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VA CBC PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED
THIS YEAR
Question: Which of the following is best where a steep roof meets vertical walls?
a. Applying asphalt over the shingles and siding.
b. Applying asphalt under the shingles and siding.
c. Installing metal step-flashing over the building envelope.
d. Installing metal step-flashing under the shingles and siding. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d.
Installing metal step-flashing under the shingles and siding.
Question: Vertical lifelines, independent support lines, and suspensions ropes MUST
a. Be attached to each other.
b. Use the same point of anchorage.
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c. Be attached to the same point on the scaffold.
d. Be attached independently of the scaffold. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. Be attached
independently of the scaffold.
Question: What size screw should be used to fasten metal decking?
a. Number 8s or 1/8-inch diameter.
b. Number 10s or 3/16-inch diameter.
c. Number 12s or 1/4 - inch diameter.
d. Number 14s or 5/16-inch diameter. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Number 12s or 1/4 - diameter
Question: The metal deck MUST be above what MINIMUM deck gage for welding the side laps.
a. Above 22 gauge.
b. Above 20 gauge.
c. Above 18 gauge.
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d. Above 16 gauge. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. Above 22 gauge.
Question: For single charge blast, the shock waves rarely travel in which direction?
a. Up
b. Down
c. Sideways
d. Path of least resistance. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. Path of least resistance
Question: The nail length when used in a mechanically laminated floor or deck shall be a
MINIMUM of how many times the thickness of each lamination.
a. One
b. One and one half
c. Two and one half
d. Three - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Two and one half
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Q:What should a leading-edge worker do when aligning the side lap?
a. He should tighten his fail protection
b. He should tack weld the side laps
c. He should kneel
d. He should use set screws - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. He should kneel
Question: For polyurethane used as a moisture barrier beneath a concrete slab, the joists shall
be lapped a MINIMUM of
a. 6 inches
b. 5 inches
c. 4 inches
d. 2 inches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. 6 inches
VA CBC PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED
THIS YEAR
Question: Which of the following is best where a steep roof meets vertical walls?
a. Applying asphalt over the shingles and siding.
b. Applying asphalt under the shingles and siding.
c. Installing metal step-flashing over the building envelope.
d. Installing metal step-flashing under the shingles and siding. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d.
Installing metal step-flashing under the shingles and siding.
Question: Vertical lifelines, independent support lines, and suspensions ropes MUST
a. Be attached to each other.
b. Use the same point of anchorage.
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c. Be attached to the same point on the scaffold.
d. Be attached independently of the scaffold. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. Be attached
independently of the scaffold.
Question: What size screw should be used to fasten metal decking?
a. Number 8s or 1/8-inch diameter.
b. Number 10s or 3/16-inch diameter.
c. Number 12s or 1/4 - inch diameter.
d. Number 14s or 5/16-inch diameter. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Number 12s or 1/4 - diameter
Question: The metal deck MUST be above what MINIMUM deck gage for welding the side laps.
a. Above 22 gauge.
b. Above 20 gauge.
c. Above 18 gauge.
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d. Above 16 gauge. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. Above 22 gauge.
Question: For single charge blast, the shock waves rarely travel in which direction?
a. Up
b. Down
c. Sideways
d. Path of least resistance. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d. Path of least resistance
Question: The nail length when used in a mechanically laminated floor or deck shall be a
MINIMUM of how many times the thickness of each lamination.
a. One
b. One and one half
c. Two and one half
d. Three - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. Two and one half
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Q:What should a leading-edge worker do when aligning the side lap?
a. He should tighten his fail protection
b. He should tack weld the side laps
c. He should kneel
d. He should use set screws - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔c. He should kneel
Question: For polyurethane used as a moisture barrier beneath a concrete slab, the joists shall
be lapped a MINIMUM of
a. 6 inches
b. 5 inches
c. 4 inches
d. 2 inches - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a. 6 inches
