BC OWNER BUILDER EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔End dams are used - ✔✔Internal flashings that prevents water from moving laterally
within a curtain wall or window wall system
✔✔Expansion Joints - ✔✔U-shaped strips set between tiles etc allowing expansion and
contraction without breakage
✔✔Fascia - ✔✔Cover board or framed metal assembly at the edge or eaves of a flat,
sloping, or overhanging roof which is placed in a vertical position to protect the edge of
the roof assembly
✔✔Finish Grade - ✔✔The final elevation of the ground surface after excavating or filling.
✔✔flashing - ✔✔Weatherproof material installed between roof or wall sheathing and the
finish materials to help keep moisture away from the sheathing
✔✔What is step flashing? - ✔✔Flashing application method used where a vertical
surface meets a sloping roof plane.
✔✔How is step flashing installed? - ✔✔6" X 6" galvanized metal bent at a 90 degree
angle, installed beneath siding and over the top of shingles, with each piece overlapping
the one beneath it.
✔✔Thru-Wall Flashing - ✔✔Flashing extended completely through a masonry wall to
prevent water which may enter the wall from proceeding downward into wall or into roof
decor roofing system
✔✔Footings - ✔✔Wide pours of cement reinforced with rebar (reinforcing bar) that
support foundation walls, pillars and posts. Footings are part of the foundation and are
typically poured before the foundation walls.
✔✔gable - ✔✔The end of a building as distinguished from the front or rear. Triangular
end of exterior wall from level of eaves to the ridge of a double-sloped roof.
✔✔Gaskets - ✔✔Pre-formed shapes, such as strips, grommets, etc., of rubber or
rubber-like composition used to fill and seal a joint or opening either alone or in
conjunction with a supplemental application of a sealant.
✔✔gauge - ✔✔The thickness of sheet metal and wire, etc
✔✔Glazing - ✔✔Infill material such as glass, panels, etc.
, ✔✔gutter strap - ✔✔A metal band used to support the gutter.
✔✔Header - ✔✔a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or
rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
✔✔jamb - ✔✔the foramen which a door or window sits
✔✔joint - ✔✔The space or opening between two more adjoining surfaces
✔✔Joist - ✔✔horizontal beams used to support floors or roofs
✔✔Lap - ✔✔to extend one material partially over the other
✔✔Lintel - ✔✔a horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of
a door or window to support the walls immediately above the opening
✔✔Membrane - ✔✔sheet goods used for roofing repairs and applications
✔✔Molding - ✔✔Finish wood such as door or window trim
✔✔overhang - ✔✔A portion of a structure which projects beyond the vertical plain of
exterior walls of building
✔✔Paver stones - ✔✔precast concrete slabs used to create traffic surface
✔✔Polyurethane sealant - ✔✔Organic compound formed by reaction of a glycol with an
isocyanate
✔✔Ponding - ✔✔The collecting of water, as on a roof, into large puddles or a pond due
to poor drainage and/or deflection of the roof deck
✔✔Porosity - ✔✔The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists
of open spaces.
✔✔Pressure treated lumber - ✔✔sealant has been forced into the pores of the wood
✔✔Rail - ✔✔the top and bottom frame members of a door or window (not the jamb)
✔✔Return - ✔✔A vent i heating and cooling systems that returns cold air to be warmed
✔✔Roof system - ✔✔Includes the waterproof covering, roof insulation, vapour barrier,
and roof deck as one entity
SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔End dams are used - ✔✔Internal flashings that prevents water from moving laterally
within a curtain wall or window wall system
✔✔Expansion Joints - ✔✔U-shaped strips set between tiles etc allowing expansion and
contraction without breakage
✔✔Fascia - ✔✔Cover board or framed metal assembly at the edge or eaves of a flat,
sloping, or overhanging roof which is placed in a vertical position to protect the edge of
the roof assembly
✔✔Finish Grade - ✔✔The final elevation of the ground surface after excavating or filling.
✔✔flashing - ✔✔Weatherproof material installed between roof or wall sheathing and the
finish materials to help keep moisture away from the sheathing
✔✔What is step flashing? - ✔✔Flashing application method used where a vertical
surface meets a sloping roof plane.
✔✔How is step flashing installed? - ✔✔6" X 6" galvanized metal bent at a 90 degree
angle, installed beneath siding and over the top of shingles, with each piece overlapping
the one beneath it.
✔✔Thru-Wall Flashing - ✔✔Flashing extended completely through a masonry wall to
prevent water which may enter the wall from proceeding downward into wall or into roof
decor roofing system
✔✔Footings - ✔✔Wide pours of cement reinforced with rebar (reinforcing bar) that
support foundation walls, pillars and posts. Footings are part of the foundation and are
typically poured before the foundation walls.
✔✔gable - ✔✔The end of a building as distinguished from the front or rear. Triangular
end of exterior wall from level of eaves to the ridge of a double-sloped roof.
✔✔Gaskets - ✔✔Pre-formed shapes, such as strips, grommets, etc., of rubber or
rubber-like composition used to fill and seal a joint or opening either alone or in
conjunction with a supplemental application of a sealant.
✔✔gauge - ✔✔The thickness of sheet metal and wire, etc
✔✔Glazing - ✔✔Infill material such as glass, panels, etc.
, ✔✔gutter strap - ✔✔A metal band used to support the gutter.
✔✔Header - ✔✔a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or
rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
✔✔jamb - ✔✔the foramen which a door or window sits
✔✔joint - ✔✔The space or opening between two more adjoining surfaces
✔✔Joist - ✔✔horizontal beams used to support floors or roofs
✔✔Lap - ✔✔to extend one material partially over the other
✔✔Lintel - ✔✔a horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of
a door or window to support the walls immediately above the opening
✔✔Membrane - ✔✔sheet goods used for roofing repairs and applications
✔✔Molding - ✔✔Finish wood such as door or window trim
✔✔overhang - ✔✔A portion of a structure which projects beyond the vertical plain of
exterior walls of building
✔✔Paver stones - ✔✔precast concrete slabs used to create traffic surface
✔✔Polyurethane sealant - ✔✔Organic compound formed by reaction of a glycol with an
isocyanate
✔✔Ponding - ✔✔The collecting of water, as on a roof, into large puddles or a pond due
to poor drainage and/or deflection of the roof deck
✔✔Porosity - ✔✔The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists
of open spaces.
✔✔Pressure treated lumber - ✔✔sealant has been forced into the pores of the wood
✔✔Rail - ✔✔the top and bottom frame members of a door or window (not the jamb)
✔✔Return - ✔✔A vent i heating and cooling systems that returns cold air to be warmed
✔✔Roof system - ✔✔Includes the waterproof covering, roof insulation, vapour barrier,
and roof deck as one entity
