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Carpentry Basics 3
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. At least how many ladder rungs should extend above the eaves to allow a person to step directly out onto the roof?
Run
Floor
Valley
Two
2. When laying out a stringer using a framing square - the blade of the framing square represents the unit _____ and the tongue represents the unit_______.
Overhang
Run; rise
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Course
3. A ridgeboard is typically
Ridge shingles
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Ridge vent
Hidden
4. The standard width for a main entry door is...
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5. How many inches should single-layer underlayment lap over the side lap at the end of all joints?
Overhang
4 inches
Detail
Drip edge
6. Which of these tasks falls into the category of rough carpentry?
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Foundation
Framing a house
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
7. Elevations required for important features - such as built-in cabinets and shelves - are known as _____ elevations.
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
Interior
18'-0'
Hidden
8. 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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9. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
Hidden
Length - width - and height
Truss with a steel web
55-pound roll roofing
10. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Cement dermatitus
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Eave
Open valley
11. The horizontal distance from eave to eave.
Roll roofing
Vent
Ridge shingles
Span
12. A _____ plan is a plan of footings and foundation walls.
Foundation
Valley
27
Hidden
13. Which of these is a true statement regarding availability for work
Flashing
Dimension lumber
Vent
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
14. A ridgeboard is typically
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Nail drip edge along eaves
8'
Top
15. The person Who is licensed to design buildings and oversee their construction is the
Drip edge
Ponderosa pine
Valley
Architect
16. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Silicone Caulk
Threshold
Foundation
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
17. To cover the surface of one shingle or roll with another.
Foundation
Lap
Finish nail
Three
18. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
Platform
Dimension lumber
Run; rise
Tab
19. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Platform
Face of one riser to the face of the next
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Ridge shingles
20. A solid line with arrowheads at both ends to indicate the length - width - or height of an object is known as a/an _____ line
Sheathing
Lap
Dimension
55-pound roll roofing
21. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.
Square
Felt
Length - width - and height
Lap
22. 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.
Roofing cement
36'
Flashing
Buckling
23. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.
Ventilation
Open valley
A push stick
Buckling
24. Balloon frame construction is rarely used today because
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Of lumber and labor costs
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Perpendicular
25. The horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof.
55-pound roll roofing
6-inch offset
Sheathing
Eave
26. Method of valley construction in which shingles on both sides of the valley are trimmed along a chalk line. The line is snapped on each side of the valley. Shingles do not extend across the valley. The flashing is exposed.
Eave
Open valley
Floor
Felt
27. 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.
27
Ridge vent
Pitch
Flashing
28. In what order should damaged shingles be removed?
Span
Eave
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
Slope
29. What can be installed in a home with gable vents to dramatically increase the ventilation of the attic?
Of lumber and labor costs
Span
Tab
Ridge vent
30. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
A. Plans b. Elevation
6 feet
Buckling
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
31. The horizontal distance from eave to eave.
Sliding T-bevel
Span
Framing a house
Ventilation
32. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it
Does not conduct heat as readily
Nail drip edge along eaves
6
36' wide - 6'-8' high
33. Which type of roof damage is usually caused by improperly applied felt - wrinkled underlayment - or new shingles applied over old - rough shingles?
Buckling
Details
Run
1/3
34. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.
Eave
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Finish nail
Felt
35. Lines on drawings used to show an outline that is not visible from the view shown are called...
55-pound roll roofing
Hidden
Ponderosa pine
1/4 inch
36. 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.
Architect
Foundation
Sliding T-bevel
Vent
37. 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
Buckling
A push stick
Pressure-treated
38. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
Architect
Buckling
Slope
Roofing cement
39. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
No more than 19 percent
Square
Sheathing
Soffit
40. 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.
Felt
Ratio
Unit rise
No more than 19 percent
41. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be
Pressure-treated
Slope
A. Plans b. Elevation
Ratio
42. What enlarged drawings show the builder how various parts are to be connected?
Ridge shingles
Details
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Orthographic
43. The pitch of a roof that has a rise of 8' and a run of 12' is...
Of lumber and labor costs
Run; rise
1. Eave 2. Ridge
1/3
44. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Slope
Ventilation
Curling
Course
45. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
16'; up
Valley
Three
46. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
Dimension lumber
8'
1 foot
Sliding T-bevel
47. A noncorrosive - nonstaining material used along the eaves and rakes to allow water runoff to drip clear of underlying construction.
6
Drip edge
Cement dermatitus
Of lumber and labor costs
48. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
1/4 inch
Tab
Face of one riser to the face of the next
1/3
49. The distance a rafter rises vertically for each foot of run is known as the
Dimension lumber
Unit rise
Soffit
8'
50. type of construction where each floor of a structure is built as an individual unit is _____ framing.
1 foot
Foundation
Nail drip edge along eaves
Platform