Model 1 Test

Question 1

What is NY State real,property law article 12-B?

Answer 1

Ethics and standards of practice

Question 2

What is the skin of the home?

Answer 2

Exterior cladding

Question 3

True/false? A house carries live and dead loads

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Can an inspector determine cause for problems ina home?

Answer 4

No, only possible causes

Question 5

If there is a concerned safety the home inspector shall?

Answer 5

Inform all concerned parties sellers, buyers, renters etc…

Question 6

True or fals: a home inspection Is non-invasive?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Define material defect?

Answer 7

Problem with residential property, I would have a significant impact on the value of the property or involves unreasonable risk of people.

Question 8

What one inspection report describe?

Answer 8

Inspected systems, structure, and components of the dwelling

Question 9

What are the seven points of the New York State home inspectors standard of practice.

Answer 9

Non invasive and identify defects, assist client with overall condition of property, observe defects in present tense, identify significant problems or risks, provide a written report describing issues, report conditions not recommendations, deliver the report by various means.

Question 10

Most important tools for inspection?

Answer 10

Senses and brain

Question 11

If there is a safety concern?

Answer 11

Stop the inspection

Question 12

When does the inspection begin

Answer 12

As you approach the property

Question 13

Mechanical penetrations tend to be problematic?

Answer 13

True, with insects animals and water

Question 14

What’s the problem with sill plates?

Answer 14

Insects, air and water tend to migrate

Question 15

Define a interior/weeper gutter system

Answer 15

Also known as french drain, 2 X4 it out to dire+t water from foundation to sump pit

Question 16

What are foundation ties?

Answer 16

Hold forms together and should be snapped off and patched, or water could enter.

Question 17

What is Radon?

Answer 17

Natural, odorless, colorless, tasteless gas, from decay uranium.

Question 18

True or false, radon is the leading cause of death for non smokers

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What’s the difference between type and style regarding foundations?

Answer 19

Type is material (concrete, brick,log, bottle, tire, hay bale) and style is design ( crawlspace, slab, walkout, basement, cellar, pier, ledger

Question 20

Tru or false: footings carry dead and live loads

Answer 20

True

Question 21

What size should the footing be?

Answer 21

Twice the foundation wall, and as deep as thick

8” wall equals 16” footer and and 8” wall equals 8”thick down

Question 22

Strongest bearing soil and weakest?

Answer 22

Bedrock, and organic material

Question 23

Difference between cellar and basement?

Answer 23

Cellar overhead clearance, not finishable, dirt floor, basement can be finished and used in a lot of different ways

Question 24

What is concrete?

Answer 24

Stone and rock bonded by cement and water, sand gravel, slag, ashes, burned shale

Question 25

What helped concrete become more stable and efficient?

Answer 25

Cement truck

Question 26

True/false?

Answer 26

To much vibration or water can weaken fresh concrete

Question 27

Difference between dry, wet, frosted soil?

Answer 27

Dry is light Wet is heavy with moisture Frost is not the weight, but the force from expansion

Question 28

What’s the general rule with grade?

Answer 28

.5” to 1” per foot six feet away from foundation

Question 29

What is undisturbed soil?

Answer 29

Virgin

Question 30

What kind of crack is structural in a foundation?

Answer 30

Horizontal

Question 31

What size crack should be considered serious?

Answer 31

More than 3/8

Question 32

Name four ways water is transferred to the basement?

Answer 32

Liquid flow Capillary suction, dry concrete sucks moisture from ground Vapor transfusion, moisture traveling from most to least Air movement, stack affect draws moist air in through cracks etc

Question 33

One inch of rain on a 2000 square roof equals how many gallons?

Answer 33

1250 gallons

Question 34

How much moisture is in fresh concrete?

Answer 34

0.2 gallons per square foot, 0.1 per square foot of floor.

Question 35

What’s the purpose of a swale?

Answer 35

Shallow drainage ditch shedding water away from the home

Question 36

How far should a downspout extensions?

Answer 36

4-6 feet

Question 37

What are different ways to keep water out of window wells?

Answer 37

Have stone filled from footer, verticals drain

Question 38

What should be done to forced air heating ducts under the the basement floor?

Answer 38

Insulate them, sloped for drainage, water tight

Question 39

What are weepers?

Answer 39

Drainage pipes placed beside the footer

Question 40

How much aggregate or stone is placed at footer with pipe?

Answer 40

Minimum 16”

Question 41

What is the spot where the beam rests on the foundation?

Answer 41

Beam pocket with a moisture barrier between beam and foundation

Question 42

What’s a cold pour?

Answer 42

Two pours of concrete have been made at different times, original pour has been st to long the new pour will not bond

Question 43

Typical size of a cinder block?

Answer 43

8” high, 16” length, 8/10 wide

Question 44

When is a foundation wall critically displaced?

Answer 44

If the exceeds the center of gravity it is unsafe. Example: an 8” block wall has exceeded 4”

Question 45

What is a beam pocket?

Answer 45

Where the main beam sits, with a vapor barrier, 1/2 pocket all the way around for air

Question 46

What is a pilaster?

Answer 46

Wall built fora rotted beam

Question 47

What is scratch coat?

Answer 47

Parged layer scratched with a tool setting up for a second coat adhesion

Question 48

Define bearing point?

Answer 48

Places where load bearing walls, piers, columns transfer the weight of the structure to the earth.

Question 49

True or false? The weeper and simp pump can be discharge in the sanitary sewer.

Answer 49

False, can only be dispersed into storm drain on the exterior of the home

Question 50

What causes a vertical crack in the foundation?

Answer 50

Footing drop

Question 51

What type of foundation is used where the trust that there’s a maximum of 12 to 14 inches or less?

Answer 51

Pier foundation

Question 52

What does ICF stand for?

Answer 52

Insulated concrete aarx just like the woods house

Question 53

The occupants of the house are part of the system? T/F

Answer 53

True, among with have, plumbing and electrical, basement, etc...

Question 54

Define monolithic pour?

Answer 54

A continuous pour that involves the floor and walls

Question 55

What is a rim joist?

Answer 55

Ties all the edges of the floor joist together, the outside piece