Test your basic knowledge |

Carpentry Floor Framing

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. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.






2. Full-length joists that run along the inside of an opening.






3. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.






4. See box header.






5. A term applied to concrete that has not fully cured.






6. Gravel- or stone-filled excavation for catching water so it can be absorbed into the earth.






7. A mixture of cement - fine aggregate - and water used to fill joints in masonry and tile.






8. Horizontal members of a frame that rest on and transfer the load to sills and girders.






9. 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.






10. An interior wall that supports the floor above.






11. The extremities of a piece of lumber.






12. 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.






13. Horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also - the lowest horizontal member in a window or door frame.






14. A one-dimensional measurement of length in foot increments.






15. Horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also - the lowest horizontal member in a window or door frame.






16. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.






17. In platform construction - framing members that cap the floor joists; also called a band joist - rim joist - or joist header.






18. A mixture of cement - fine aggregate - and water used to fill joints in masonry and tile.






19. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.






20. The highest point of a roof that has sloping sides.






21. A narrow board let into studs of a balloon frame to support floor joists.






22. Top or bottom horizontal member of a wall frame.






23. See box header.






24. Top or bottom horizontal member of a wall frame.






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.






26. A continuous row of building material - such as brick - siding - roofing - and flooring.






27. Method of wood frame construction in which wall are erected on a previously constructed floor deck or platform.






28. The part of the roof that extends beyond the dry well.






29. In platform construction - framing members that cap the floor joists; also called a band joist - rim joist - or joist header.






30. A term applied to concrete that has not fully cured.






31. Gravel- or stone-filled excavation for catching water so it can be absorbed into the earth.






32. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.






33. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.






34. The narrow surface of lumber running with the grain.






35. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.






36. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.






37. See fire-stop blocking.






38. A type of frame in which the studs are continuous from foundation to roof.






39. 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.






40. A continuous row of building material - such as brick - siding - roofing - and flooring.






41. A type of frame in which the studs are continuous from foundation to roof.






42. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.






43. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.






44. An interior wall that supports the floor above.






45. The extremities of a piece of lumber.






46. The part of the roof that extends beyond the dry well.






47. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.






48. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.






49. Boards that have been finished with tongue-and-grooved edges.






50. The highest point of a roof that has sloping sides.