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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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1. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
6
Detail
6 feet
Threshold
2. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
Perpendicular
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Hidden
Details
3. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
Truss with a steel web
Details
Tab
4. Balloon frame construction is rarely used today because
Roofing cement
Of lumber and labor costs
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Dimension
5. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
Rise
Course
Flashing
6
6. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
55-pound roll roofing
Ventilation
Drip edge
Curling
7. How far should the start row of shingles hang over the apron and drip edge?
Of lumber and labor costs
1/4 inch
A retractable lower blade guard
Of lumber and labor costs
8. The horizontal member at the bottom of a door frame is known as the
Threshold
6 feet
Top
Nail drip edge along eaves
9. A type of adjustable square that can be used to set - test - and transfer angles is called a...
1/4 inch
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Nail drip edge along eaves
Sliding T-bevel
10. Wooden joists are normally placed _____ OC with the crown _____.
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11. A typical elevation is drawn at the same scale as a floor plan - usually 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch equals _____.
Valley
1 foot
No more than 19 percent
Sheathing
12. The roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the span - in inches.
Run
Span
Pitch
6 feet
13. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Cement dermatitus
6 feet
Drip edge
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
14. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it
Framing
Does not conduct heat as readily
Architect
Valley
15. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
6-inch offset
Sheathing
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
8'
16. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
Bundle
Top
Dimension lumber
Soil stack
17. Asphalt roofing product manufactured in roll form.
Roll roofing
Run
Cement dermatitus
Eave
18. How many inches should underlayment lap on both sides over a ridge?
Dimension lumber
6
Dimension
Nail drip edge along eaves
19. A vent pipe that penetrates the roof.
A. Plans b. Elevation
Soil stack
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Valley
20. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
55-pound roll roofing
Framing
A. Plans b. Elevation
Roll roofing
21. 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.
Floor
Soffit
Ratio
Three
22. Which of these is a true statement regarding availability for work
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Ridge
Cement dermatitus
1/4 inch
23. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
A push stick
Roofing cement
Details
Ponderosa pine
24. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
Foundation
Eave
Open valley
Detail
25. The type of fastener that should be used to secure a window to the structure is a...
Interior
Roofing cement
Finish nail
Incomplete curing
26. type of construction where each floor of a structure is built as an individual unit is _____ framing.
Floor
Platform
18'-0'
36'
27. What is the wood commonly used in the manufacture of wood frame windows?
No more than 19 percent
18'-0'
Ponderosa pine
4 inches
28. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
A push stick
Ridge shingles
Framing
Deck
29. The surface - installed over the supporting framing members - to which the roofing is applied.
Deck
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Roofing cement
Algae Discoloration
30. What enlarged drawings show the builder how various parts are to be connected?
8'
6
Details
1. Eave 2. Ridge
31. 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.
Length - width - and height
Overhang
Vent
Ponderosa pine
32. 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?
27
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
5 -400
Incomplete curing
33. What can be installed in a home with gable vents to dramatically increase the ventilation of the attic?
Threshold
Nail drip edge along eaves
Open valley
Ridge vent
34. What enlarged drawings show the builder how various parts are to be connected?
Soffit
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Details
Butt edge
35. Which type of drawing shows only one side and two dimensions of an object from a specific viewpoint?
Foundation
Orthographic
Rise
Foundation
36. Roofing lifelines must hold a MINIMUM deadweight of _____ pounds.
Three
5 -400
1/4 inch
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
37. A ridgeboard is typically
55-pound roll roofing
Nail drip edge along eaves
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
6
38. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
16'; up
Lap
Vent
6 feet
39. maximum span of a 2'
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40. Which step do you start AFTER the roof has been completely stripped of roofing and the underlayment has been finished?
Orthographic
Platform
Unit rise
Nail drip edge along eaves
41. A package of shingles. There may be three - four - or five bundles per square.
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
6-inch offset
Rise
Bundle
42. The finished underside of the eaves.
36'
Soffit
Soil stack
6'-8'
43. The three dimensions shown on a 3-D object are _____.
Roofing cement
Dimension lumber
Length - width - and height
1/3
44. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
8'
Vent
Tab
Sliding T-bevel
45. That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
Top
Overhang
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Ratio
46. A plan is what view of a construction project?
Pitch
Rise
Algae Discoloration
Top
47. 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.
Of lumber and labor costs
6
8'
Open valley
48. What is the wood commonly used in the manufacture of wood frame windows?
55-pound roll roofing
Run; rise
Ponderosa pine
Eave
49. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Curling
Roofing cement
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Framing a house
50. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.
Pressure-treated
Flashing
Felt
Soffit