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