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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.
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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. Asphalt roofing product manufactured in roll form.
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Roll roofing
Roofing cement
36' wide - 6'-8' high
2. How many inches should underlayment lap on both sides over a ridge?
Framing a house
Span
6 feet
6
3. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Sheathing
Dimension
Truss with a steel web
Curling
4. 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.
Flashing
Slope
6
Bundle
5. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be
Run
Pressure-treated
Ponderosa pine
Dimension
6. Which type of drawing shows only one side and two dimensions of an object from a specific viewpoint?
Three
Orthographic
Roofing cement
Finish nail
7. What should you use to seal the joints between flashing and other surfaces after holes have been patched?
Span
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Run; rise
Silicone Caulk
8. In what order should damaged shingles be removed?
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
6'-8'
Interior
Cement dermatitus
9. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
55-pound roll roofing
Detail
Three
Ridge shingles
10. How many inches should underlayment lap on both sides over a ridge?
Ponderosa pine
6
8'
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
11. A _____ plan is a plan of footings and foundation walls.
Drip edge
Soil stack
Ridge shingles
Foundation
12. Balloon frame construction is rarely used today because
Of lumber and labor costs
Three
Foundation
Framing a house
13. Which step do you start AFTER the roof has been completely stripped of roofing and the underlayment has been finished?
Dimension
Nail drip edge along eaves
Unit rise
Architect
14. The lower edge of the shingle tabs.
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Butt edge
6'-8'
Sheathing
15. A _____ plan is a plan of footings and foundation walls.
Foundation
Deck
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Hidden
16. A plan is what view of a construction project?
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Top
6 feet
1/4 inch
17. The minimum standard headroom for commercial use is...
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18. The horizontal distance from eave to eave.
Perpendicular
Pitch
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Span
19. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
Sheathing
Foundation
Roofing cement
6-inch offset
20. The length of a common rafter for a roof with a span of 30' and a rise of 10' is...
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21. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.
5 -400
Soil stack
Ventilation
Valley
22. What can be installed in a home with gable vents to dramatically increase the ventilation of the attic?
Finish nail
18'-0'
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
Ridge vent
23. Tread run (unit run) is measured from the...
Of lumber and labor costs
Foundation
Roofing cement
Face of one riser to the face of the next
24. The type of fastener that should be used to secure a window to the structure is a...
Finish nail
1/4 inch
Nail drip edge along eaves
Valley
25. A type of dark roof discoloration caused by algae. Commonly called fungus growth.
Algae Discoloration
Tab
Ventilation
Three
26. The standard width for a main entry door is...
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27. A type of adjustable square that can be used to set - test - and transfer angles is called a...
6
Sliding T-bevel
Tongue and the blade
Span
28. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Curling
Square
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Butt edge
29. The distance a rafter rises vertically for each foot of run is known as the
Sheathing
Unit rise
Truss with a steel web
1. Eave 2. Ridge
30. The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the run - in inches.
Slope
Of lumber and labor costs
55-pound roll roofing
Ratio
31. What roofing term identifies the horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof?
Finish nail
Flashing
Eave
Course
32. General drawings consist of what two types of drawings?
Lap
Pitch
Run; rise
A. Plans b. Elevation
33. maximum span of a 2'
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34. The lower edge of the shingle tabs.
Dimension
Butt edge
6-inch offset
Perpendicular
35. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
Buckling
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Flashing
Framing
36. 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
Tongue and the blade
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Floor
37. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.
Ratio
Rise
Ventilation
Curling
38. 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?
Ridge shingles
27
Of lumber and labor costs
Flashing
39. Roofing brackets are constructed to fit the roof's_____.
No more than 19 percent
Pitch
Platform
6
40. How many inches should single-layer underlayment lap over the side lap at the end of all joints?
Hidden
1/3
36' wide - 6'-8' high
4 inches
41. What plan do all of the construction personnel look at?
Overhang
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Floor
Detail
42. In what order should damaged shingles be removed?
Drip edge
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Open valley
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
43. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Ridge shingles
Floor
Flashing
Incomplete curing
44. That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
Overhang
Truss with a steel web
Slope
Foundation
45. The three dimensions shown on a 3-D object are _____.
Length - width - and height
Pressure-treated
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Span
46. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
18'-0'
Cement dermatitus
Architect
Tab
47. A framing square has two sections called the
Dimension
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Top
Tongue and the blade
48. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
1 foot
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Ponderosa pine
49. 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
Ridge vent
Course
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
50. The minimum standard headroom for commercial use is...
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