ICC 2015 Building Plans Examiner Quiz 3

Questions from the 2015 IBC


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1) Equipment platforms in a sprinklered building shall be?

2) Basements need not be included in the total allowable floor area of a building provided the total area of such basements?

3) What area per floor is permitted for a sprinklered hospital of Type I-B construction?

4) Before area increases due to public way frontage, what is the maximum area per story of a Type II-A constructed non-sprinklered existing hospital that is being considered for minor renovations?

5) Before area increases due to public way frontage, a Type V-B hotel (Group R-2) is allowed to be how large per story?

6) A 1 story group R-3 Type V-B building can be how large?

7) A building that stores bags of cement (S-2) is allowed to be how large per story if non-sprinklered and does not have area increases due to public way frontage?

8) Building area increases are allowed only if the perimeter fronts a public way with what minimum width?

9) A sprinklered stadium can be unlimited in size if?

10) What is the maximum area of a Group B occupancy two-story building if sprinklered and surrounded by public ways of not less than 60 feet in width?

11) A group E Type IV building with yards not less than 60 feet in width around it shall be limited to?

12) A 1,000 square foot storage area in an 11,000 ft2 business occupancy is required to have what fire rated construction separating the occupancy types?

13) For mixed occupancies, the sum of the ratios of the actual building area of each separated occupancy divided by the allowable building area of each separated occupancy shall not exceed?

14) What rating is required between an A-2 occupancy and a B occupancy that is sprinklered?

15) An unsprinklered retail store has an owner occupied residence in the back. What rating is required to separate the two occupancies?

16) What rating needs to separate a business from a mercantile use group?

17) A 400,000 BTU/hour furnace needs to be separated from the rest of a B occupancy by?

18) A hospital laundry room of 100 ft2 shall be separated from the rest of the hospital by?

19) A linen collection room in a hospital with 20 cubic feet of aggregate linen volume shall be separated from the rest of the hospital by?

20) Primary structural members supporting a roof only shall have what fire rating for a Type I-A building?

21) Interior bearing walls shall have what fire rating n a Type III-A building?

22) What floor fire rating is required for Type II-A buildings?

23) What rating is required for roof framing where all framing is at least 20 feet above the floor in a Type I-A building suing for office space?

24) Wood columns in Type IV construction supporting floors shall have a minimum dimension of?

25) Wood beams in Type IV construction shall be not less than?

26) A group H-4 occupancy that is 4 feet from the lot line shall have exterior walls rated at?

27) A Type IIB F-1 occupancy 12 feet from the lot line shall have exterior walls rated for?

28) Open parking garage of Type IB construction that is 10 feet from the lot line shall have exterior walls of?

29) What is the minimum width of roof construction in Type IV buildings that are sprinklered?

30) What type of materials are allowed to be used in exterior walls of Type V construction?

31) Type II construction allows combustible show windows if under?

32) What is the maximum flame spread index for foam plastic used in roof construction in Type I buildings?

33) A type II-B building has a cornice that extends toward the property line. The buildings is 5 feet away from the line. How far can the cornice extend?

34) A series of balconies over each other on a multiple story building shall have a flame barrier of 1 hour construction extending how far out from the building?

35) What is the allowable exterior wall protected openings area for buildings with a fire separation distance of 10-15 feet?

36) A Group R-3 building with a fire separation distance of 6 feet shall have unprotected openings of what percent of the exterior wall?

37) Parapets on exterior walls are required unless?

38) What fire resistance rating shall parapet walls have?

39) How much of the top portion of the parapet wall faces shall be non-combustible?

40) A 30 inch parapet wall is allowed to have how much combustible facing material?

41) What party wall fire rating is required for an F-1 occupancy?

42) What fire wall rating is required in a Type V-B Group B occupancy?

43) The exterior walls on both sides of the intersection with a fire wall shall be rated for?

44) Exterior wall intersections at fire walls do not need exterior wall protection of the angle is equal to or greater than?

45) Fire walls can terminate at the underside of the roof deck if the following is met?

46) Combustible Floor Joists framed into a fire wall must have how much distance between embedded ends?

47) A fire barrier separating an I-2 occupancy into different fire areas shall have what rating?

48) The width of openings in a Fire Barrier shall be limited to?

49) Corridor walls are considered?

50) Smoke barriers have a required fire rating of?

51) Walls separating tenant spaces in covered and open mall buildings require what fire resistance rating?

52) The supporting construction of horizontal assemblies shall be?

53) Horizontal assemblies separating dwelling units shall be not less than what rating for Type VB construction that is fully sprinklered?

54) Vertical openings for escalators in a fully sprinklered building that is protected by a draft curtain and closely spaced sprinklers shall be permitted to?

55) A three story exit enclosure is required to have a fire barrier of what rating?

56) Shafts that do not extend to the bottom of a building shall have at least one of the following:

57) A shaft enclosure that does not extend to the underside of the roof deck shall be at the top with construction that?

58) Through-penetrations shall be protected by an approved penetration firestop system that has an F-rating of not less than?

59) Fire resistant wall penetrations of electrical boxes (4 inches X 4 inches or less) shall not exceed what value per 100 ft2 of wall space?

60) Through penetration firestop systems for horizontal systems shall have an F-rating of?

61) Joints in rated construction shall be protected by an approved fire-resistant joint system designed for?

62) Fire door assemblies in interior exit stairways shall have a maximum transmitted temperature rise of not more than?

63) A 3 hour fire barrier shall have a door with what protection rating?

64) 1 hour rated corridors in a B-occupancy require doors to be rated at?

65) Fire doors shall be self-closing except?

66) Side hinged swinging fire doors shall be provided with?

67) The total area of glazing in fire-protection rated window assemblies shall not exceed?

68) A 1 hour fire partition requires?

69) A 3 hour rated exterior wall requires what glass rating?

70) Where the openings in ducts are limited to a single smoke compartment and the ducts are constructed of steel?

71) Which of the following is permitted to be used for horizontal fireblocking in walls constructed using parallel rows of studs?

72) Fireblocking is required in concealed wall spaces at the following locations:

73) Fire blocking of the annular space around chimneys at ceilings shall be installed with a material specifically tested to?

74) Concealed sleeper spaces (wood sleepers on concrete fire rated flooring) shall be fire-blocked so open area will not exceed how many square feet?

75) Slab-on grade gymnasiums are not permitted to have concealed sleeper spaces of what dimension?

76) Which of the following is an acceptable draft stopping material?

77) Floor draft stopping in non-Group-R occupancy is required for concealed spaces in excess of?

78) Unsprinklered attic spaces require draft stopping when horizontal area exceeds?

79) A sprinklered attic requires draft stopped when how large?

80) What is the permissible flame spread index of concealed insulating material in any type of construction?

81) Pipe and tubing insulation shall have a flame spread index of?

82) For four hour fire protection for steel columns, what thickness of perlite or vermiculite gypsum plaster over metal lath wrapped around the column and furred 1-1/4 inches from column flanges?

83) For four hour fire protection for steel columns, what thickness of perlite or vermiculite gypsum plaster over self-furring metal lath wrapped directly around column is required?

84) Post tensioned tendons in prestressed concrete require what thickness of siliceous aggregate restrained members to maintain 2 hour rating?

85) What thickness of siliceous aggregate concrete is required over reinforcing steel in reinforced concrete columns for a 3 hour rating?

86) What thickness of expanded slag or pumice CMUs is required for a one hour rating?

87) What thickness of limestone CMUs is required for a two our rating?

88) What thickness of lightweight solid concrete is required to provide a two hour rating in walls?

89) A restrained siliceous concrete thickness for three hour protection over prestressed concrete flooring shall be?

90) An unrestrained siliceous concrete thickness for two hour protection over prestressed concrete flooring shall be?

91) The minimum thickness of concrete cover for reinforcing bars in reinforced concrete beams on 4 feet centers that are 5 inches in width for a four hour rating is?

92) Expanded vinyl wall and ceiling coverings shall have a flame spread index not to exceed?

93) The lobby area in a non-sprinklered theater shall have an interior finish not less than what class of material?

94) A non-sprinklered chapel in a church designed for a maximum design occupancy load of 250 people is required to have what maximum interior finish classification?

95) A conference room in an office building cannot have interior finish that exceeds what classification?

96) The interior exit enclosure in a sprinklered three story hospital is required to have what minimum interior finish classification?

97) A 50 inches wainscoting in the corridor of a sprinklered jail is allowed to be what classification of finish material?

98) Interior finish is required on noncombustible building elements, where the finish is no more than how thick?

99) Combustible insulating boards attached to subflooring shall not be more than how thick?

100) A restaurant requires a sprinkler system if it is more than how many square feet?

101) A high school is required to have a sprinkler system if it is more than what square footage?

102) Group F-1 wood working operations that generate finely divided combustible waste shall have a sprinkler system if the area is larger than?

103) Which of the following R occupancies is required to have a sprinkler system?

104) Repair garages shall have a sprinkler system if it is more than?

105) Basements are required to be sprinklered if any portion is more than how far from an opening of at least 30 inches?

106) A sprinkler shall be installed in a linen chute such that it is installed at?

107) A sprinkler system is required for all buildings greater than how high?

108) Quick response or residential sprinklers are required in all sleeping units in what type of occupancy?

109) Limited area sprinkler systems are permitted to be installed, but are limited to how many heads?

110) What class of standpipes is required for a building floor level over 30 feet from FD access?

111) A Group A building in excess of 1,000 ft2 requires what class of standpipe?

112) Stages greater than 1,000 ft2 shall be equipped with what type of standpipe?