SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Carpentry Floor Framing
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
industries
,
carpentry
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 continuous row of building material - such as brick - siding - roofing - and flooring.
Draft-stop blocking
Bridging
Shim
Course
2. A sloping structural member of a roof frame that supports the roof sheathing and covering.
Trimmer joists
Rafter
Web stiffener
Sheathing
3. The extremities of a piece of lumber.
Shim
Matched boards
End
Ribbon
4. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.
Shim
Tail joist
Balloon frame
Linear feet
5. 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
Fire-stop blocking
Dry well
Course
6. In platform construction - framing members that cap the floor joists; also called a band joist - rim joist - or joist header.
Web stiffener
Joist header
Sheathing
Box header
7. Treatment given to lumber that applies preservative under pressure to penetrate the total piece.
Course
Sheathing
Web stiffener
Pressure-treated
8. The extremities of a piece of lumber.
Joist header
End
Masonry
Draft-stop blocking
9. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.
Sheathing
Termite shields
Masonry
Bridging
10. 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.
Eaves
Termite shields
Eaves
Fire-stop blocking
11. Method of wood frame construction in which wall are erected on a previously constructed floor deck or platform.
Platform frame
Floor joists
Bearing partition
Trimmer joists
12. Top or bottom horizontal member of a wall frame.
Course
Linear feet
Bridging
Plate
13. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.
Tail joist
Sill
Web stiffener
Matched boards
14. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.
OC (on center)
Rafter
Eaves
Fire-stop blocking
15. Full-length joists that run along the inside of an opening.
Platform frame
OC (on center)
Bridging
Trimmer joists
16. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.
End
Termite shields
Edge
Edge
17. Gravel- or stone-filled excavation for catching water so it can be absorbed into the earth.
Masonry
Dry well
Sill
Ridge
18. Horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also - the lowest horizontal member in a window or door frame.
OC (on center)
Sill
Platform frame
Eaves
19. A term applied to concrete that has not fully cured.
Edge
Green
Pressure-treated
Ridge
20. A type of frame in which the studs are continuous from foundation to roof.
Balloon frame
Ribbon
Tail joist
Bridging
21. A type of frame in which the studs are continuous from foundation to roof.
Trimmer joists
Linear feet
Eaves
Balloon frame
22. A continuous row of building material - such as brick - siding - roofing - and flooring.
Box header
Course
Masonry
Floor joists
23. Insects that live in colonies and feed on wood.
Sill
Floor joists
Linear feet
Termite
24. Horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also - the lowest horizontal member in a window or door frame.
Ridge
Sill
Plate
Draft-stop blocking
25. Boards that have been finished with tongue-and-grooved edges.
Draft-stop blocking
Matched boards
Ribbon
Tail joist
26. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.
Matched boards
Masonry
End
Fire-stop blocking
27. Boards that have been finished with tongue-and-grooved edges.
Masonry
Matched boards
Platform frame
Plate
28. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.
Box header
Green
Pressure-treated
Bridging
29. Insects that live in colonies and feed on wood.
Sheathing
Course
Floor joists
Termite
30. See box header.
Joist header
Shim
Course
Draft-stop blocking
31. An interior wall that supports the floor above.
Bearing partition
Balloon frame
Plate
Dry well
32. The highest point of a roof that has sloping sides.
Ridge
OC (on center)
Pressure-treated
Balloon frame
33. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.
Pressure-treated
Sill
Masonry
Sheathing
34. 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
Trimmer joists
End
Bearing partition
35. Method of wood frame construction in which wall are erected on a previously constructed floor deck or platform.
Platform frame
Shim
Trimmer joists
Plate
36. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.
Bridging
Dry well
Dry well
Plate
37. See box header.
Joist header
Plate
Sheathing
Ribbon
38. An interior wall that supports the floor above.
Bearing partition
Termite shields
Rafter
Green
39. A mixture of cement - fine aggregate - and water used to fill joints in masonry and tile.
Sill
Matched boards
Ribbon
Grout
40. A narrow board let into studs of a balloon frame to support floor joists.
Termite shields
Tail joist
Ribbon
Grout
41. A one-dimensional measurement of length in foot increments.
Bridging
Bearing partition
Linear feet
Platform frame
42. See fire-stop blocking.
Draft-stop blocking
Shim
Sill
Tail joist
43. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.
Shim
Termite shields
Tail joist
Linear feet
44. The part of the roof that extends beyond the dry well.
Termite shields
Sheathing
Eaves
Dry well
45. 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
Floor joists
Dry well
Pressure-treated
46. In platform construction - framing members that cap the floor joists; also called a band joist - rim joist - or joist header.
Box header
Termite shields
Termite
Fire-stop blocking
47. The narrow surface of lumber running with the grain.
Masonry
Trimmer joists
Edge
Linear feet
48. Horizontal members of a frame that rest on and transfer the load to sills and girders.
Linear feet
Matched boards
Floor joists
Eaves
49. Treatment given to lumber that applies preservative under pressure to penetrate the total piece.
Pressure-treated
Platform frame
Platform frame
Bridging
50. 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.
Joist header
Plate
Edge
Web stiffener