CARPENTRY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The location of a residential home as it should be constructed on the building site is
specified on the ____ plan.
A) floor
B) plot
C) plat
D) framing - answers -plot
Which of the following floor framing members supports the heaviest load of attached
horizontal members?
A) joists
B) ledger strips
C) lintels
D) girders - answers -girders
What is the standard height for an interior door for residential homes?
A) 7 feet
B) 7 feet 2 inches
C) 6 feet
D) 6 feet 8 inches - answers -6 feet 8 inches
The term used to describe the inside of a door opening during the framing stage and
prior to the unit installation is:
A) net opening
B) door opening
C) rough opening
D) trimmer dimensions - answers -rough opening
What is used to position a leveling instrument directly over a given point during
surveying or foundation construction?
A) benchmark
B) plumb bob
C) laser level
D) point indicator - answers -plumb bob
Which of the following is a common squaring method used to ensure an angle is 90
degrees?
A) 2-3-6
B) 2-4-6
C) 3-4-5
D) 6-8-9 - answers -3-4-5
In order to become a master carpenter, you must first have been a what? - answers -
journeyman
, The youth apprenticeship program is designed for what? - answers -11th grade
The term s-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains___________
moisture? - answers -no more than 19 percent
Light framing lumber is classified as ______ lumber? - answers -dimension
Which grade of hard board can be used in exterior applications? - answers -tempered
Which type of engineered lumber would be more likely used for millwork than as support
beams? - answers -lsl
Which of the following is not recommended when cutting pressure-treated lumber? -
answers -burn any scrap pieces
An apprentice program usually requires 8,000 hours of training, which is equal to? -
answers -4 years
A training program where a craft is learned from someone who has mastered the craft is
called? - answers -apprenticeship
In a typical apprenticeship program, the total number of otj hours is? - answers -8,000
A journeyman carpenter employed by a small firm is more likely to? - answers -perform
a variety of tasks
If you see something unsafe on the job site, you should? - answers -report it
immediately to your supervisor
A required topic in the osha-10 program is? - answers -focus four hazards
Craft workers who perform such tasks as building stairs and installing trim are
considered? - answers -finish carpenters
If a carpenter is frequently tardy that carpenter is? - answers -often arriving late for work
In it's history skills usa has served more than? - answers -10.5 million members
In skills usa the activities and projects that your chapter is doing is referred to as? -
answers -program of work
Which of the following tasks falls into the category of rough carpentry? - answers -
building and installing cabinets
Once a job has been delegated to a carpenter, that carpenter should? - answers -
continue to perform the duties without further direction
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