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Carpentry Basics 3
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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. The three dimensions shown on a 3-D object are _____.
Orthographic
Roofing cement
Length - width - and height
Ponderosa pine
2. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
Roofing cement
Roofing cement
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Sheathing
3. 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.
Vent
Valley
Top
16'; up
4. Which of these tasks falls into the category of rough carpentry?
Architect
Perpendicular
Framing a house
6
5. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Does not conduct heat as readily
6-inch offset
16'; up
6. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
Ridge
Roofing cement
Orthographic
Framing
7. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Valley
Butt edge
Ridge shingles
36'
8. The horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof.
Eave
Ridge
Foundation
Run
9. The minimum standard headroom for commercial use is...
10. A type of dark roof discoloration caused by algae. Commonly called fungus growth.
Algae Discoloration
Platform
Finish nail
Hidden
11. 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
Floor
Perpendicular
Threshold
12. Tread run (unit run) is measured from the...
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Foundation
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
13. The three dimensions shown on a 3-D object are _____.
Run
Ridge vent
Length - width - and height
Face of one riser to the face of the next
14. 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
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
A retractable lower blade guard
Open valley
15. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Deck
Dimension lumber
Felt
16. A package of shingles. There may be three - four - or five bundles per square.
Finish nail
Bundle
6
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
17. 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.
Ratio
Ponderosa pine
Overhang
Soffit
18. A top view of the footings or foundation walls is a/an _____ plan.
Flashing
Foundation
Truss with a steel web
6 feet
19. The uppermost - horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Ridge
Curling
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
20. The finished underside of the eaves.
1/4 inch
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Floor
Soffit
21. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
5 -400
Square
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Rise
22. Detail drawings consist of what two types of views?
Floor
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
Deck
Silicone Caulk
23. A plan is what view of a construction project?
Top
Roll roofing
Perpendicular
Dimension
24. How many inches should single-layer underlayment lap over the side lap at the end of all joints?
Run; rise
Pitch
Ridge shingles
4 inches
25. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
Drip edge
Open valley
Framing
Course
26. Asphalt roofing product manufactured in roll form.
A retractable lower blade guard
Roll roofing
18'-0'
Slope
27. That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
Butt edge
Overhang
4 inches
1/3
28. For a given length and size - the type of floor joist with the most strength is a(n)
Floor
Buckling
Butt edge
Truss with a steel web
29. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
1. Eave 2. Ridge
6
Ridge shingles
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
30. 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?
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
27
Pitch
Two
31. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
Detail
Dimension lumber
Valley
16'; up
32. type of construction where each floor of a structure is built as an individual unit is _____ framing.
Threshold
Length - width - and height
Platform
Lap
33. The term S-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains ____ moisture
Slope
No more than 19 percent
8'
Sheathing
34. Which of these is a true statement regarding availability for work
Dimension lumber
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Orthographic
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
35. A vent pipe that penetrates the roof.
Eave
Algae Discoloration
Soil stack
Dimension
36. In what order should damaged shingles be removed?
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
Perpendicular
Butt edge
Roofing cement
37. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be
Soffit
16'; up
Ridge vent
Pressure-treated
38. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Slope
Detail
6
Cement dermatitus
39. dimensions of a door marked '3668' on a floor plan are
40. What is the wood commonly used in the manufacture of wood frame windows?
Ponderosa pine
Pitch
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
5 -400
41. Lines on drawings used to show an outline that is not visible from the view shown are called...
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
A push stick
Hidden
Perpendicular
42. Lines on drawings used to show an outline that is not visible from the view shown are called...
Pressure-treated
Ridge shingles
Hidden
Ventilation
43. A unit of roof measure covering 100 square feet.
Square
4 inches
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Course
44. How many inches should single-layer underlayment lap over the side lap at the end of all joints?
No more than 19 percent
Vent
Felt
4 inches
45. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Overhang
Length - width - and height
Curling
Unit rise
46. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Valley
Incomplete curing
Ponderosa pine
Floor
47. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
Roofing cement
Pitch
Nail drip edge along eaves
A. Plans b. Elevation
48. Roofing brackets are constructed to fit the roof's_____.
Pitch
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Ridge vent
Unit rise
49. The type of fastener that should be used to secure a window to the structure is a...
Lap
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
Run; rise
Finish nail
50. The person Who is licensed to design buildings and oversee their construction is the
Architect
A push stick
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Curling