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Carpentry Stair Framing
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industries
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Answer 30 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A type of stair installed between walls where the ends of tread and riser are hidden from view.
Handrail
Nosing
Winder
Closed stairway
2. A finished stringer that is dadoed to receive treads and risers of a stairway.
Handrail
Stringer
Housed stringer
Winder
3. A railing on a stairway intended to be grasped by the hand to serve as a support and guard.
Stair carriage
Stair horse
Handrail
Stringer
4. Finish material applied to cover the stair carriage.
Stair horse
Newel post
Kicker
Stringer
5. A rectangular cavity cut in a piece of wood to receive a tongue or tenon projecting from another piece.
Stringer
Mortise
Stair carriage
Stair carriage
6. Cutout supports for the treads and risers in a staircase; also called a rough stringer and stair horse.
Stair carriage
Housed stringer
Winder
Staircase
7. A type of stairway with the ends of the treads and risers visible.
Cleat
Mortise
Open stairway
Staircase
8. The rounded edge of a stair tread projecting over the riser.
Nosing
Staircase
Stair carriage
Housed stringer
9. An opening in the floor for climbing or descending stairs or the space of a structure where the stairs are located.
Housed stringer
Open stairway
Stairwell
Winder
10. Also called a stair carriage and a rough stringer.
Stair horse
Stringer
Stairwell
Nosing
11. Cutout supports for the treads and risers in a staircase; also called a rough stringer and stair horse.
Stringer
Handrail
Stair carriage
Newel post
12. A rectangular cavity cut in a piece of wood to receive a tongue or tenon projecting from another piece.
Open stairway
Staircase
Winder
Mortise
13. A piece of 1 x 5 stock that is installed around the walls of a closet to support the shelf and the rod; also - blocks fastened to the stair carriage to support the treads.
Winder
Cleat
Staircase
Newel post
14. In drawer construction - a piece centered above a drawer to keep it form tilting downward when opened.
Kicker
Stair horse
Newel post
Housed stringer
15. Term used to refer to an entire set of stairs that includes treads - risers - stringers - and balustrade.
Stairwell
Winder
Staircase
Newel post
16. A piece of 1 x 5 stock that is installed around the walls of a closet to support the shelf and the rod; also - blocks fastened to the stair carriage to support the treads.
Stair horse
Handrail
Cleat
Mortise
17. Also called a stair carriage and a rough stringer.
Stair carriage
Stringer
Mortise
Stair horse
18. In drawer construction - a piece centered above a drawer to keep it form tilting downward when opened.
Newel post
Handrail
Kicker
Stair horse
19. A type of stair installed between walls where the ends of tread and riser are hidden from view.
Kicker
Closed stairway
Cleat
Handrail
20. An opening in the floor for climbing or descending stairs or the space of a structure where the stairs are located.
Stairwell
Housed stringer
Stringer
Stair horse
21. A post to which the end of a stair railing or balustrade is fastened; also - any post to which a railing or balustrade is fastened.
Nosing
Closed stairway
Staircase
Newel post
22. A tread in a stairway - wider on one end than the other - that changes the direction of travel.
Stair carriage
Stringer
Winder
Cleat
23. Term used to refer to an entire set of stairs that includes treads - risers - stringers - and balustrade.
Handrail
Stair carriage
Open stairway
Staircase
24. A type of stairway with the ends of the treads and risers visible.
Stringer
Open stairway
Staircase
Handrail
25. A railing on a stairway intended to be grasped by the hand to serve as a support and guard.
Handrail
Stair carriage
Stair carriage
Mortise
26. A tread in a stairway - wider on one end than the other - that changes the direction of travel.
Winder
Stringer
Stringer
Newel post
27. Finish material applied to cover the stair carriage.
Stairwell
Stairwell
Stringer
Mortise
28. A post to which the end of a stair railing or balustrade is fastened; also - any post to which a railing or balustrade is fastened.
Stair carriage
Kicker
Newel post
Closed stairway
29. A finished stringer that is dadoed to receive treads and risers of a stairway.
Mortise
Housed stringer
Newel post
Stair carriage
30. The rounded edge of a stair tread projecting over the riser.
Newel post
Open stairway
Winder
Nosing