VA Residential Contractor Practice Exam
Questions and Answers
1.What is the MINIMUM overlap for joints in polyethylene film moisture
barrier applied over the exterior of a below grade foundation wall?
Answer 6 inches
2.What is the MINIMUM height required for a nonabsorbent wall surface
above a bathtub?
Answer 6 feet
3.Nails used to fasten concrete roofing tiles must penetrate the deck a
MINI- MUM of how many inches or through the thickness of the deck,
Whichever is less?
Answer 3/4 inch
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, 4.How must rafters be framed to each other?
Answer with a gusset plate
5.All of the following are benefits of platform construction as compared
to balloon construction EXCEPT.
Answer easier installation of plumbing and wiring
6.750 feet of pipe is being laid at 0.5% slope. On a topographic map that has
6 inch contour intervals approximately how many intervals will be depicted
on the map from one end of the pipe to the other?
Answer 8 contour intervals
7.Where would the most specific information about the size and location of
windows be found in a set of construction drawings?
Answer In the window schedule
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Questions and Answers
1.What is the MINIMUM overlap for joints in polyethylene film moisture
barrier applied over the exterior of a below grade foundation wall?
Answer 6 inches
2.What is the MINIMUM height required for a nonabsorbent wall surface
above a bathtub?
Answer 6 feet
3.Nails used to fasten concrete roofing tiles must penetrate the deck a
MINI- MUM of how many inches or through the thickness of the deck,
Whichever is less?
Answer 3/4 inch
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6
, 4.How must rafters be framed to each other?
Answer with a gusset plate
5.All of the following are benefits of platform construction as compared
to balloon construction EXCEPT.
Answer easier installation of plumbing and wiring
6.750 feet of pipe is being laid at 0.5% slope. On a topographic map that has
6 inch contour intervals approximately how many intervals will be depicted
on the map from one end of the pipe to the other?
Answer 8 contour intervals
7.Where would the most specific information about the size and location of
windows be found in a set of construction drawings?
Answer In the window schedule
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