MARYLAND HOME IMPROVEMENT TEST PAPER
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔double hung - ✔✔windows that slide up and down
✔✔casement - ✔✔windows that use a crank to open outward or inward
✔✔ranch homes - ✔✔generally 1 story homes
✔✔true size of a 2x4 - ✔✔1 1/2" x 3 1/2"
✔✔king studs - ✔✔full length studs that are outside the jack studs
✔✔1/2" - ✔✔sheathing on the side of the house
✔✔plywood sheets - ✔✔come standard in 4x8 sheets
✔✔waterproof membrane - ✔✔applied around all windows and doors before vapor
barrier is applied
✔✔vinyl, cedar, brick - ✔✔commonly used siding materials
✔✔starter strip - ✔✔first thing we apply when installing vinyl siding
✔✔j channel - ✔✔strips of vinyl around the window
✔✔square - ✔✔what siding is priced and sold by
✔✔vapor barrier - ✔✔applied before applying the siding
✔✔the bottom - ✔✔start here when installing siding
✔✔lowest point of exterior wall - ✔✔must be found before starting the siding
✔✔romex - ✔✔nonmetallic cable used in residential house wiring
✔✔bx - ✔✔metallic covered wire used for exposing wire or industrial situations
✔✔american wire gauge - ✔✔AWG
✔✔3 wires - ✔✔14-2-gcable
✔✔4 wires - ✔✔12-3-g
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔double hung - ✔✔windows that slide up and down
✔✔casement - ✔✔windows that use a crank to open outward or inward
✔✔ranch homes - ✔✔generally 1 story homes
✔✔true size of a 2x4 - ✔✔1 1/2" x 3 1/2"
✔✔king studs - ✔✔full length studs that are outside the jack studs
✔✔1/2" - ✔✔sheathing on the side of the house
✔✔plywood sheets - ✔✔come standard in 4x8 sheets
✔✔waterproof membrane - ✔✔applied around all windows and doors before vapor
barrier is applied
✔✔vinyl, cedar, brick - ✔✔commonly used siding materials
✔✔starter strip - ✔✔first thing we apply when installing vinyl siding
✔✔j channel - ✔✔strips of vinyl around the window
✔✔square - ✔✔what siding is priced and sold by
✔✔vapor barrier - ✔✔applied before applying the siding
✔✔the bottom - ✔✔start here when installing siding
✔✔lowest point of exterior wall - ✔✔must be found before starting the siding
✔✔romex - ✔✔nonmetallic cable used in residential house wiring
✔✔bx - ✔✔metallic covered wire used for exposing wire or industrial situations
✔✔american wire gauge - ✔✔AWG
✔✔3 wires - ✔✔14-2-gcable
✔✔4 wires - ✔✔12-3-g
