Chapter 45 Intersecting Roofs

The run of every valley jack rafter is its distance from the ____.

• valleys intersection measured along the ridge

• wall corner measured along the wall plate

• nearest jack rafter measure perpendicular to rafters

• nearest jack rafter measure parallel to rafters

A rafter that runs from a hip rafter to a valley rafter is called a ____.

• valley jack rafter

• hip valley rafter

• hip valley cripple jack rafter

• valley jack cripple rafter

For the valley jack, use unit run and unit length of a ____ rafter.

• hip

• cripple jack

• common

• hip jack

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 4. ____ create the intersection of two roof sections, and project inward, forming an inside corner.

• Valley rafters

• Hip rafters

• Jack rafters

• Common rafters

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 5. Valley jack rafters span from the ____.

• wall plate to hip rafter

• wall plate to valley rafter

• ridge to hip rafter

• ridge to valley rafter

The width of any extension to the building is called the ____.

• major span

• minor span

• small span

• large span

The length of the intersecting roof ridgeboard for a building wing is the building wing length plus ____.

• major span

• minor span

• one-half major span

• one-half minor span

The upper end of a shortened valley rafter lands on a ____.

• ridgeboard

• another valley rafter

• hip rafter

• common rafter

Which rafter is most like a hip rafter?

• dormer

• gambrel

• valley

• common

The ridge cut of the common rafter is the same as the _____ rafter.

• hip jack

• cripple jack

• hip

• valley jack