Real Estate Final Exam Flashcards
What term has to do with something put around any opening to DIVERT water from getting INSIDE the home?
Flashing
What term deals with the way we rate the resistance to heat flow and typically measures insulation this way?
R-Value
What do we call the LOWEST wood frame member and the HIGHEST wood frame member in residential construction?
The lowest is the STILL
The Highest is the RIDGE BEAM OR RIDGE BOARD
What is a RIDGE BEAM used to support?
The ends of rafters and the rafters are attached to the ridge beam.
If the R-VALUE is high what does this mean? And if it’s low?
The higher the R-VALUE the higher the insulation ability and the lower the R-VALUE the lower the insulation ability.
What is the most common roof style?
Gable
What type of flashing is found around windows?
DRIP CAP FLASHING
If a wire based on the American wire Gauge system is a size 12 will it be thicker or thinner when compared to a #2 sized wire?
It will be thinner. ( remember the thicker the wire the lower the number. The thinner the wire the higher the number)
What usually blocks your view of the FASCIA BOARD?
Gutter
What does the FASICA do?
Caps of the roof gutter.
What do you call the wire that comes from the utility pole to the house and terminates at the drop loop?
SERVICE DROP
What term refers to the area where air flow comes into the roof/attic area providing ventilation and is the underside portion of the end of the rafters?
SOFFIT
What term refers to the wire that after the drip loop and leads down the house to the meter and is sometimes very worn thus making it a fire hazard?
SERVICE ENTRANCE
What is ARTICLE 12A?
REAL PROPERTY LAW
Who oversees licensing?
DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS)
