Skilled Trades

Rafters and floor joists should be installed with the: 

• Crown down
• What is a rafter?
• Crown up
• What is a crown?

What is used over door/window openings to transfer loads to vertical members?

• Loader
• Header
• Jack Stud
• Cripple Stud

Any vertical part of the frame which is cut less than full length is a:

• Cripple 
• Trimmer
• Jack stud
• All of the above

The bottom horizontal member of a wall frame in platform construction is called a: 

• Sill Plate
• Base Plate
• Footer
• Ground Plate

The horizontal member located at the top of a wall frame is called:

• King Stud
• Sill Plate
• Top Plate
• Ridge Plate

What is the most common spacing of floor joists?

• 10 inches on center (OC)
• 12 inches on center (OC)
• 14 inches on center (OC)
• 16 inches on center (OC)

A length of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building, typically arranged in parallel series to support a floor or ceiling.

• Cripple
• Rafter
• Joist
• Bottom Plate

One of several internal beams extending from the eaves to the peak of a roof and constituting its framework.

• Soffit
• Fascia
• Stud
• Rafter

An upright support in the wall of a building to which drywall, etc., are attached.

• Rafter
• Stud
• Joist
• Jack