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Carpentry Basics 3
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industries
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carpentry
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Silicone Caulk
Unless you are ill or have a family emergency - you should be on the job by the specified time
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Flashing
2. The uppermost - horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Felt
Pitch
Ridge
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
3. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
36'
Roll roofing
Square
Roofing cement
4. Roofing lifelines must hold a MINIMUM deadweight of _____ pounds.
Rise
Square
5 -400
Lap
5. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.
Details
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Run
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
6. The horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof.
Interior
Eave
Architect
27
7. A portable circular saw has
A retractable lower blade guard
Span
No more than 19 percent
Length - width - and height
8. A type of dark roof discoloration caused by algae. Commonly called fungus growth.
6-inch offset
Bundle
Algae Discoloration
Buckling
9. A solid line with arrowheads at both ends to indicate the length - width - or height of an object is known as a/an _____ line
Top
Perpendicular
Orthographic
Dimension
10. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it
6
Does not conduct heat as readily
Tongue and the blade
Span
11. A typical elevation is drawn at the same scale as a floor plan - usually 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch equals _____.
Tab
Soil stack
Foundation
1 foot
12. What should you use to seal the joints between flashing and other surfaces after holes have been patched?
Silicone Caulk
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Flashing
Slope
13. 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?
Soil stack
Eave
Valley
Three
14. Wooden joists are normally placed _____ OC with the crown _____.
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15. How many inches should underlayment lap on both sides over a ridge?
6
55-pound roll roofing
Face of one riser to the face of the next
Detail
16. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.
Finish nail
Curling
Orthographic
Roofing cement
17. At least how many ladder rungs should extend above the eaves to allow a person to step directly out onto the roof?
Orthographic
Run
Two
Does not conduct heat as readily
18. The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the run - in inches.
Run; rise
Ratio
Sliding T-bevel
Slope
19. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?
Framing
Threshold
18'-0'
5 -400
20. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?
Of lumber and labor costs
6'-8'
6 feet
Floor
21. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
4 inches
6-inch offset
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
6
22. A noncorrosive - nonstaining material used along the eaves and rakes to allow water runoff to drip clear of underlying construction.
A push stick
Drip edge
6
6 feet
23. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
Pitch
Ridge
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
Sheathing
24. The surface - installed over the supporting framing members - to which the roofing is applied.
Deck
Slope
Pitch
Ratio
25. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
1. Eave 2. Ridge
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Course
Ponderosa pine
26. A plan is what view of a construction project?
Top
6
Curling
4 inches
27. A plan is what view of a construction project?
Ventilation
Top
Bundle
Ponderosa pine
28. A row of shingles or roll roofing running the length of the roof.
Framing
Floor
Course
Detail
29. The horizontal distance from eave to eave.
Details
Overhang
Span
16'; up
30. The horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof.
Of lumber and labor costs
Eave
Truss with a steel web
1. Eave 2. Ridge
31. The person Who is licensed to design buildings and oversee their construction is the
Architect
6 feet
Overhang
Two
32. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
Roll roofing
55-pound roll roofing
Architect
Finish nail
33. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
Cement dermatitus
6
55-pound roll roofing
A. Plans b. Elevation
34. A vent pipe that penetrates the roof.
Soil stack
18'-0'
Perpendicular
1/3
35. Roofing brackets are constructed to fit the roof's_____.
Pitch
Threshold
Ratio
Eave
36. How should you remove roofing layers when preparing to replace the entire roof?
A retractable lower blade guard
6
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
37. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
Run
Detail
Ridge
A retractable lower blade guard
38. A typical elevation is drawn at the same scale as a floor plan - usually 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch equals _____.
1 foot
Vent
Face of one riser to the face of the next
6 feet
39. The standard width for a main entry door is...
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40. How many inches should single-layer underlayment lap over the side lap at the end of all joints?
Ratio
Perpendicular
4 inches
1. Eave 2. Ridge
41. What enlarged drawings show the builder how various parts are to be connected?
Unit rise
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Platform
Details
42. The distance a rafter rises vertically for each foot of run is known as the
Vent
Unit rise
Algae Discoloration
Dimension
43. maximum span of a 2'
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44. The exposed portion of strip shingles defined by cutouts.
Deck
Tab
Two
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
45. Which step do you start AFTER the roof has been completely stripped of roofing and the underlayment has been finished?
Pitch
Hidden
Nail drip edge along eaves
Length - width - and height
46. 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
Dimension lumber
Course
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
47. A skin irritation that can be caused by exposure to cement is called...
Cement dermatitus
Architect
Orthographic
Deck
48. 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?
Incomplete curing
A. Plans b. Elevation
Overhang
27
49. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
Roofing cement
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Cement dermatitus
8'
50. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
1 foot
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Of lumber and labor costs
Cement dermatitus