Building, Materials, Fasteners, Adhesives

Wood fibers are held together by a substance called?

• lanolin

• lignite

• lignin

• lactose

What is not an advantage of wood as a building material?

• light weight but durable

• easily worked

• immune to damage from insects and weather

• immune to corrosion

The term quarter sawed means?

• only 1/4 tree used

• classified as softwood

• cut with growth rings at an angle greater than 45 degrees

• log is cut into 4 equal lengths

Light framing lumber is?

• dimension lumber

• common lumber

• rough lumber

• shiplapped lumber

Which of the materials is most common in softwood plywood?

• Veneer

• Particleboard

• lumber

• fiberboard

What grade of hardboard can be used for exterior?

• standard

• particleboard

• tempered

• pegboard

Engineered wood product that consists of particles combined with a binder and pressed into panels under heat?

• particle veneer

• plywood

• oriented strand board

• particle board

Which of these would be more likely used for millwork support beams?

• glulam

• LVL

• PSL

• LSL

What type of engineered lumber is shown?

• glulam beams

• wood I beams

• LVL

• Structural HDO rafters

Concrete that has hardened but has reached full strength is?

• raw

• green

• uncured

• unstable