Student Questions Flashcards
What is the most serious safety hazard with an exterior door:
Double cylinder dead bolt (keyed inside and outside)
In an older home,a forced hot air furnace is replaced by a heat pump. The heat coming out of the register is:
Cooler
When inspecting kitchen cabinets:
Observe that they are securely attached to the wall
Te following is beyond the basic home Inspection:
Operate incoming water main valve
The real estate agent request a copy of your inspection report:
You would get permission from your buyer
On the interior door leading to the attached garage, the door:
Must be 1 3/8” thick wood,metal,or fire-rated
A house is built on a sloping hill. The surface water should be drained
Into a 4 inch perforated plastic drain line and directed downhill to daylight
A flat roof with a two- foot surrounding parapet wall,what must be provided to allow drainage
Scuppers
Roof drain with secondary overflow drain
A deck is 4 feet off the ground and you note that the ledger board has four 16D nails in each bay
Tell the buyer that The proper bolts should be installed
You are inspecting a house where the second-story balcony is observed and every cantilevered joist is rotted halfway out from the wall
Tell All appropriate parties that there is a hazard, and no one should step out onto it.
What is a common reason for water overflowing a gutter:
Gutter not large enough for the area of roof covered
How can you determine if a home is on sinking soil or on unsteady soil:
Only a geotechnical evaluation can make that kind of determination.
Why would you install a pressure regulator
The pressure In the home is too high
You are inspecting a flat roof with a rock ballast finish.you see an A/C platform sitting on two 4x4 SPF boards:
Tell buyer that the 4x4’s should be replaced with pressure treated wood.
A home is built with a second floor and a trussed attic/roof above it .which one of the following is not a consideration when determining joist depth:
A.the eventual use of the attic
B. the weight of the roof system
C. The design if the roof system
D.The depth of the insulation to be installed
D.The depth of the insulation to be installed
You are inspecting a wood retaining wall.you notice 6x6 squares every four feet along the wall:
These are part of the tie back system
What is efflorescence ?
The remaining dissolved salts stuck to the concrete as a result of water penetration.
You inspect a home with a wood stove 18” from the wall.you notice that the unit does not have a UL approved sticker. You should tell the client:
The stove is too close to the wall
When is not the time to have your inspection agreement signed:
After the home inspection has been completed.
Which of the following is the least safe for occupants :
Dead bolts with a keyed interior arrangement
A cedar shake roof will (wear out first) or (show light through the felt first)
Between shakes
A dishwasher drain may be attached to the sink drain:
Above the trap
Flushing a toilet In a house that has been vacant for six months produces a gurgling in the tub drain. This is because:
It is improperly vented ( or unvented)
A house has recently been re-sided with vinyl. The new vinyl has been installed over the electric feed conduit from below the mast to the meter. This is okay? T/F
false