Construction Review

Construction careers include all answers EXCEPT:

• Safety Inspector

• Fragrance Chemist

• Architect

• Landscape Architect

Each answer is a benefit of tiny house living EXCEPT:

• Allows owners to pick up and move freely

• Takes fewer resources to build

• Minimal food Storage

• Cost of living reduced

All the following are good safety practices when using a miter saw EXCEPT:

• Making sure all guards are in place.

• Make blade adjustments with the saw turned on.

• Make sure stock is held firmly against the fence and table before cutting.

• Keep hands away from the cut line and blade.

What tools can you use to scale drawings or models?

• Yard Stick, Measuring Tape

• Ruler, Graph paper

• Body Scale, Balance

• Level, Protractor

1. The length of a wall in a tiny house is 16 feet. (Divide number of feet by 4) The length of the wall in the blueprint should be __________ inches.

Example: Height of wall is 20 feet.

20/4 = 5 inches

• 5 inches

• 3 inches

• 8 inches

• 4 inches

Calculate the area of the shape.

Area= Length x Width

• 33,750 Sq. Ft.

• 7,700 Sq. Ft.

• 25,700 Sq. Ft.

• 18,000 Sq. Ft.