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Carpentry Floor Framing
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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. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.
Termite shields
Ridge
Joist header
Tail joist
2. A narrow board let into studs of a balloon frame to support floor joists.
Trimmer joists
Ribbon
Matched boards
Shim
3. A narrow board let into studs of a balloon frame to support floor joists.
Fire-stop blocking
Ribbon
Bridging
Pressure-treated
4. A continuous row of building material - such as brick - siding - roofing - and flooring.
Course
Ridge
Bearing partition
End
5. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.
Ribbon
Termite
Green
OC (on center)
6. Treatment given to lumber that applies preservative under pressure to penetrate the total piece.
Pressure-treated
Sheathing
Dry well
Green
7. Gravel- or stone-filled excavation for catching water so it can be absorbed into the earth.
Floor joists
Trimmer joists
Dry well
Pressure-treated
8. See box header.
Pressure-treated
Ribbon
Joist header
Rafter
9. See fire-stop blocking.
Draft-stop blocking
Ridge
Dry well
Bearing partition
10. Method of wood frame construction in which wall are erected on a previously constructed floor deck or platform.
Fire-stop blocking
Platform frame
Draft-stop blocking
Pressure-treated
11. Boards that have been finished with tongue-and-grooved edges.
Web stiffener
Sheathing
Sheathing
Matched boards
12. Treatment given to lumber that applies preservative under pressure to penetrate the total piece.
Ridge
Pressure-treated
Course
Termite shields
13. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.
Fire-stop blocking
Sheathing
Termite
Pressure-treated
14. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.
Plate
Balloon frame
OC (on center)
Box header
15. In platform construction - framing members that cap the floor joists; also called a band joist - rim joist - or joist header.
Eaves
Box header
Linear feet
Web stiffener
16. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.
Edge
Platform frame
Masonry
Green
17. Horizontal members of a frame that rest on and transfer the load to sills and girders.
Masonry
Fire-stop blocking
Floor joists
Course
18. An interior wall that supports the floor above.
Web stiffener
Bearing partition
Balloon frame
Balloon frame
19. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.
Sill
Termite
Bearing partition
Bridging
20. Method of wood frame construction in which wall are erected on a previously constructed floor deck or platform.
Tail joist
Termite
Matched boards
Platform frame
21. A one-dimensional measurement of length in foot increments.
OC (on center)
Platform frame
Linear feet
End
22. Full-length joists that run along the inside of an opening.
Trimmer joists
Linear feet
Eaves
Eaves
23. The extremities of a piece of lumber.
Box header
Plate
Masonry
End
24. A mixture of cement - fine aggregate - and water used to fill joints in masonry and tile.
Fire-stop blocking
Floor joists
Tail joist
Grout
25. The extremities of a piece of lumber.
Sill
Draft-stop blocking
Dry well
End
26. A sloping structural member of a roof frame that supports the roof sheathing and covering.
Rafter
Shim
Fire-stop blocking
Grout
27. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.
Termite shields
Shim
Rafter
Green
28. 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.
Shim
Rafter
Dry well
Course
29. Horizontal members of a frame that rest on and transfer the load to sills and girders.
Floor joists
Sill
Edge
Shim
30. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.
Ribbon
Tail joist
Termite
Plate
31. The part of the roof that extends beyond the dry well.
Eaves
Linear feet
Platform frame
Termite shields
32. Boards that have been finished with tongue-and-grooved edges.
Termite shields
End
Matched boards
Rafter
33. 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.
Bridging
Web stiffener
Balloon frame
Plate
34. A sloping structural member of a roof frame that supports the roof sheathing and covering.
Pressure-treated
Edge
Rafter
Course
35. 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.
Draft-stop blocking
Fire-stop blocking
Termite
Bearing partition
36. The narrow surface of lumber running with the grain.
Tail joist
Edge
Course
Joist header
37. Top or bottom horizontal member of a wall frame.
Grout
Plate
Termite
Linear feet
38. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.
Grout
Ridge
Dry well
Sheathing
39. Gravel- or stone-filled excavation for catching water so it can be absorbed into the earth.
Tail joist
Dry well
Sill
OC (on center)
40. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.
Bridging
Bridging
End
Tail joist
41. In platform construction - framing members that cap the floor joists; also called a band joist - rim joist - or joist header.
End
Balloon frame
Box header
Masonry
42. A mixture of cement - fine aggregate - and water used to fill joints in masonry and tile.
Grout
Floor joists
Green
Tail joist
43. Insects that live in colonies and feed on wood.
Box header
Pressure-treated
Ribbon
Termite
44. See fire-stop blocking.
Shim
Plate
Joist header
Draft-stop blocking
45. A type of frame in which the studs are continuous from foundation to roof.
Platform frame
Matched boards
Balloon frame
Bearing partition
46. Insects that live in colonies and feed on wood.
Termite
Pressure-treated
Matched boards
Ribbon
47. A term applied to concrete that has not fully cured.
Eaves
Tail joist
Matched boards
Green
48. 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
Tail joist
End
Bearing partition
49. A continuous row of building material - such as brick - siding - roofing - and flooring.
Box header
Fire-stop blocking
Course
Bridging
50. 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.
Shim
Edge
Ribbon
Sheathing