Floor systems

A structural column used to support other strucutural members, typically girders or beams.

• Pillar
• Foundation
• Support beam
• Pier

Written document included with a set of prints that clarifies information presented on the prints and provides additional information not easily presented on the prints.

• Specification Sheet
• Information Sheet
• Detail Sheet
• Clarification Sheet

The direction of a door rotation

• Up or down
• Left or right
• Swing

• In or out

Which of the following would not be shown on a floor plan?

• Interior walls

• stairways

• footings

• window locations

Which of the following drawings show the location of floor openings for stairways?

• foundation plan

• floor plan

• elevation plan

• plot plan

When constructing wall panels for a platform-framed structure, the wall panels __

• are built in position

• are always placed using a crane

• are all framed before the first panel is raised

• are assembled on the subfloor

After raising a wall panel for a platform frame, the panel should first be fastened to the ____

• top plate

• foundation

• ceiling joist

• sub floor

The type of construction where each floor of a structure is built as an individual unit is _____ framing.

• braced

• ballon

• platform

• post-and-beam

Sill plates are normally made from _____ lumber.

• 1x4

• 2x4

• 2x8

• 2x10

Building codes require any components in contact with the ground, masonry, or concrete, such as sill plates,

to be _____.

• made from treated lumber

• coated with a fungicide

• placed on top of termite sheild

• unseasoned lumber