Construction Technology 4.01

How many square feet are in a piece of 4' × 8' plywood that is 3/4" thick?
1. 30
2. 32
3. 34
4. 38
How many board feet are in a piece of lumber 1" thick, 10" wide, and 12' long?
1. 8
2. 10
3. 10-1/2
4. 12
What hardwood is used for finished flooring?
1. Birch
2. Oak
3. Poplar
4. Walnut
What kind of wood comes from trees that lose their leaves in the winter?
1. Hardboard
2. Hardwood
3. Plywood
4. Softwood
Walnut, oak, and ash are:
1. Coniferous.
2. Hardwoods.
3. Obsolete.
4. Softwoods.
Which are all hardwoods?
1. Cedar, pine, and spruce
2. Pecan, oak, and cedar
3. Poplar, pine, and cedar
4. Walnut, maple, and ash
Which are all softwoods?
1. Cedar, spruce, and oak
2. Cypress, pine, and oak
3. Pine, redwood, and spruce
4. Spruce, ash, and walnut
What are the two major classifications of wood?
1. Green lumber and dry lumber
2. Hardwood and softwood
3. Pith and knot
4. Sapwood and heartwood
Which is a softwood?
1. Ash
2. Basswood
3. Beech
4. Beech
A wood product manufactured by gluing veneers to a core at alternating right angles is:
1. Laminated boards.
2. OSB (oriented strand board).
3. Particle board.
4. Plywood.
What is a board specified S4S?
1. Sanded four times
2. Smoothed four times
3. Straight four sides
4. Surfaced four sides
Pine, spruce, poplar, and gum are examples of:
1. Adhesives.
2. Lumber.
3. Material.
4. Wood.
A board foot is calculated by which formula?
1. Pieces × T" × W" × L'/12
2. Pieces × T" × W" × L" × 12
3. Pieces × W" × L'/12
4. T" × W" × L'
How many board feet does a board contain that is 2" thick, 3" wide, and 24" long?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 12
Bill buys 24 pieces of 2" × 6" × 10'. How many board feet did he buy?
1. 90
2. 180
3. 240
4. 360
How much crown molding is needed for a room that is 12' × 24'?
1. 36 linear feet
2. 36 square feet
3. 72 square feet
4. 72 lineal feet
How many linear feet are in a wall 1' x 5' x 27' long?
1. 1'
2. 5'
3. 24'
4. 27'
What building material is sold in linear feet?
1. Framing lumber
2. Molding
3. Plywood
4. Studs
How many board feet are in 10 pieces of lumber
measuring 2" × 10" × 12'?
1. 20
2. 200
3. 210
4. 2000
How many board feet are in 16 pieces of lumber
measuring 1" × 12" × 16'?
1. 25
2. 256
3. 260
4. 2560
How many board feet are in 100 pieces of lumber measuring 1" × 4" × 8'?
1. 260
2. 262
3. 265
4. 267
How many board feet are in 5 pieces of lumber measuring 1" × 8" × 12'?
1. 5
2. 40
3. 50
4. 60
How many board feet are in a piece of lumber measuring 1" × 4" × 12'?
1. 3
2. 4
3. 48
4. 64
How many board feet are in 10 pieces of lumber measuring 2" × 12" x 16'?
1. 120
2. 160
3. 240
4. 320
How many board feet are in a board that is 1" thick, 6" wide, and 12' long?
1. 2
2. 6
3. 12
4. 72
Wood produced from any cone-bearing or needle-bearing trees is referred to as:
1. Hardwood.
2. Pulpwood.
3. Sapwood.
4. Softwood.
What wood is classified as hardwood?
1. Maple
2. Pine
3. Redwood
4. Redwood
Which are all softwoods?
1. Cedar, hemlock, and birch
2. Spruce, oak, and hemlock
3. Spruce, yellow pine, and cedar
4. Yellow pine, hemlock, and birch
What determines whether lumber is softwood or hardwood?
1. How hard or soft the wood may be
2. Texture of the wood
3. Types of leaves on the tree
4. Weight of the wood
Species of trees with needles instead of leaves and that bear their seeds in a cone are:
1. Hardwoods.
2. Heartwoods.
3. Sapwoods.
4. Softwoods.
What wood is used to line closets because of its pleasant aroma?
1. Douglas fir
2. Ponderosa pine
3. Redwood
4. Tennessee cedar

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