2026/2027 Illinois Roofing Exam Questions and Answers Solved

2026 Illinois Roofing Exam
Questions and Answers Solved
How many eaves does a gable roof have ? Answer✔✔- 2
How many rakes does a gable roof have ? Answer✔✔- 4
Does a hip roof have any rakes ? Answer✔✔- No
How many hips does a hipped roof have ? Answer✔✔- 4
How many eves are on a hipped roof? Answer✔✔- 4
Eave Answer✔✔- A projecting edge of a roof that extends beyond the supporting wall.
Rake Answer✔✔- The sloped edge fo a gable roof
Hip Answer✔✔- The inclined external angle of formed by the two sloping sides of a hip roof.
Ridge Answer✔✔- The highest point on the roof represented by horizontal line where two roof areas
intersect.
Slope Answer✔✔- The incline angle of a roof surface expressed as a ratio of the rise of the roof to the
run of the roof, expressed in inches.
A 45 degree angle is a slope of Answer✔✔- 12:12
What makes a roof assembly ? Answer✔✔- A roof deck plus the roof system.