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ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS - 14069_704
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS - 14069_706

Engineering Aid 3 - Beginning Structural engineering guide book
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5-25. 5-26. 5-27. The type and amount of wood treatment is normally given in the project   specifications. When no written specifications exist, where should you be able to find the wood treatment   required? 1. Bill  of  materials 2. Commercial standards 3. Drawings 4. American Plywood Association In platform construction, what is the first wood structural member to be set in place? 1. Header 2. Joist 3. Soleplate 4. Sill What is the difference between a common  joist  and  a  cripple  joist? 1. A cripple joist extends the full span, but a common joist does not 2. A common joist extends the full span, but a cripple joist does not 3. A cripple joist may be supported by a girder, but a common joist is never supported by a girder 4. Common joists are supported by pilasters,    while  cripple  joists are not 5-28. At a door opening in an exterior wood-framed wall, the names of the horizontal members that connect at the (a) top and (b) bottom of the cripple  studs  are 1. (a)  header (b) soleplate 2. (a) top plates (b) soleplate 3. (a) top plates (b) header 4. (a)  header (b) sill 5-29. Frame structures are commonly brat.ad by use of which of the following methods? 1. Diagonal bracing 2. Let-in bracing 3. Cut-in  bracing 4. All of the above 5-30. What is the rise per a 1/4 pitch roof? 1. 12 in 2. 6 in 3. 8 in 4. 4 in unit of run for 5-31. 5-32. 5-33. 5-34. 5-35. 5-36. 5-37. 5-38. What is the rafter whose lower end rests on the top plate and whose upper end rests against a hip rafter? 1. Common 2. Valley jack 3. Hip jack 4. Cripple  jack What  rafter  does top 1. 2. 3. 4. For plate or the Common  jack Cripple  jack Valley jack Hip jack what  purpose NOT meet either the ridgeboard? are  purlins  used  in wood frame construction? 1. To serve as a nailer for roofing 2. To act as a structural connector 3. To  support  rafters 4. To serve as bracing for rafters On flat or nearly flat roofs, what type of roof covering is generally used? 1. Galvanized iron sheets 2. Asphalt shingles 3. Tile 4. Built-up On a built-up roof, what material provides the weathering surface? 1. Asphalt shingles 2. Aggregate 3. Roofing  felt 4. Asphalt binder On a boxed cornice, what is the trim that is nailed to the rafter ends? 1. Frieze 2. Crown  molding 3. Fascia 4. Plancier A gable roof has a total of how many eaves? 1. Five 2. Two 3. Three 4. Four What type of common siding comes in lengths of more than 4 feet and widths of 8 inches or less? 1. Bevel 2. Drop 3. Clapboard 33







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