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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. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be
Vent
Bundle
Pressure-treated
Foundation
2. What enlarged drawings show the builder how various parts are to be connected?
Details
Roofing cement
Roll roofing
Interior
3. For a given length and size - the type of floor joist with the most strength is a(n)
Silicone Caulk
Truss with a steel web
6
Does not conduct heat as readily
4. 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?
A push stick
Felt
27
Details
5. 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.
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Felt
Flashing
Three
6. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Framing
7. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Finish nail
6
Ratio
8. The pitch of a roof that has a rise of 8' and a run of 12' is...
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Orthographic
1/3
9. Lines on drawings used to show an outline that is not visible from the view shown are called...
Hidden
6
Interior
No more than 19 percent
10. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
8'
No more than 19 percent
Course
Roofing cement
11. The three dimensions shown on a 3-D object are _____.
Length - width - and height
Three
Platform
Orthographic
12. Roofing brackets are constructed to fit the roof's_____.
Sliding T-bevel
1/4 inch
Truss with a steel web
Pitch
13. 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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14. What can be installed in a home with gable vents to dramatically increase the ventilation of the attic?
Ridge vent
Span
Unit rise
Run
15. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Detail
Curling
Valley
Tongue and the blade
16. A type of adjustable square that can be used to set - test - and transfer angles is called a...
Ponderosa pine
Sliding T-bevel
Tab
Slope
17. A unit of roof measure covering 100 square feet.
Framing
Pitch
No more than 19 percent
Square
18. 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.
6'-8'
Ratio
Two
Architect
19. Which type of roof damage is usually caused by improperly applied felt - wrinkled underlayment - or new shingles applied over old - rough shingles?
Square
Ridge
Butt edge
Buckling
20. A ridgeboard is typically
18'-0'
Bundle
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Square
21. General drawings consist of what two types of drawings?
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Detail
A. Plans b. Elevation
Felt
22. The term S-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains ____ moisture
5 -400
Buckling
Buckling
No more than 19 percent
23. The term quarter-sawed means...
Slope
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Soil stack
24. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Ridge shingles
Two
Rise
25. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
A push stick
Drip edge
Ridge shingles
Course
26. At least how many ladder rungs should extend above the eaves to allow a person to step directly out onto the roof?
Three
Two
Tab
Lap
27. The surface - installed over the supporting framing members - to which the roofing is applied.
Open valley
Deck
Unit rise
5 -400
28. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Of lumber and labor costs
Unit rise
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
29. When laying out a stringer using a framing square - the blade of the framing square represents the unit _____ and the tongue represents the unit_______.
Cement dermatitus
Run; rise
Details
Pitch
30. Which type of drawing shows only one side and two dimensions of an object from a specific viewpoint?
Soil stack
Run
Orthographic
A. Plans b. Elevation
31. A noncorrosive - nonstaining material used along the eaves and rakes to allow water runoff to drip clear of underlying construction.
Drip edge
Foundation
A push stick
Finish nail
32. A portable circular saw has
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
6-inch offset
6
A retractable lower blade guard
33. A package of shingles. There may be three - four - or five bundles per square.
Bundle
Drip edge
Does not conduct heat as readily
Drip edge
34. Roofing lifelines must hold a MINIMUM deadweight of _____ pounds.
5 -400
8'
Cement dermatitus
Eave
35. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
Detail
6-inch offset
4 inches
27
36. What is the wood commonly used in the manufacture of wood frame windows?
Ponderosa pine
Incomplete curing
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
37. Elevations required for important features - such as built-in cabinets and shelves - are known as _____ elevations.
Interior
Felt
A. Plans b. Elevation
Framing
38. A _____ plan is a plan of footings and foundation walls.
Foundation
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Roll roofing
Platform
39. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be
6-inch offset
8'
Buckling
Pressure-treated
40. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.
Ventilation
Roofing cement
Dimension
Sheathing
41. What roofing term identifies the horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof?
Ridge vent
Eave
Nail drip edge along eaves
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
42. The roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the span - in inches.
Pitch
Square
Ratio
Valley
43. Which type of roof damage is usually caused by improperly applied felt - wrinkled underlayment - or new shingles applied over old - rough shingles?
Buckling
Butt edge
27
Dimension
44. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
Floor
Roofing cement
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Eave
45. A typical elevation is drawn at the same scale as a floor plan - usually 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch equals _____.
Hidden
1 foot
Deck
Square
46. 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.
6-inch offset
Open valley
Deck
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
47. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
Framing
Nail drip edge along eaves
55-pound roll roofing
Ridge
48. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
Tab
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Two
55-pound roll roofing
49. For a given length and size - the type of floor joist with the most strength is a(n)
Soil stack
Truss with a steel web
Details
Pitch
50. The person Who is licensed to design buildings and oversee their construction is the
6 feet
Drip edge
Architect
Rise