House Construction

A building with more than 50 percent of its floor space used for commercial activities is called _________________________.

• Residential Construction

• Commercial Construction

• Road Construction

The process of building a structure that serves as a dwelling or a home in which a person lives or resides is called __________________________.

• Residential Construction

• Commercial Construction

• Bridge Construction

The five basic parts of a house include floors, walls, systems, roof, and

• foundation

• windows

• garage

Which of the following IS NOT and example of green energy for a home?

• Solar

• Wind

• Nuclear

What are the three common areas of a house?

• Living, Sleeping, Garage

• Sleeping, Service, Landscaping

• Living, Sleeping, Service

A horizontal structural member located at the bottom of the studs and used to hold the wall together is called 

• Top Plate

• Sole Plate

• Stud

• Dinner Plate

The vertical framing member in frame wall construction is called 

• Stud

• Sill

• Header

• Sole Plate

A horizontal structural member located on top of the studs and used to hold the wall together is called

• Top Plate

• Sole Plate

• Home Plate

• Header

This framing member is used to hold up a header, transferring the load of the header down to the sole plate...

• Header

• Trimmer

• Sill

• Cutter

A horizontal structural member used to support other structural members over openings, such as doors and windows...

• Header

• Sill

• Sheathing

• Stud