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Common Construction Terms
100
Very common fire resistive wall covering. Made of gypsum, starch and water then sandwiched between two layers of special paper.
What is Gypsum Board, Drywall or Sheetrock.
100

What is the primary purpose of wall framing in a house?

Support the roof, walls, and floors

100

Which Onshape feature would you use first when beginning to create a house floor plan?

Sketch

100
Person on the fireground with the task of maintaining the safety of all crews operating.
What is the Safety Officer.
100
A wooden or metal structural unit made up of one of more triangles in a flat plane.
What is a Truss.
200
Mixture of sand, cement and water used to bond masonary together.
What is Mortar.
200

What is installed on the outside of wall framing before siding?

 Sheathing (OSB or plywood)

200

When designing residential floor plans in Onshape, what measurement system is typically used?

Inches or feet

200
The signal, given by the driver, that the apparatus will be traveling in reverse.
What is 3 honks of the horn.
200

Bridge testing measured what directional strength

horizontal 

300
Steel rods placed in masonary units to reinforce the strength of the unit.
What is Reinforcing Bar, or Rebar.
300

What type of insulation is most commonly placed between studs in a house?

Fiberglass batts.

300

What does a dashed line commonly represent on a house blueprint?

Hidden features or overhead elements

300
Used when operating around loud noises.
What is Hearing Protection.
300
A roof assembly with a bowed top chord and horizontal bottom chord. These are used normally in large, commercial applications and may fail catastrophically when exposed to flame contact.
What is a Bowstring Truss.
400
A wooden I beam consisting of continous wooden upper and lower chords seperated by a web of OSB.
What is an Engineered Wood I Beam.
400

process is part of finishing drywall.

taping and mudding”

400

Which Onshape constraint ensures that two lines remain the same length?

Equal

400
Act of using a tool to check if the surface you are walking on is solid.
What is Sounding the Floor/Roof.
400

Tower Testing measured what type of directional strength

Vertical

500
A wooden structural member composed of relatively short pieces of lumber glued and laminated together under pressure to form a long, strong beam.
What is a Glue Lam Beam.
500

Which type of lumber is most often used for framing walls?

Pine

500

Which Onshape view would be most useful for examining the overall room layout and wall placement?

Top View

500
Radio transmission consisting of Location, Unit, Name and Emergency.
What is Mayday Transmission.
500

What piece of concrete is first placed below the foundation

Footings