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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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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. A portable circular saw has
A retractable lower blade guard
Flashing
Hidden
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
2. 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.
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Buckling
Ratio
Rise
3. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Buckling
Ventilation
Curling
Ridge shingles
4. For a given length and size - the type of floor joist with the most strength is a(n)
Truss with a steel web
Top
4 inches
Flashing
5. A type of adjustable square that can be used to set - test - and transfer angles is called a...
Run; rise
Sliding T-bevel
Pitch
Soffit
6. A _____ plan is a plan of footings and foundation walls.
Foundation
Architect
Unit rise
Length - width - and height
7. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
Sheathing
Open valley
Run; rise
Foundation
8. The standard width for a main entry door is...
9. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Cement dermatitus
Run
6
6
10. A vent pipe that penetrates the roof.
Soil stack
Foundation
Of lumber and labor costs
Slope
11. The lower edge of the shingle tabs.
A push stick
Butt edge
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
1/4 inch
12. Lines on drawings used to show an outline that is not visible from the view shown are called...
Truss with a steel web
Hidden
Curling
6-inch offset
13. 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
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Run
Soffit
14. Which type of drawing shows only one side and two dimensions of an object from a specific viewpoint?
Length - width - and height
Orthographic
Architect
Ridge shingles
15. A top view of the footings or foundation walls is a/an _____ plan.
Platform
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Framing
Foundation
16. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
Tab
Open valley
Floor
Face of one riser to the face of the next
17. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Sheathing
6 feet
Floor
18. 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
Tab
Cement dermatitus
1. Eave 2. Ridge
19. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
36' wide - 6'-8' high
6
Square
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
20. The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the run - in inches.
Slope
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
1. Eave 2. Ridge
21. You should always use _____ when using a table saw to rip boards less than 4' wide
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
A push stick
36' wide - 6'-8' high
6
22. Roofing brackets are constructed to fit the roof's_____.
Pitch
27
Algae Discoloration
6'-8'
23. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Ridge shingles
36' wide - 6'-8' high
36'
Soffit
24. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.
36'
Pitch
Floor
Ventilation
25. What direction - in relation to the rafters - should plywood sheathing be installed?
Finish nail
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Perpendicular
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
26. The term quarter-sawed means...
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
8'
Rise
18'-0'
27. How far should the start row of shingles hang over the apron and drip edge?
Hidden
Drip edge
No more than 19 percent
1/4 inch
28. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
Course
Roll roofing
Algae Discoloration
Nail drip edge along eaves
29. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Ridge shingles
Ponderosa pine
Detail
Architect
30. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
Pitch
Framing
Foundation
6 feet
31. The vertical distance from the eave line to the ridge.
Nail drip edge along eaves
Of lumber and labor costs
Tab
Rise
32. The minimum standard headroom for commercial use is...
33. The pitch of a roof that has a rise of 8' and a run of 12' is...
1/3
Length - width - and height
A retractable lower blade guard
Incomplete curing
34. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
Framing
Flashing
Soil stack
6-inch offset
35. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
Floor
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
4 inches
Sheathing
36. The uppermost - horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Algae Discoloration
Rise
Ridge
Platform
37. 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
Open valley
4 inches
1. Eave 2. Ridge
38. 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
Eave
Truss with a steel web
6 feet
39. A ridgeboard is typically
4 inches
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Pressure-treated
Pitch
40. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.
No more than 19 percent
Run
Run; rise
Face of one riser to the face of the next
41. Which of these is a true statement regarding availability for work
Unit rise
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Detail
Dimension lumber
42. At least how many ladder rungs should extend above the eaves to allow a person to step directly out onto the roof?
Two
Pitch
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Unit rise
43. When laying out a stringer using a framing square - the blade of the framing square represents the unit _____ and the tongue represents the unit_______.
Ratio
Open valley
Rise
Run; rise
44. What is the wood commonly used in the manufacture of wood frame windows?
Ponderosa pine
Ridge shingles
Perpendicular
Hidden
45. A type of dark roof discoloration caused by algae. Commonly called fungus growth.
Dimension lumber
Of lumber and labor costs
Algae Discoloration
Buckling
46. Tread run (unit run) is measured from the...
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Tongue and the blade
A. Plans b. Elevation
Ventilation
47. What plan do all of the construction personnel look at?
Floor
Ventilation
Pitch
Vent
48. Wooden joists are normally placed _____ OC with the crown _____.
49. The finished underside of the eaves.
Soffit
36' wide - 6'-8' high
16'; up
Vent
50. What roofing term identifies the horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof?
Truss with a steel web
Eave
No more than 19 percent
One dimension thicker than a common rafter