Xactimate Construction Basics – Exam with verified detailed answers

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Sash - correct answer✔✔The operating part/s of a window.
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Jamb - correct answer✔✔What holds everything together on a window or door.
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Glazing - correct answer✔✔Type of glass used for a window. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Glazing window panel options - correct answer✔✔Double Glazed ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




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Triple Glazed Window - correct answer✔✔The most energy-efficient type of window.
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Gases are sealed between three panes of glass and low-E coatings are applied on two of the
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panes. This can bring the energy efficiency up to a value of R-10 at the center area of the
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Double Glazed Window - correct answer✔✔Two parallel sheets of glass with air space
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between which forms a layer of insulation and must be airtight to prevent condensation
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Low-E coating - correct answer✔✔blocks solar heat, but still allows visible light to pass
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Tempered Glass - correct answer✔✔glass that is strengthened by introducing stress ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




through rapid heating and cooling of the glass surfaces ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

, Hung Window - correct answer✔✔Any window with sash(es) that move up and down and
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that resist gravity/make adjustment easier by being balanced or hung using
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counterweights or springs. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Casement Window - correct answer✔✔a window sash opening on hinges generally ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




attached to the vertical side of the frame ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Picture Window - correct answer✔✔A large, usually fixed single-pane window, placed to
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frame an attractive exterior view ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Horizontal Sliding Window - correct answer✔✔sashes slide horizontally in the frame. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Awning Window - correct answer✔✔A window having one or more sashes swinging
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outward on hinges generally attached to the top of the frame ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Bay/Bow Windows - correct answer✔✔projecting windows ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Window Stool - correct answer✔✔a horizontal board on a window sill, fitted against a ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




bottom rail of the lower sash between the sash frame stiles ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Window Apron - correct answer✔✔a lain or molded wood strip which covers the edge of ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




the plastering below a window stool
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sill and threshold - correct answer✔✔On the Bottom of a door.
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Door Sill - correct answer✔✔Located on the bottom exterior of a door designed to assist
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with keeping weather out of the house.
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