Chapter 3 Key Terms

Question 1

Bowstring Truss

Answer 1

Lightweight truss design noted by the bow shape, or curve, of the top chord

Question 2

Cast-in-place Concrete

Answer 2

Concrete that is poured into forms as a liquid as the position and location it will be used.

Question 3

Cockloft

Answer 3

Concealed space between the top floor and the roof of a structure

Question 4

Dead Load

Answer 4

Weight of the structure, structural members, building components, and any other features permanently attached to the building

Question 5

Eave

Answer 5

Edge of a pitched roof that overhangs an outside wall

Question 6

Factory-built home

Answer 6

Structure that is partially or completely built in a factory or shipped to the location which it is to be installed.

Question 7

Fire Door

Answer 7

Specifically constructed, tested, and approved fire-rated door assembly designed and installed to prevent fire spread by automatically closing and covering a doorway in a fire wall to block spread of fire

Question 8

Fire-Resistance Rating

Answer 8

Rating assigned to a material / assembly identifying amount of time a material or assembly will resist a typical fire

Question 9

Fire Stop

Answer 9

Solid materials, such as wood blocks, used to prevent or limit vertical and horizontal spread of fire and products of combustion in hollow walls or floors, above false ceilings, in pentrations for plumbing or electrical installations, in penetrations of a fire-rated assembly, or in cocklofts and crawl spaces

Question 10

Fire Wall

Answer 10

Designed to limit the spread of a fire within a structure or between adjacent structures

Question 11

Glue-Laminated Beam

Answer 11

Wooden structural member composed of many relatively short pieces of lumber glued and laminated together under pressure to form long, extremely strong beam

Question 12

Gusset Plates

Answer 12

Metal or wooden plates used to connect and strengthen the joints of two or more seperate components into a load bearing unit.

Question 13

Hollow-Core Door

Answer 13

Lightweight door with wood, plastic, or fiberboard interior spacers separating the face panels rather than solid material

Question 14

Hybrid Modular Structure

Answer 14

Structure consisting of both modular design and panelized construction

Question 15

Joists

Answer 15

Horizontal structure member used to support a ceiling or floor

Question 16

Lightweight Steel Truss

Answer 16

Long steel bar that is bent at a 90-degree angle with flat or angular pieces welded to the top and bottom.

Question 17

Load-Bearing Wall

Answer 17

Wall that by design carries at least some part of the structural load of the building in the direction of the ground or base.

Question 18

Manufactured Home

Answer 18

Assembled in four major components: the chassis and the floor, wall and roof systems.

Question 19

Masonry

Answer 19

Bricks, blocks, stones, and unreinforced and reinforced concrete products

Question 20

Means of egress

Answer 20

Continous and unobstructed way of exit travel from any point in a structure ot a public wa, consisting of three distinct parts, exit access, exit, and exit discharge

Question 21

Modular Home

Answer 21

Assembled at factory in two or more all-inclusive sections.

Question 22

Open Web Joist

Answer 22

Joist with a web composed of materials that do not fill the entire web space.

Question 23

Open Strand Board (OSB)

Answer 23

Wooden structural panel formed by gluing and compressing wood strands together under pressure.

Replaced plywood and planking in majority of construction applications

Roof Decks, wall, and subfloord usually made of OSB.

Question 24

Panelized Home

Answer 24

Assembled on site consisting of constructed panels made of foam insulation sandwiched between sheets of plywood.

Assembled on site and require no framing members.

Question 25

Parallel Chord Truss

Answer 25

Truss connected with the top and bottom chords parrallel.

Used as floor joist in multistory buildings and as ceiling joist in building with flat roofs.

Question 26

Parapet

Answer 26

Portion of the exterior walls of a building that extends above the roof

Question 27

Photovoltatic Roof

Answer 27

Roof that featurs a solar panel array.

Some roofs are built with the solar panel integrated into the roof surface itself.

Question 28

Photovoltaic System.

Answer 28

Arrangment of components that convey electrical power to an energy system by converting solar energy into direct current (DC) electricity.