A type of adjustable square that can be used to set - test - and transfer angles is called a...
55-pound roll roofing
Sliding T-bevel
Soil stack
No more than 19 percent
43. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
No more than 19 percent
Tongue and the blade
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Framing
44. 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?
Tab
Valley
Does not conduct heat as readily
27
45. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
Dimension lumber
Sheathing
Eave
No more than 19 percent
46. The minimum standard headroom for commercial use is...
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47. The uppermost - horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Of lumber and labor costs
Ridge
Of lumber and labor costs
Soil stack
48. The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the run - in inches.
6'-8'
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Slope
Top
49. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Lap
27
Valley
1 foot
50. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.
Course
6'-8'
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Run