Chapter 1

Question 1

The predominant structural system for residential and small-scale commercial buildings in North America for over 150 years.

Answer 1

Wood Light Frame

Question 2

A person or organization that undertakes a legal obligation to do construction work.

Answer 2

Contractor

Question 3

A contractor who specializes in one area of construction activity and who usually works under a general contractor or builder.

Answer 3

Subcontractor

Question 4

One who constructs houses or other buildings

Answer 4

Builder

Question 5

One who brings together money, land, dwelling designs, and contractors to create a group of buildings for sale or lease.

Answer 5

Developer

Question 6

One who configures a building and prepares drawings for its construction

Answer 6

Desinger

Question 7

One or a company that generally sell their goods wholesale to retail stores, which, in turn, sell to contractors and to the general public

Answer 7

Manufacturer

Question 8

One who acts as an agent to buy and sell buildings on behalf of others.

Answer 8

Realtor

Question 9

A contract between a realtor and the owner of one or more buildings, for the purpose of selling the building(s)

Answer 9

Listing Agreement

Question 10

A law that specifies in detail how land may be used in municipality

Answer 10

Zoning Ordinance

Question 11

A set of legal restrictions intended to ensure a minimum standard of health and safety in buildings

Answer 11

Building Code

Question 12

Dwellings assembled largely in a factory, with a relatively minor proportion of assembly work remaining to be done on the building site

Answer 12

Manufactured Housing

Question 13

Euphemism for a portable house that is entirely factory built on a steel underframe and supported by wheels

Answer 13

Mobile Home

Question 14

Euphemism for a house assembled on a site from two or more boxlike factory-built sections

Answer 14

Sectional Home/ Modular Home

Question 15

The act of building for profit by an entrepreneurial developer

Answer 15

Speculative Building

Question 16

Low-cost housing for low-income renters or buyers

Answer 16

Affordable Housing

Question 17

The dominant residential type, consisting of one house standing alone on its own lot

Answer 17

Single-Family Detached House

Question 18

A group of of contiguous building lots that are being developed by one developer

Answer 18

Tract

Question 19

A collection of individual houses that have been built to consistent standards on a single tract of land

Answer 19

Subdivision

Question 20

A tract of houses planned as a coordinated group that does not necessarily meet all zoning ordinances to the letter but offers compensatory features for those ordinances with which it does not comply

Answer 20

Planned Unit Development (PUD)

Question 21

Buildings that contain more than one dwelling unit

Answer 21

Multi-Unit Structure

Question 22

A dwelling that is part of a row of dwellings that share common walls between them

Answer 22

Townhouse

Question 23

Emergency escape from a building

Answer 23

Egress

Question 24

The cost of construction

Answer 24

First Cost

Question 25

A cost that takes into account both the first cost and the costs of maintenance, replacement, fuel consumed, monetary inflation, and interest over the lifetime of the object being evaluated

Answer 25

Life-Cycle Cost

Question 26

The price for which the owner of a residence can sell it

Answer 26

Resale Value

Question 27

The value of a building or piece of land as estimated by a professional who is expert in making such estimates

Answer 27

Appraised Value

Question 28

A long-term loan of money at interest, to be repaid during the occupancy of the building

Answer 28

Permanent Mortgage

Question 29

Money borrowed at interest that serves as both construction loan and permanent mortgage

Answer 29

All-In-One Loan

Question 30

Building to satisfy the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their needs

Answer 30

Green Building

Question 31

A stand of trees managed in such a way that it will continue to produce logs for lumber in perpetuity

Answer 31

Sustainable-Yield Forest

Question 32

The energy consumed in producing and transporting a material to the building site

Answer 32

Embodied Energy

Question 33

The percentage of a product recovered from waste rather than from original sources

Answer 33

Recycled Content

Question 34

A carbon-based chemical that evaporates into the atmosphere

Answer 34

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)

Question 35

A building official who checks building plans for compliance with codes

Answer 35

Plans Examiner

Question 36

A building official who checks buildings under construction to verify compliance with codes and approved building plans

Answer 36

Building Inspector

Question 37

A final governmental approval that allows the owner of a new or remodeled building to use the building

Answer 37

Certificate Of Occupancy