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Carpentry Things Vocab
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industries
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Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Lumber put into a wall so the wall will be stable and remain square.
Channels & Corners
Let-in-Brace
Top plate
Fascia Board
2. Connectors used to bind together truss chords and webs at the joints. They can be made out of wood or metal.
Gable fill
Cap Plate
Truss chord
Gussets
3. Gives support and strength to the truss
Truss web
Sole plate
Let-in-Brace
Header
4. A principal piece of lumber that serves as the top of a wall and to which studs and cripples are nailed
Cripples
Sole plate
Top plate
Fascia Board
5. 2 by 4 lumber that serves as the bottom of the opening for a window
Truss
Gussets
sill
Channels & Corners
6. Used to support door and window headers and window sills
Gussets
Sway brace
Trimmers
sill
7. 2 by 4 lumber used to support the top chord of the truss and provide backing for nailing finish material
Gable fill
Gussets
Sole plate
Channels & Corners
8. Gives support and strength to the truss
Gussets
Brace
Truss web
Studs
9. Stud size lumber cut in proper lengths and used as a support between the top plate and door or window header and between the window sill and sole plate.
Trimmers
Header
Cripples
Trimmers
10. Used to make the top and bottom chords of the truss
Top plate
Cripples
Truss
Truss chord
11. Lumber used to give support and additional strength to another piece of lumber.
Brace
Gussets
Toenailing
Truss
12. Gives good support to a truss and the roof structure.
Truss
Cripples
Truss chord
Sway brace
13. 2 by 4 lumber placed between trusses at the ridge of the roof which keeps the trusses stable and vertical.
Fascia Board
Ridge blocking
Cripples
Fascia Board
14. Stud size lumber cut in proper lengths and used as a support between the top plate and door or window header and between the window sill and sole plate.
Studs
Sole plate
Trimmers
Cripples
15. Is a framework made up of lumber members called chords and webs which form a light - strong and rigid structure.
Truss
Truss web
Brace
Toenailing
16. Driving a nail at an angle through 2 pieces of wood
Cripples
Gable fill
Top plate
Toenailing
17. Heavy lumber used to support the area above an opening. Headers are used above door and window openings.
Studs
Cripples
Toenailing
Header
18. Used to support door and window headers and window sills
Cripples
Trimmers
sill
Let-in-Brace
19. 2 by 4 lumber that serves as the bottom of the opening for a window
Trimmers
Studs
sill
Ridge blocking
20. Connectors used to bind together truss chords and webs at the joints. They can be made out of wood or metal.
Sway brace
Gable fill
Let-in-Brace
Gussets
21. 2 by 4 lumber placed between trusses at the ridge of the roof which keeps the trusses stable and vertical.
Cap Plate
Top plate
Trimmers
Ridge blocking
22. Lumber put into a wall so the wall will be stable and remain square.
Brace
Truss
Top plate
Let-in-Brace
23. Are stud size lumber used between studs in a wall to eliminate upward drft - thereby choking a fire that might start in a wall
sill
Fireblocks
Toenailing
Ridge blocking
24. A principal piece of lumber that serves as the bottom of a wall and to which studs - trimmers and cripples are nailed.
Sole plate
Ridge blocking
Brace
Fireblocks
25. Used for support and connect the sole and top plates.
Gable fill
Fireblocks
Studs
Cripples
26. 2 by 4 lumber used to support the top chord of the truss and provide backing for nailing finish material
Gable fill
Cap Plate
Fascia Board
Let-in-Brace
27. Used to make the top and bottom chords of the truss
Let-in-Brace
Truss chord
Gable fill
Brace
28. The lumber nailed to the ends of the tp chords of the tresses to give a finished look to the roof
Sole plate
Truss
Trimmers
Fascia Board
29. A principal piece of lumber which strengthens the top of a wall. Allows one wall to tie o another and serves as a junction.
Top plate
Brace
Cap Plate
Fascia Board
30. An arrangement of lumber used at the corner of a wall or along its interior so that adjoining walls can be attached and nailed.
Channels & Corners
Fireblocks
Sole plate
Toenailing
31. Is a framework made up of lumber members called chords and webs which form a light - strong and rigid structure.
Sole plate
Truss
Cap Plate
Let-in-Brace
32. A principal piece of lumber that serves as the top of a wall and to which studs and cripples are nailed
Ridge blocking
Cap Plate
Top plate
Brace
33. A principal piece of lumber that serves as the bottom of a wall and to which studs - trimmers and cripples are nailed.
Truss web
Sway brace
Sole plate
Let-in-Brace
34. Heavy lumber used to support the area above an opening. Headers are used above door and window openings.
Header
Toenailing
Truss web
Toenailing
35. Used for support and connect the sole and top plates.
Studs
Sway brace
Trimmers
Brace
36. Gives good support to a truss and the roof structure.
Truss
Sway brace
Studs
Cripples
37. Lumber used to give support and additional strength to another piece of lumber.
Brace
Truss chord
Fascia Board
Header
38. A principal piece of lumber which strengthens the top of a wall. Allows one wall to tie o another and serves as a junction.
Cap Plate
Sway brace
Top plate
Brace
39. An arrangement of lumber used at the corner of a wall or along its interior so that adjoining walls can be attached and nailed.
Fascia Board
Sole plate
Channels & Corners
Gable fill
40. The lumber nailed to the ends of the tp chords of the tresses to give a finished look to the roof
Gable fill
Sway brace
Fascia Board
Brace
41. Driving a nail at an angle through 2 pieces of wood
Toenailing
Truss web
Trimmers
Truss
42. Are stud size lumber used between studs in a wall to eliminate upward drft - thereby choking a fire that might start in a wall
Studs
Truss
Ridge blocking
Fireblocks