ROOFING SET A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔What is the danger in ice edging - ✔✔falling ice😩
✔✔When doing roofing work, the minimum distance between any piece of equipment
and a live power line of 50kV or less is at least : - ✔✔10 ft
✔✔The minimum roof pitch with one layer underlayment, which will accept asphalt
shingles is - ✔✔4 in 12
✔✔Drip edge should be nailed at an interval of ______. - ✔✔8" to 12"
✔✔What is a row of shakes in a line called? - ✔✔Course
✔✔If battens are used when applying a tile roof, they are horizontally spaced 1/2" to 1"
apart to allow - ✔✔air circulation and drainage under the tiles
✔✔The primary advantage of installing wood shingles over open sheathing - ✔✔air can
circulate under the shingles to prevent rot
✔✔How long is the sheathing on a roof good for? - ✔✔100+ years
✔✔Gable stud - ✔✔a framing stud that connects the gable end top plate and a rafter
directly above the top plate
✔✔Which anchoring method can be used for single ply roofing systems only very low
slopes that can support the load? - ✔✔Mechanical Attachment
✔✔what is the expected service life of roofing - ✔✔12-25 years
, ✔✔the most common metal used for metal roofing - ✔✔galvanized steel
✔✔slate roofing is fastened to the sheathing with? - ✔✔two nails driven through the
predrilled holes in each tile
✔✔On an exposed hall roll roofing installation, how is the lower edge of the roofing
material fastened to the roof deck - ✔✔by cementing the edge of the material to the
layer below it and nailing the material to the roof deck
✔✔what should be done to prevent wind-driven rain from being forced back under hard-
split wooden shakes - ✔✔heavy building paper interwoven with the shakes
✔✔what is a use of a portable brake - ✔✔allows the bending of sheet metal.
✔✔what percent should be added to a roof estimate for hips valleys and waste - ✔✔10-
15%
✔✔what provides durability of a corrugated metal roof - ✔✔Galvanized Steel
✔✔which of the following requires a specially engineered roof frame - ✔✔slate roofing
✔✔What coats composition shingles to provide color, fire resistance and ultra violet
protection? - ✔✔Granules
✔✔what is the distance between the exposed edges of overlapping shingles -
✔✔exposure
✔✔which ancoring method can be used for single-ply roofing systems only on very low
slopes that can support the load - ✔✔Mechanically adhered
✔✔A short flexible line used in a fall protection system to connect a body harness to an
anchorage point is called a ________________ - ✔✔lanyard
✔✔A yellow tag on scaffolding means - ✔✔Its not up to osha standard and is safe for
fall protection.
✔✔How many shingles come in a average bundle? - ✔✔15-29
✔✔Base flashing - ✔✔The protective sealing material placed next to areas vulnerable
to leaks, such as chimneys.
✔✔A ladder is normally used in a roofing job to - ✔✔to gain access to the roof
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✔✔What is the danger in ice edging - ✔✔falling ice😩
✔✔When doing roofing work, the minimum distance between any piece of equipment
and a live power line of 50kV or less is at least : - ✔✔10 ft
✔✔The minimum roof pitch with one layer underlayment, which will accept asphalt
shingles is - ✔✔4 in 12
✔✔Drip edge should be nailed at an interval of ______. - ✔✔8" to 12"
✔✔What is a row of shakes in a line called? - ✔✔Course
✔✔If battens are used when applying a tile roof, they are horizontally spaced 1/2" to 1"
apart to allow - ✔✔air circulation and drainage under the tiles
✔✔The primary advantage of installing wood shingles over open sheathing - ✔✔air can
circulate under the shingles to prevent rot
✔✔How long is the sheathing on a roof good for? - ✔✔100+ years
✔✔Gable stud - ✔✔a framing stud that connects the gable end top plate and a rafter
directly above the top plate
✔✔Which anchoring method can be used for single ply roofing systems only very low
slopes that can support the load? - ✔✔Mechanical Attachment
✔✔what is the expected service life of roofing - ✔✔12-25 years
, ✔✔the most common metal used for metal roofing - ✔✔galvanized steel
✔✔slate roofing is fastened to the sheathing with? - ✔✔two nails driven through the
predrilled holes in each tile
✔✔On an exposed hall roll roofing installation, how is the lower edge of the roofing
material fastened to the roof deck - ✔✔by cementing the edge of the material to the
layer below it and nailing the material to the roof deck
✔✔what should be done to prevent wind-driven rain from being forced back under hard-
split wooden shakes - ✔✔heavy building paper interwoven with the shakes
✔✔what is a use of a portable brake - ✔✔allows the bending of sheet metal.
✔✔what percent should be added to a roof estimate for hips valleys and waste - ✔✔10-
15%
✔✔what provides durability of a corrugated metal roof - ✔✔Galvanized Steel
✔✔which of the following requires a specially engineered roof frame - ✔✔slate roofing
✔✔What coats composition shingles to provide color, fire resistance and ultra violet
protection? - ✔✔Granules
✔✔what is the distance between the exposed edges of overlapping shingles -
✔✔exposure
✔✔which ancoring method can be used for single-ply roofing systems only on very low
slopes that can support the load - ✔✔Mechanically adhered
✔✔A short flexible line used in a fall protection system to connect a body harness to an
anchorage point is called a ________________ - ✔✔lanyard
✔✔A yellow tag on scaffolding means - ✔✔Its not up to osha standard and is safe for
fall protection.
✔✔How many shingles come in a average bundle? - ✔✔15-29
✔✔Base flashing - ✔✔The protective sealing material placed next to areas vulnerable
to leaks, such as chimneys.
✔✔A ladder is normally used in a roofing job to - ✔✔to gain access to the roof
