Residential Design & Construction Flashcards
California regulates the building industry through
(a) Building codes.
(b) Contractor licensing requirements.
(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct.
(d) Neither (a) nor (b) are correct.
(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct.
The State of California regulates the building industry through building codes and by requiring building contractors to be licensed.
State building codes are enforced by
(a) the California Contractors’ Licensing Board.
(b) the California Bureau of Real Estate.
(c) the appropriate municipal or county governing authority.
(d) the California Department of Health.
(c) the appropriate municipal or county governing authority.
To protect homeowners against unfair practices of insurance companies, the legislature added the
(a) Homeowner’s Mediation Program.
(b) Homeowner’s Bill of Rights.
(c) Homeowner’s Reconciliation Act.
(d) Homeowner’s Remediation Standards of Practice.
(b) Homeowner’s Bill of Rights.
Following the major Southern California fires of 2003, the legislature added the Homeowner’s Bill of Rights of 2004 to the Insurance Code.
A roof which slopes downward to each side of the structure from the ridge line is called a
(a) gable roof.
(b) mansard roof.
(c) hip roof.
(d) gambrel roof.
(c) hip roof.
A hip roof has four planes that slope downward on each side of the structure from a ridge line.
Which of the following architectural styles adjoins or shares a common (party) wall with a neighboring house?
(a) Southern Colonial
(b) Spanish
(c) Townhouse
(d) English Tudor
(c) Townhouse
The most common style of manufactured home is the
(a) colonial.
(b) ranch.
(c) contemporary.
(d) victorian.
(b) ranch.
A builder was going to build a home on a 75’ x 125’ lot and wanted it to fit in relation to its surroundings. This placement would be known as
(a) orientation.
(b) elevations.
(c) plottage.
(d) topography.
(a) orientation.
Orientation is the placing or positioning of a structure on a lot with regard to exposure to the sun, prevailing winds, privacy, and protection from noise.
When considering the floor plan of a house, all of the following are considered desirable EXCEPT
(a) all rooms in a line, with entry from one to the next.
(b) each bedroom has a separate entry.
(c) each bedroom has its own adjoining bathroom.
(d) bedrooms are isolated from living areas.
(a) all rooms in a line, with entry from one to the next.
When measuring the interior square footage of a house, the accepted standard is to
(a) measure from the interior skin of inside walls.
(b) include unfinished areas if they are covered.
(c) always consider a garage as finished space.
(d) measure from the exterior face of outside walls.
(d) measure from the exterior face of outside walls.
The Board of Standards Review of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has adopted a voluntary national standard for measuring square footage in singe-family detached and attached homes. The standard specifies that a person measure from the exterior face of outside walls.
The word “percolation” deals with
(a) coffee pots.
(b) water mains.
(c) smog.
(d) water flow through soil.
(d) water flow through soil.
Percolation refers to the returning of water to the land. It is important that a septic tank system has good percolation. Percolation also refers to the recharging of the underground water system (water table).
A developer ordered two truckloads of backfill during the construction of a home. He ordered this for the purpose of
(a) filling the area around the foundation.
(b) landscaping.
(c) septic tanks.
(d) drainage.
(a) filling the area around the foundation.
Backfill is earth, or selected material such as aggregate, usually used to fill in around foundation walls after they are completed.
T or F? Wood and earth is fine to come into contact when constructing a home.
False, general rule of thumb that any time wood is in contact with earth, it poses a threat to termites. Designs leave a crawlspace beneath home for ventilation and for this reason.
Studding in a single-family dwelling is usually
(a) 16” O.C.
(b) 8” O.C.
(c) 24” O.C.
(d) 6” O.C.
(a) 16” O.C.
The letters O.C. stand for “On Center.” Stud spacing is usually 16” O.C. This means that the distance from the center line of one stud to the center line of the nearest stud is 16” on center.
Insulation materials are rated by their effectiveness according to their “R-value.” The rating system is used to rate the material’s
(a) heat replacement rate.
(b) energy efficiency.
(c) resistance to flow of heat.
(d) resistance to moisture.
(c) resistance to flow of heat.
The metal used by builders to prevent the seepage of water at certain joints in buildings is known as
(a) guttering.
(b) draining.
(c) stoving.
(d) flashing.
(d) flashing.
Flashing serves as protection against water entering the building framework at valleys in the roof and at other critical joints between the roof and wall sections. Flashing is usually made of galvanized steel.
