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Carpentry Basics 3
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industries
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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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1. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.
Felt
Square
Pitch
6-inch offset
2. What can be installed in a home with gable vents to dramatically increase the ventilation of the attic?
5 -400
Ridge vent
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Of lumber and labor costs
3. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
Curling
Of lumber and labor costs
6-inch offset
Floor
4. What should you use to seal the joints between flashing and other surfaces after holes have been patched?
Bundle
Ratio
Silicone Caulk
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
5. Detail drawings consist of what two types of views?
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
Foundation
Dimension lumber
Buckling
6. That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
Open valley
Finish nail
Overhang
Face of one riser to the face of the next
7. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it
Hidden
Top
Does not conduct heat as readily
Orthographic
8. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Butt edge
36'
Floor
9. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Deck
Cement dermatitus
Dimension lumber
Platform
10. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Course
6
Drip edge
Ridge shingles
11. type of construction where each floor of a structure is built as an individual unit is _____ framing.
5 -400
Silicone Caulk
Detail
Platform
12. Lines on drawings used to show an outline that is not visible from the view shown are called...
Sheathing
Hidden
Slope
Soffit
13. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Ratio
Framing
Valley
Curling
14. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Threshold
1/3
Eave
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
15. Elevations required for important features - such as built-in cabinets and shelves - are known as _____ elevations.
Interior
Butt edge
Finish nail
Span
16. The type of fastener that should be used to secure a window to the structure is a...
Finish nail
Foundation
Cement dermatitus
Three
17. The vertical distance from the eave line to the ridge.
6
Ratio
Truss with a steel web
Rise
18. Asphalt roofing product manufactured in roll form.
Perpendicular
Roll roofing
A. Plans b. Elevation
Foundation
19. The term S-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains ____ moisture
No more than 19 percent
Tongue and the blade
18'-0'
Platform
20. A framing square has two sections called the
Incomplete curing
Three
Tongue and the blade
Curling
21. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
Orthographic
Framing
Roofing cement
Course
22. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.
Run
Framing
6
6-inch offset
23. 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.
Butt edge
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Open valley
Ponderosa pine
24. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
1/3
Cement dermatitus
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Hidden
25. 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?
4 inches
Three
Course
Floor
26. A framing square has two sections called the
Rise
Tongue and the blade
Top
Roofing cement
27. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.
Floor
Ridge vent
27
Ventilation
28. Which type of drawing shows only one side and two dimensions of an object from a specific viewpoint?
Orthographic
Roll roofing
8'
Square
29. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
Sheathing
Finish nail
No more than 19 percent
Course
30. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
8'
Detail
Ridge vent
Orthographic
31. What roofing term identifies the horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof?
18'-0'
Eave
Overhang
6
32. What plan do all of the construction personnel look at?
Hidden
Floor
Run
Roll roofing
33. The horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof.
Eave
Deck
36'
Incomplete curing
34. A package of shingles. There may be three - four - or five bundles per square.
1/3
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Bundle
Ridge shingles
35. To cover the surface of one shingle or roll with another.
Butt edge
Hidden
Soffit
Lap
36. 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
Sliding T-bevel
Detail
Floor
37. Roofing lifelines must hold a MINIMUM deadweight of _____ pounds.
Nail drip edge along eaves
Two
5 -400
4 inches
38. You should always use _____ when using a table saw to rip boards less than 4' wide
Details
Framing
Framing
A push stick
39. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
Framing
18'-0'
Course
Foundation
40. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
55-pound roll roofing
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Two
Dimension lumber
41. To cover the surface of one shingle or roll with another.
Truss with a steel web
Lap
Floor
Run
42. The term quarter-sawed means...
Detail
Buckling
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Deck
43. Detail drawings consist of what two types of views?
Dimension lumber
Felt
Of lumber and labor costs
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
44. The minimum standard headroom for commercial use is...
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45. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be
Ridge vent
Pressure-treated
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Bundle
46. For a given length and size - the type of floor joist with the most strength is a(n)
A. Plans b. Elevation
Eave
Dimension
Truss with a steel web
47. The term S-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains ____ moisture
No more than 19 percent
Course
5 -400
Open valley
48. The lower edge of the shingle tabs.
Eave
Ridge
Foundation
Butt edge
49. The distance a rafter rises vertically for each foot of run is known as the
Does not conduct heat as readily
Deck
Unit rise
Drip edge
50. maximum span of a 2'
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