Roofing Construction Test Questions PDF

What is the formula for figuring the slope of a roof? 2. The roof slope factor for a 5/12 roof slope is?  3. It is recommended that you install shakes or wood shingles over solid sheathing when the average expected low temperature will be below: 4. What is the widest board recommended...

What is the formula for figuring the slope of a roof? 2. The roof slope factor for a 5/12 roof slope is?  3. It is recommended that you install shakes or wood shingles over solid sheathing when the average expected low temperature will be below: 4. What is the widest board recommended for solid roof sheathing? 5. What is the proper spacing of wood shingles when installed on non-continuous (open or spaced) 1 x 4 sheathing? **Boards are spaced on center a distance equal to single exposure** 6. The purpose of underlayment for sloping roofs does not include which of the following?  7. How is drip edge installed at an eave end? 8. What is drip edge attached to?  9. The underlayment on a roof should lap? 10. When water backs up under shingles and begins leaking into ceilings as a result of freeze/thaw cycles of snow, this is known as?  11. Where is the most likely place an asphalt shingle roof will leak?  12. What type of roofing material requires an open valley? 13. What is the name of the agency that determines the fire rating for asphalt roofing? 14. How many nails are typically required for a three-tab asphalt shingle? 15. When using roll roofing, the starter strip should be nailed so that it overhangs the edge by how many inches?  16. Where are the nails on an asphalt shingle ridge cap placed? 17. On a roof area, what is the raised area around the upper side of a chimney called? 18. What is counterflashing? 19. What is the proper installation technique for step flashing where a sloping roof meets vertical siding walls? 20. Approximately how many pounds of nails are required per square for asphalt shingles?  21. When nailing down asphalt shingles, you must always: 22. If the exposure of three-tab, 12-inch-wide fiberglass shingles is five inches, the head lap would normally be \_\_\_\_\_\_ inches. 23. What is the recommended procedure for installing roll roofing?  24. How many bundles are in a square of Blue Label cedar shingles? **4** 25. The side lap or offset for wood shingles or shakes should be how many inches? 26. How much do concrete tiles weigh per square?  27. What type of flashing is used for open valleys on a slate roof?  28. What is the minimum end lap for metal roofing panels?  29. The weight of a coated vapor retarder for a built-up roof is usually between: 30. How many pounds of asphalt bitumen is required per square between felts with an application tolerance of plus or minus 15 percent? 31. How do you seal the seams of the underlayment on a BUR (built up roof)? [Roofing Construction & Estimating - 287-290 - This question can\'t be found directly the same in the book, but it is mentioned a few times in passing in this section.] 32. What is the minimum overlap for the base sheet on a four-ply BUR (built-up roof) system? 33. What is the minimum temperature to soften Type I asphalt roofing?  34. What is the most common type of asphalt roofing used on built-up roofs? 35. An asphalt emulsion is applied to a bitumen roof with a slope of 4:12. How many gallons of material will be used to cover one square?  36. What is the flash point for asphalt roofs?  37. What is the maximum temperature to which you can heat TYPE III asphalt?  38. The life expectancy of a properly installed aggregate-surfaced BUR system is:  39. The purpose of surface aggregate for BUR system is all of the following except: 40. By adding gravel to an Aggregate-Surface BUR system it does several important things. Which one of the following Below is a benefit of adding aggregate? 41. In built up roofs, can't strips shall extend how many inches up the vertical surface? 42. Which can be used to join EPDM roofing sheets? 43. Do you have to insulate under a wood frame floor over a heated basement? 44. Why should you install a vapor barrier on a roof? 45. To identify a roof leak?  46. What is the correct way to repair an asphalt shingle? 47. What is the major cause of a leaky vent pipe?  48. The best time to repair asphalt shingles is during warm weather because:  49. To repair an asphalt shingle? 50. What area are leaks most likely to occur with a wood shingle roof? 51. Where is a leak most likely to occur on a roof?  52. What is the correct procedure to replace a broken roof slate?  53. A wood shake or shingle roof is considered beyond repair when:  54. What is the most common type of venting for a hip roof?  55. What is the minimum recommended slope (in inches) 22 feet length of gutter?