TLE - Carpentry and Masonry

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1) The preparation of good quality lumber includes several stages. When it is dried, the process involved
is?

a. seasoning••••••••••••••••

b. staining

c. lumbering

d. logging

2) The smallest division of the metric scale that you can find in the steel rule is ______.

a. decimeter

b. centimeter

c. millimeter•••••••••••

d. meter

3) What is the conversion equivalent of one inch to centimeters?

a. 25.4

b. 2.54•••••••••

c. 0.254

d. 0.0254

4) Find the total number of board feet of six pieces of lumber with a dimension of 2" x 4" x 12'.

a. 8 bd. ft.

b. 96 bd. ft.

c. 48 bd. ft.•••••••••••••••

d. 480 bd. ft.

5) A seasoned lumber is ideal for carpentry works. Which among the following is best to use?

a. Sun dried

b. Kiln dried•••••••••••••
c. Air dried

d. Natural dried

6) There are numerous kinds of saw. When sawing along the grain of wood, you need a ______.

a. back saw

b. cross cut saw

c. rip saw•••••••••••

d. circular saw

7) In measuring cylindrical object, what is the appropriate tool to be used?

a. ruler

b. caliper••••••••

c. pull-push rule

d. meter stick

� Fastening materials are important in woodworks. The most common of these materials is ______.

a. dowel

b. bolts

c. screw

d. nails••••••••

9) A wood product made of three or more veneer slice that are laid one upon the other and bonded with
glue or synthetic resin is ______.

a. Pressed wood

b. Plywood™™™™•••••••

c. Particle board

d. Soft wood

10) Which of the following tools is used in checking the squareness of the corners and flatness of a
surface?

a. Straightedge
b. Steel square•••••••••

c. Sliding T-bevel

d. Try square

11) The strongest form of wood joint applicable for table legs is ______.

a. miter

b. mortise and tenon•••••••™•

c. dado

d. butt and lap

12) You are almost finished with your project. One of the procedure below is done before the application
of finishing materials.

a. cutting

b. spraying

c. sanding••™••••••

d. varnishing

13) A surfaced lumber where four of its sides are smooth or planed is called:

a. S3S

b. S2S

c. Rough

d. S4S•••••••••

14) In carpentry, splicing or joining of wood using two side blocks is called:

a. Lapping

b. Scarfing

c. Fishing•••••••

d. Jointing

15) There is considerable number of wood joints. The simplest and easiest to make is ______.

a. Lap joint•••••••••••
b. Dado joint

c. Miter joint

d. Butt joint

16) In a wooden floor system, the major horizontal support member upon which the floor system is laid
is the ______.

a. Floor joist

b. Sill

c. Header••••••••

d. Girder

17) A type of roof frame consisting series of triangles used to distribute loads and stiffen the structure of
the roof is ______.

a. Girts

b. Rafterr

c. Truss••••••••••

d. Purlins

18) A triangular file is used to sharpen a saw. What is the angle of the file set against the bevel of the
tooth of a cross cut saw?

a. 30 degrees

b. 45 degrees

c. 90 degrees

d. 60 degrees••••••™•

19) What kind of wood finishing material is used when you want a solid color instead of a wood pattern
finish?

a. Opaque finishes•••••••

b. Bleaches

c. Stains

d. Lacquers
20) A saw angle should be adjusted depending on the kind of wood. What is the recommended angle for
soft and thin wood?

a. 30-45 degrees••••™•™

b. 60 degrees

c. 80 degrees

d. 20 degrees

21) Which is considered to be the oldest and most commonly used building material?

a. Cement

b. Wood••••••••••

c. Steel

d. Sand

22) A wood which is obtained from conifers and are used for framing?

a. Hard wood

b. Soft wood••••••••••••••

c. Dark wood

d. Brown wood

23) Which wood is obtained from deciduous trees?

a. Hard wood•••••••••••

b. Soft wood

c. Dark wood

d. Brown wood

24) Which is a binding agent that reacts with water to form a hard stone-like substance?

a. Glue

b. Cement•••••••••

c. Mortar

d. Grout
25) Which term refers to inert materials when bound together into a conglomerated mass from
concrete?

a. Aggregates•••••••••

b. Gravel

c. Cement

d. Water

26) A lumber that has been sawed, edged, and trimmed in which cutting marks are visible is ______.

a. rough••••••••

b. smooth

c. dressed

d. worked

27) Which lumber has been put through planing machine which gives fine surface?

a. rough

b. smooth

c. dressed•••••••¡•••

d. worked

28) Which lumber that has been dresses and matched, ship lapped, or patterned?

a. rough

b. smooth

c. dressed

d. worked••••••••••

29) Which is a plank of wood that has been roughly cut?

a. Timber

b. Board

c. Lumber••••••••

d. Block
30) Which lumber has been cut from logs radially to the growth rings and the fiber runs about parallel to
the face?

a. Edge-grain

b. Angle-grain

c. Flat-grain•••••••

d. Close-grain

31) Which lumber has been cut tangentially to the growth rings and the fiber runs about 90 degrees to
the face?

a. Edge-grain•™•••••

b. Angle-grain

c. Flat-grain

d. Close-grain

32) Which is the art of building with stone, bricks, concrete blocks of other similar materials?

a. Carpentry

b. Concrete

c. Mortar

d. Masonry••••••••