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Carpentry Floor Framing
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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. Top or bottom horizontal member of a wall frame.
Bridging
Plate
Masonry
Platform frame
2. A sloping structural member of a roof frame that supports the roof sheathing and covering.
Sill
Rafter
Grout
Dry well
3. Boards that have been finished with tongue-and-grooved edges.
Matched boards
Masonry
Grout
Masonry
4. A one-dimensional measurement of length in foot increments.
Sill
Ribbon
Linear feet
Platform frame
5. Full-length joists that run along the inside of an opening.
Rafter
Fire-stop blocking
Trimmer joists
Termite
6. The extremities of a piece of lumber.
End
Matched boards
Platform frame
Edge
7. Horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also - the lowest horizontal member in a window or door frame.
Linear feet
Sill
Edge
Platform frame
8. The highest point of a roof that has sloping sides.
Ridge
Floor joists
Web stiffener
Tail joist
9. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.
Trimmer joists
Sheathing
Plate
Fire-stop blocking
10. Top or bottom horizontal member of a wall frame.
Rafter
Bridging
Plate
Termite shields
11. The narrow surface of lumber running with the grain.
Edge
Sheathing
Sheathing
Bearing partition
12. See fire-stop blocking.
Draft-stop blocking
Web stiffener
Floor joists
Linear feet
13. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.
Course
Bridging
Masonry
Termite shields
14. Full-length joists that run along the inside of an opening.
Platform frame
Termite
Trimmer joists
Pressure-treated
15. A term applied to concrete that has not fully cured.
Green
Shim
Box header
Rafter
16. A mixture of cement - fine aggregate - and water used to fill joints in masonry and tile.
Fire-stop blocking
Bearing partition
Eaves
Grout
17. Insects that live in colonies and feed on wood.
Platform frame
Box header
Tail joist
Termite
18. Horizontal members of a frame that rest on and transfer the load to sills and girders.
Floor joists
Pressure-treated
Fire-stop blocking
Platform frame
19. The part of the roof that extends beyond the dry well.
OC (on center)
Eaves
Ridge
Course
20. A thin - wedge-shaped piece of material used behind pieces for the purpose of straightening them - or for bringing their surfaces flush at a joint.
End
Dry well
Box header
Shim
21. Horizontal members of a frame that rest on and transfer the load to sills and girders.
Draft-stop blocking
Floor joists
Bearing partition
Box header
22. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.
Edge
Dry well
OC (on center)
Green
23. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.
Plate
Bridging
Draft-stop blocking
Pressure-treated
24. A one-dimensional measurement of length in foot increments.
Termite shields
Linear feet
End
Eaves
25. Materials installed to slow the movement of fire and smoke within smaller cavities of a building frame during a fire; also called draft-stop blocking.
Fire-stop blocking
Web stiffener
Platform frame
Floor joists
26. A wood block that is used to reinforce the web of an I-joist - often at locations where the I-joist is supported in a hanger and the sides of the hanger do not extend up to the top flange.
Web stiffener
Termite shields
Plate
Course
27. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.
Masonry
End
Bearing partition
OC (on center)
28. An interior wall that supports the floor above.
End
Sill
Bearing partition
Termite
29. A thin - wedge-shaped piece of material used behind pieces for the purpose of straightening them - or for bringing their surfaces flush at a joint.
Web stiffener
Eaves
Grout
Shim
30. Treatment given to lumber that applies preservative under pressure to penetrate the total piece.
Edge
Masonry
Pressure-treated
Balloon frame
31. A mixture of cement - fine aggregate - and water used to fill joints in masonry and tile.
Joist header
Bearing partition
Grout
Green
32. A sloping structural member of a roof frame that supports the roof sheathing and covering.
Tail joist
Rafter
Green
Grout
33. Boards that have been finished with tongue-and-grooved edges.
Sill
Joist header
Ribbon
Matched boards
34. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.
Tail joist
Bridging
Dry well
Matched boards
35. A narrow board let into studs of a balloon frame to support floor joists.
Ribbon
Bridging
Shim
End
36. The part of the roof that extends beyond the dry well.
Grout
Eaves
Ribbon
Plate
37. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.
Platform frame
Fire-stop blocking
Ribbon
Sheathing
38. See box header.
Joist header
Bearing partition
Termite
Box header
39. The extremities of a piece of lumber.
Floor joists
End
Sheathing
Green
40. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.
Floor joists
Matched boards
Termite shields
Balloon frame
41. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.
Rafter
Masonry
Edge
Box header
42. A wood block that is used to reinforce the web of an I-joist - often at locations where the I-joist is supported in a hanger and the sides of the hanger do not extend up to the top flange.
Shim
Draft-stop blocking
Green
Web stiffener
43. Horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also - the lowest horizontal member in a window or door frame.
Sill
Termite shields
Matched boards
Bridging
44. Insects that live in colonies and feed on wood.
Termite
Trimmer joists
Fire-stop blocking
Green
45. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.
Tail joist
Grout
Course
Green
46. A continuous row of building material - such as brick - siding - roofing - and flooring.
Grout
Course
Ribbon
Sheathing
47. An interior wall that supports the floor above.
Linear feet
Bearing partition
Trimmer joists
Dry well
48. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.
Draft-stop blocking
Termite shields
Eaves
Masonry
49. See box header.
Web stiffener
Fire-stop blocking
Grout
Joist header
50. See fire-stop blocking.
Draft-stop blocking
Bridging
Platform frame
End