Chapter 9

Question 1

A wooden building frame composed of closely spaced members, nominally 2 inches (51 mm) thick, in which the wall members are single pieces that run from the sill to the top plates at the eave

Answer 1

Balloon Frame

Question 2

A wooden building frame composed of closely spaced members nominally 2 inches (51 mm) in thickness, in which the wall members do not run past the floor framing members

Answer 2

Platform Frame

Question 3

The rough covering applied to the outside of the roof, wall, or floor framing of a light frame structure

Answer 3

Sheathing

Question 4

Drawings that show all the dimensional and technical information required to build a building

Answer 4

Working Drawings (Construction Drawings)

Question 5

Serve to indicate the locations and dimensions of all walls and openings, and the exterior elevations are drawings that show the outside faces of the building

Answer 5

Floor Plan

Question 6

A drawing that shows the relationship of parts of a building or components of a building assembly by imagining that the building or assembly has been cut or sliced. Sections are usually, but not always, in vertical orientation

Answer 6

Section

Question 7

Shows the sizes and locations of the various parts of the foundation

Answer 7

Foundation Plan

Question 8

Shows the sizes and locations of floor framing members

Answer 8

Floor Framing Plan

Question 9

Shows the size and relationship of all roof framing members

Answer 9

Roof Framing Plan

Question 10

Framing carpentry, as distinguished from finish carpentry

Answer 10

Rough Carpentry

Question 11

The strip of wood that lies immediately on top of a concrete or masonry foundation in wood frame construction; the horizontal bottom portion of a window or door, usually sloped to shed water

Answer 11

Sill (Mudsill)

Question 12

The parallel pieces in a floor structure

Answer 12

Floor Joist

Question 13

In wood light framing, a structural member that spans an opening in a wall or a joist that supports other joists; in steel construction, a beam that spans between girders; in masonry, a brick or other masonry unit laid across two wythes with its end exposed in the face of the wall

Answer 13

Header

Question 14

A wooden joist running perpendicular to the primary direction of the joists in a floor and closing off the floor platform at the outside face of the building; also called a rim board

Answer 14

Rim Joist/ Rim Board

Question 15

The loading surface beneath a finish floor

Answer 15

Subfloor

Question 16

A horizontal beam that supports other beams; a very large beam, especially one that is built up from smaller elements

Answer 16

Girder

Question 17

Bracing or blocking installed between steel or wood joists at midspan to stabilize them against buckling and, in some cases, to permit adjacent joists to share loads

Answer 17

Bridging

Question 18

A beam that supports a header around an opening in a floor or roof frame; a stud that supports a header at an opening in a framed wall

Answer 18

Trimmer

Question 19

A metal device, attached with nails, that connects a joist to a header or beam

Answer 19

Joist Hanger

Question 20

These are increasingly used in place of sawn joists because they can span farther between supports, they tend to be straighter, and they expand and contract less with changes in moisture content

Answer 20

I-Joist

Question 21

A rib used to support the web of a wooden I-joist against buckling

Answer 21

Web Stiffener

Question 22

A vertical framing block used in association with I-joists to provide reinforcement

Answer 22

Squash Block

Question 23

One of an array of small, closely spaced, parallel wall framing members; a heavy steel pin

Answer 23

Stud

Question 24

The horizontal piece of dimension lumber at the bottom of the studs in a wall in a light frame building

Answer 24

Sole Plate

Question 25

The horizontal member at the top of a stud wall

Answer 25

Top Plate

Question 26

A wall that supports floors or roofs

Answer 26

Bearing Wall

Question 27

Interior walls of a building that supports the loads from above

Answer 27

Interior Bearing Wall

Question 28

Walls that carry no loads

Answer 28

Nonbearing Wall (Partition Wall)

Question 29

The clear dimensions of the opening that must be provided in a wall frame to accept a given door or window unit

Answer 29

Rough Opening

Question 30

A stud that supports the end of a header at the side of a rough opening

Answer 30

Trimmer Stud

Question 31

A full-length stud adjacent to a trimmer stud

Answer 31

King Stud

Question 32

The horizontal framing member at the base of a window rough opening

Answer 32

Rough Sill

Question 33

Diagonal members, either temporary or permanent, installed to stabilize a structure against lateral loads

Answer 33

Diagonal Bracing

Question 34

A wall that is engineered to resist lateral forces in a building

Answer 34

Shear Wall

Question 35

A metal device that connects a building frame to its foundation in such a way that the frame cannot be lifted up by external forces such as wind or earthquake

Answer 35

Hold-Down

Question 36

The sloping wood or steel member that supports the treads of a stair

Answer 36

Stringer (Stair Jack)

Question 37

A difference in elevation, such as the rise of a stair from one floor to the next or the rise per foot of run in a sloping roof

Answer 37

Rise

Question 38

Horizontal dimension in a stair or sloping roof

Answer 38

Run