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Question 1

An older type of wood-frame construction in which the wall studs extend vertically from the basement of a structure to the roof without any fire stops.

Answer 1

Balloon-frame construction

Question 2

A truss that is curved on the top and straight on the bottom

Answer 2

Bowstring truss

Question 3

The property describing whether a material will burn and how quickly it will burn.

Answer 3

Combustibility

Question 4

Buildings constructed since about 1970 that incorporate lightweight construction techniques and engineered wood components. These buildings exhibit less resistance to fire than older buildings.

Answer 4

Contemporary construction

Question 5

Nonbearing walls that separate the inside and outside of the building but are not part of the support structure for the building.

Answer 5

Curtain wall

Question 6

A roof with a curved shape.

Answer 6

Curved roof

Question 7

The weight of all materials of construction incorporated into the building including but not limited to walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stairways, built-in partitions, finishes, cladding and other similarly incorporated architectural and structural items, and fixed service equipment including the weight of cranes. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 7

Dead load

Question 8

A wall, other than a fire wall, having a fire resistance rating. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 8

Fire barrier wall

Question 9

Any combination of a fire door, a frame, hardware, and other accessories that together provide a specific degree of fire protection to the opening. (NFPA 80)

Answer 9

Fire door assembly

Question 10

The measure of the ability of a material, product, or assembly to withstand fire or give protection from it. (NFPA 251)

Answer 10

Fire resistance

Question 11

A horizontal or vertical fire resistance-rated assembly of materials that have protected openings and are designed to restrict the spread of fire. (NFPA 45)

Answer 11

Fire separation

Question 12

A wall separating buildings or subdividing a building to prevent the spread of fire and having a fire-resistance rating and structural stability. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 12

Fire wall

Question 13

A window assembly rated in accordance with NFPA 257 and installed in accordance with NFPA 80. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 13

Fire window

Question 14

A horizontal roof; often found on commercial or industrial occupancies.

Answer 14

Flat roof

Question 15

Thick pieces of glass that are similar to bricks or tiles.

Answer 15

Glass blocks

Question 16

Connecting plate made of a thin sheet of steel used to connect the components of a truss

Answer 16

Gusset plate

Question 17

A naturally occurring material consisting of calcium sulfate and water molecules.

Answer 17

Gypsum

Question 18

The generic name for a family of sheet products consisting of a noncombustible core primarily of gypsum with paper surfacing. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 18

Gypsum board

Question 19

A building that does not fit entirely into any of the five construction types because it incorporates building materials of more than one type.

Answer 19

Hybrid building

Question 20

The exposed surfaces of walls, ceilings, and floors within buildings. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 20

Interior finish

Question 21

Safety glass; contains a thin layer of plastic between two layers of glass so that the glass does not shatter and fall apart when broken.

Answer 21

Laminated glass

Question 22

Pieces of wood that are glued together.

Answer 22

Laminated wood

Question 23

An older type of construction that used sawn lumber and was built before about 1970.

Answer 23

Legacy construction

Question 24

The load produced by the use and occupancy of the building or other structure, which does not include construction or environmental loads such as wind load, snow load, rain load, earthquake load, flood load, or dead load. These types of loads on a roof are those produced (1) during maintenance by workers, equipment, and materials and (2) during the life of the structure by movable objects such as planters and by people. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 24

Live load

Question 25

A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight or any lateral load.

Answer 25

Load-bearing wall

Question 26

A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is 8 body-ft (2.4 m) or more in width or 40 body-ft (12.2 m) or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 sq (squared) ft (29.7 meters squared) or more and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. (NFPA 5000) **note that the cards do not show super scripts. ⊻ = a superscript number. Meters Squared = m⊻ 2 Square Feet - ft⊻ 2

Answer 26

Manufactured home

Question 27

Built-up unit of construction or combination of materials such as clay, shale, concrete, glass, gypsum tile, or stone set in mortar. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 27

Masonry

Question 28

Any wall that is not a bearing wall. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 28

Nonbearing wall

Question 29

The purpose for which a building or other structure, or part thereof, is used or intended to be used. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 29

Occupancy

Question 30

A truss in which the top and bottom chords are parallel.

Answer 30

Parallel chord truss

Question 31

A wall constructed on the line between two properties.

Answer 31

Party wall

Question 32

A type of truss typically used to support a sloping roof.

Answer 32

Pitched chord truss

Question 33

A roof with sloping or inclined surfaces

Answer 33

Pitched roof

Question 34

Construction technique for building the frame of the structure one floor at a time. Each floor has a top and bottom plate that acts as a firestop.

Answer 34

Platform-frame construction

Question 35

Joists that are mounted in an inclined position to support a roof.

Answer 35

Rafters

Question 36

Chipping or pitting of concrete or masonry surfaces. (NFPA 921)

Answer 36

Spalling

Question 37

A type of safety glass that is heat-treated so that, under stress or fire, it will break into small pieces that are not as dangerous.

Answer 37

Tempered glass

Question 38

A property that describes how quickly a material will conduct heat.

Answer 38

Thermal conductivity

Question 39

Plastic material capable of being repeatedly softened by heating and hardened by cooling and, that in the softened state, can be repeatedly shaped by molding or forming. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 39

Thermoplastic material

Question 40

Plastic material that, after having been cured by heat or other means, is substantially infusible and cannot be softened and formed. (NFPA 5000)

Answer 40

Thermoset material

Question 41

A collection of lightweight structural components joined in a triangular configuration that can be used to support either floors or roofs.

Answer 41

Truss

Question 42

The type of construction in which the fire walls, structural elements, walls, arches, floors and roofs are of approved noncombustible or limited-combustible materials that have a specified fire resistance.

Answer 42

Type I construction

Question 43

The type of construction in which the fire walls, structural elements, walls, arches, floors, and roofs are of approved noncombustible or limited-combustible materials without fire resistance.

Answer 43

Type II construction

Question 44

The type of construction in which exterior walls and structural elements that are portions of exterior walls are of approved noncombustible or limited-combustible materials and in which fire walls, interior structural elements, walls, arches, floors, and roofs are entirely or partially of wood of smaller dimensions than required for Type IV construction or are of approved noncombustible, limited-combustible, or other approved combustible materials. (NFPA 14)

Answer 44

Type III construction

Question 45

The type of construction in which fire walls, exterior walls, and interior bearing walls and structural elements that are portions of such walls are of approved noncombustible or limited-combustible materials. Other interior structural elements, arches, floors, and roofs are constructed of solid or laminated wood or cross-laminated timber without concealed spaces within allowable dimensions of the building code. (NFPA 14)

Answer 45

Type IV construction

Question 46

The type of construction in which structural elements, walls, arches, floors, and roofs are entirely or partially of wood or other approved material. (NFPA 14)

Answer 46

Type V construction

Question 47

A glazing material with embedded wire mesh.

Answer 47

Wired glass

Question 48

Load-bearing member assembled from individual wood components.

Answer 48

Wooden beam

Question 49

An assembly of small pieces of wood or wood and metal.

Answer 49

Wood truss