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Unit 1 Wood and Lumber
MULTICHOICE
1. What is the construction material most often used by carpenters?
(A) steel
(B) concrete
(C) wood
(D) fibreglass
Answer : (C)
2. Which one of the following groups of wood species best resists decay?
(A) cherry, mahogany, and walnut
(B) redwood, cedar, cypress, and teak
(C) oak and maple
(D) hickory and ash
Answer : (B)
3. Which of the following materials would you choose if insulating value were of critical
importance?
(A) 1 inch (25 mm) of wood
(B) 8 inches (200 mm) of concrete
(C) 12 inches (300 mm) of brick
(D) 100 inches (2500 mm) of aluminum
Answer : (C)
4. What are the distinct rings formed by the growth of a tree called?
(A) annular rings
(B) pith rings
(C) bark rings

(D) medullary rings
Answer : (A)
5. Which characteristics best describe coniferous trees?
(A) leaf-bearing softwoods
(B) leaf-bearing hardwoods
(C) cone-bearing hardwoods
(D) cone-bearing softwoods
Answer : (D)
6. Which type of wood might you choose for the inside of a storage chest?
(A) ash
(B) red oak
(C) cherry
(D) cedar
Answer : (D)
7. Which of the following is known as the process of stacking lumber with cross sticks
between the layers to allow air flow between the pieces?
(A) grading
(B) stickering
(C) spacing
(D) trimming
Answer : (B)
8. How long will the air-seasoning process of lumber likely take?
(A) six months to two years
(B) three to five years
(C) five to ten years

(D) ten to fifteen years
Answer : (A)
9. Which of the following is the method of cutting logs into lumber so that the annular rings
are almost at right angles to the wide surface?
(A) plain-sawing
(B) slash-sawing
(C) quarter-sawing
(D) re-sawing
Answer : (C)
10. What is another name for quarter-sawn lumber?
(A) slash-sawn lumber
(B) edge-grain lumber
(C) re-sawn lumber
(D) plain-sawn lumber
Answer : (B)
11. In which season does the densest wood grow?
(A) spring
(B) summer
(C) fall
(D) winter
Answer : (B)
12. Which characteristic of a tree's cross-section can be used to determine past weather
patterns?
(A) width of growth rings
(B) colour of growth rings

(C) medullary rays
(D) pith
Answer : (A)
13. What is lumber called when it is first cut from the log, and contains a large amount of
water?
(A) watery lumber
(B) new lumber
(C) green lumber
(D) fresh lumber
Answer : (C)
14. What percentage of moisture content must wood have before it will start decaying?
(A) 15 percent
(B) 19 percent
(C) 25 percent
(D) 29 percent
Answer : (B)
15. What is wood decay caused by?
(A) fungi
(B) birds
(C) dry rot
(D) weather
Answer : (A)
16. What is the preferred moisture content of lumber used for framing?
(A) 15 percent
(B) 20 percent

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