Building Material

What is the name of the substance that binds wood fibers together?

• Lignin
• Lanolin
• Linen
• Lactose

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of wood as a building material.

• Light weight and durable
• easily workable
• immune to damage from insects and weather
• immune to corrosion

What does it mean when lumber is "quarter-sawn"?

• only 1/4th of the tree is used
• classified as a softwood
• cut with the growth rings greater than 45 degrees
• cut into 1/4" thicknesses

Light framing lumber is classified as...

• dimensional 
• common
• rough
• shiplapped

What is the most common core material used in softwood plywood?

• Veneer
• Particleboard
• Lumber
• Fiberboard

What is the name for the engineered wood product that consists of wood particles combined with a binder and is formed into panels under heat and pressure? 

• particle veneer
• plywood
• oriented strand board
• particleboard

Which grade of hardboard can be used in exterior applications?

• standard
• particleboard
• tempered
• pegboard

What type of engineered lumber would be more likely to be used for millwork than as support beams?

• glulam
• LVL
• PSL
• LSL

What is this?

• Glulam beam
• Wood I-beam
• LVL joist
• Particle beam

Concrete that is hard enough to walk on but has not yet reached its structural strength is called

• raw
• green
• uncured
• unstable