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Carpentry Basics 3
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The horizontal member at the bottom of a door frame is known as the
Foundation
8'
Threshold
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
2. 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.
Unit rise
Algae Discoloration
Vent
Span
3. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
1/3
6
8'
Open valley
4. At least how many ladder rungs should extend above the eaves to allow a person to step directly out onto the roof?
Roofing cement
Foundation
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Two
5. A ridgeboard is typically
Detail
Ventilation
Truss with a steel web
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
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 retractable lower blade guard
Two
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
7. The uppermost - horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
A push stick
Nail drip edge along eaves
Ridge
Does not conduct heat as readily
8. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?
1. Eave 2. Ridge
Algae Discoloration
Ridge vent
Roofing cement
9. 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?
Flashing
Curling
27
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
10. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
1. Eave 2. Ridge
55-pound roll roofing
Sheathing
Framing
11. How many inches should underlayment lap on both sides over a ridge?
6
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
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
12. The horizontal distance from eave to eave.
27
Span
6 feet
Vent
13. What type of material can be used in place of a corrosion-resistant metal sleeve and flange to flash a stack (vent)?
55-pound roll roofing
Framing
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Drip edge
14. A type of adjustable square that can be used to set - test - and transfer angles is called a...
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Sliding T-bevel
6-inch offset
5 -400
15. How far should the start row of shingles hang over the apron and drip edge?
1/4 inch
Orthographic
The lumber is cut with the growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees
Rise
16. A framing square has two sections called the
Soil stack
A push stick
Tongue and the blade
Valley
17. Which of these tasks falls into the category of rough carpentry?
55-pound roll roofing
Framing a house
Perpendicular
36'
18. A ridgeboard is typically
Flashing
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
Tongue and the blade
Start with the area just above the damaged shingles and work down releasing all damaged shingles
19. The uppermost - horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Does not conduct heat as readily
Ridge
Floor
Bundle
20. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
6-inch offset
Ridge vent
Two
Roofing cement
21. 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?
Orthographic
Three
Ratio
Drip edge
22. Exterior grade boards used as a roof deck material.
Valley
Dimension
Sheathing
Soffit
23. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?
36'
Roofing cement
1 foot
Butt edge
24. What roofing term identifies the horizontal - lower edge of a sloped roof?
Sliding T-bevel
1/3
Bundle
Eave
25. A top view of the footings or foundation walls is a/an _____ plan.
Dimension lumber
Foundation
Sliding T-bevel
No more than 19 percent
26. How many inches should single-layer underlayment lap over the side lap at the end of all joints?
4 inches
Ventilation
Framing a house
Span
27. dimensions of a door marked '3668' on a floor plan are
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28. For a given length and size - the type of floor joist with the most strength is a(n)
1 foot
Tab
Truss with a steel web
6
29. Which type of drawing shows only one side and two dimensions of an object from a specific viewpoint?
Orthographic
Ratio
Dimension lumber
Rise
30. Asphalt roofing product manufactured in roll form.
Ridge shingles
Roll roofing
Perpendicular
Square
31. Light framing lumber is classified as _____ lumber
1. Eave 2. Ridge
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
Ridge shingles
Dimension lumber
32. The finished underside of the eaves.
36' wide - 6'-8' high
Run
1/3
Soffit
33. The vertical distance from the eave line to the ridge.
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
1. Side to side 2. Top to bottom
Framing
Rise
34. Lines on drawings used to show an outline that is not visible from the view shown are called...
Felt
6
1 foot
Hidden
35. A solid line with arrowheads at both ends to indicate the length - width - or height of an object is known as a/an _____ line
Curling
Sliding T-bevel
Dimension
One dimension thicker than a common rafter
36. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.
Pressure-treated
Rise
Eave
Run
37. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?
Flashing
6-inch offset
Dimension lumber
Two
38. When laying out a stringer using a framing square - the blade of the framing square represents the unit _____ and the tongue represents the unit_______.
Dimension
Run; rise
Foundation
No more than 19 percent
39. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.
Framing a house
Ventilation
Felt
Hidden
40. Balloon frame construction is rarely used today because
27
Orthographic
Ratio
Of lumber and labor costs
41. Balloon frame construction is rarely used today because
Orthographic
Of lumber and labor costs
16'; up
A. Sectional views b. Specific detail views
42. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it
6-inch offset
Does not conduct heat as readily
Threshold
55-pound roll roofing
43. 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?
36'
Foundation
Ridge vent
27
44. Shingles used to cover the horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Ridge shingles
Cement dermatitus
Butt edge
A. Plans b. Elevation
45. Specific types of foundations - doors - windows - insulation - cornices - and so forth is customarily shown in the _____ drawings
Two
11 risers - each 7-1/2' high - AND - 13 risers - each 7' high
Detail
No more than 19 percent
46. The minimum standard headroom for commercial use is...
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47. When repairing valley flashing - how many inches from the lifted shingle edge should you spread roofing cement?
Eave
Rise
6
Incomplete curing
48. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.
Felt
18'-0'
Platform
Of lumber and labor costs
49. 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.
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
Valley
Pressure-treated
Flashing
50. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?
18'-0'
8'
Remove them after the door is attached to the rough opening
6