ICC 2015 Building Plans Examiner Quiz 5

Questions from the 2015 IBC


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1) The minimum net clear opening width of an emergency escape and rescue opening shall be?

2) Emergency escape and rescue openings shall have the bottom of the clear opening not greater than what height above the floor?

3) The minimum horizontal area of a window well with an emergency escape and rescue window shall be?

4) The minimum dimension of a window well with an emergency escape and rescue window shall be?

5) A permanently affixed ladder is required for window wells with emergency escape and rescue openings, where the window wells are greater than what vertical depth?

6) The ladder or steps in a window well used for an emergency escape and rescue window shall not encroach into the required minimum dimension of the window well by more than?

7) Ladders and steps required in window wells that have emergency escape and rescue openings are?

8) In accessible R-2, 3, and 4 occupancy dwelling units, what percentage of parking spaces provided shall be accessible?

9) What percentage of accessible parking spaces shall be van-accessible?

10) How many units with roll-in showers are required in a 60 unit hotel?

11) How many accessible units are required in a 30 unit hotel?

12) What percentage of dining and drinking areas open to the public shall be accessible, except for mezzanines and sporting facilities?

13) What percentage of total area can a non-accessible mezzanine be in a restaurant that is open to the public?

14) An accessible assisted-use toilet room shall be provided in an assembly occupancy when there are how many or more male and female water closets required?

15) An accessible assisted-use bathing room shall be provided in recreational facilities where separate-sex bathing rooms are provided except?

16) When at least 40 percent but not more than 50 percent of the required venting area in an attic is provided by ventilators in the upper portion of the attic, the net free cross-ventilation area is permitted to be wat value for an attic?

17) Crawl space openings for ventilation shall be not less than?

18) Openable area to the outdoors for natural ventilation shall not be less than what percentage of the floor area being ventilated?

19) Openings in rooms that do not have openings with the outdoors are permitted to have openings to adjacent spaces of what area of the rooms without openings to the outdoors?

20) Temperature control systems are required to be capable of maintaining at a point 3 feet above the floor what temperature?

21) The minimum net glazed area shall be what percentage of the floor area of the room served?

22) An interior room not adjacent to open windows is permitted to be considered a portion of an adjoin room for the purpose of natural lighting where one-half of the area of a common wall is open and unobstructed and provides an opening of?

23) What is the minimum width of a two story building?

24) What is the minimum yard width of a 5 story building?

25) The minimum height of a corridor is?

26) The minimum height of a bathroom is?

27) A bathroom with a sloped ceiling is required to have 7 feet ceilings over what percentage of the room?

28) Portions of a room with a sloped room under what height is not included in any computation of the minimum height for an interior space?

29) Any room with a furred ceiling shall be required to have the minimum ceiling height in what portion of the room area, and what is the minimum allowable height?

30) Every dwelling unit is required to have at least one room that is not less than?

31) What is the minimum area of a bedroom?

32) What is the minimum opening size of a crawl space access opening?

33) What is the minimum opening size for attic access?

34) What is the minimum attic height over an access opening into the attic?

35) An attic opening is required for any attic at what attic height?

36) Floors in non-dwelling unit bathrooms shall have a nonabsorbent surface extending from the floor to what height?

37) Walls adjacent to urinals shall have a nonabsorbent surface within 2 feet of the urinal to what height?

38) Toilet rooms not open to the public and that have only one toilet must have nonabsorbent surfaces to what height adjacent to a toilet?

39) Showers shall have a nonabsorbent surface to a height above the drain inlet of?

40) The minimum thickness of allowable fiberboard siding used as a weather covering is?

41) The minimum thickness of stone used for an exterior weather covering for a building is?

42) Flashing and weep holes in anchored veneer masonry exterior weather covering shall be located?

43) What is the maximum width of anchored stone veneer?

44) What is the maximum center to center distances of masonry anchorage for stud backing?

45) Metal veneers shall be not less than?

46) Vinyl siding is permitted on exterior walls of buildings where the wind does not exceed?

47) Vinyl siding is permitted on the exterior of buildings to a height of?

48) A three story Type IIB constructed building can have a balcony, not part of a required exit, made of?

49) Corrosion resistant flashing for roofs shall be a minimum of what thickness?

50) What type of roof covering surface is prohibited in a hurricane prone region?

51) The minimum roof covering classification for a 3 story Type IIB building is?

52) The minimum roof covering classification for a Type VA building is?

53) Shingles are classified as what type of roof?

54) How many sheets of underlayment is required is required for a roof on a 4:12 pitch?

55) What is the maximum spacing of underlayment fasteners at the overlap interface on a roof subject to high winds (110 MPH)?

56) A 6:12 roof on a building built in an area with an average January temperature of 40 degrees requires how many layers of underlayment at the eves?

57) Roof slopes at or above 25 Percent shall have valley flashing underlayment of at least?

58) Wood shakes are permissible to be installed on what minimum roof slope?

59) Valley flashing shall have a splash diverter rib not less than how high at the middle of the valley?

60) The minimum slope for a built-up roof shall be?

61) Penthouses on non-Type I buildings shall be limited to what height from the roof?

62) Rooftop structures used for elevator rooms shall be permitted to be how high above the roof?

63) Penthouses located on Type I buildings shall be limited to what height?

64) Noncombustible construction materials are required for all rooftop cooling towers that exceed?

65) Partition loads in office buildings shall not be less than a uniformly distributed live load of?

66) What is the required minimum live load of a balcony or deck?

67) What is the minimum distributed and concentrated live load for an office area?

68) What is the minimum uniformly distributed live load for the first floor of a Group M occupancy and wholesale area?

69) What is the linear and concentrated load that a handrail must support?

70) What is the minimum roof live load for a greenhouse?

71) What is the ultimate design wind speed for south Texas along the Gulf of Mexico?

72) What is the nominal wind speed if the ultimate wind speed is 110 MPH?

73) What is the ultimate wind speed if the nominal wind speed is 108 MPH?

74) What is the exposure category for a building along the coastline where the prevailing wind comes off the ocean?

75) Who employs a required special inspector?

76) Special inspectors are not required if of a minor nature as approved by?

77) Documentation showing competence and relevant experience of the special inspector, shall be given, before construction begins, to whom?

78) The statement of special inspections shall state all of the following except?

79) Discrepancies found during special inspections shall be brought to the immediate attention of?

80) Special inspections of concrete footers are required unless the compressive strength is?

81) Reinforcing bar welds shall be inspected by the special inspector per?

82) Special inspections are required for?

83) A subsurface soil investigation is required to determine if the ground-water table is within how many feet below the elevation of the lowest floor level where the lowest floor level is located below the finished ground level adjacent to the foundation?

84) A subsurface soil investigation to determine the location of the ground water table shall not be required where?

85) Backfill does not need to be compacted for?

86) If hydrostatic pressure conditions exists and the design does not include a ground-water control system?

87) Waterproofing shall be applied from the bottom of the wall to not less than how far above the maximum elevation of the ground water table?

88) A load bearing value of 4,000 PSF is given on plans for sandy gravel and/or gravel under footers. Is this reasonable?

89) What is the minimum thickness of rubble stone foundation walls?

90) If 40,000 PSI rebar is used, what shall the minimum required spacing by modified by?

91) What is the maximum unbalanced backfill for a plain concrete wall that is 7 feet high?

92) What is the permissible maximum unbalanced backfill for a 9 foot high, 8 inch wide wall with #5 rebar on 41 inch centers?

93) What is the maximum allowable wall height of a plain concrete 8 inches thick wall with a maximum unbalanced backfill height of 4 inches and a 30 PSF/foot design lateral soil load?

94) What is the minimum compressive strength for concrete foundation walls?

95) An 8 inches thick plain masonry foundation wall with a 30 PSF/foot design lateral load that 8 feet tall can have a maximum unbalanced backfill height of?

96) How much support shall be provided at the top of a hollow masonry unit foundation wall for girders?

97) What is the minimum safety factor of a retaining wall that resists lateral soil forces?

98) What is the maximum unbalanced backfill height of a reinforced 12 inches masonry wall that is 9 feet-4 inches tall that has a design lateral soil load of 45 PSF per foot of depth with #7 rebar at 6 feet on center?

99) Frost protection requires when of the following?

100) The minimum depth of footings below undisturbed ground shall be?

101) What light-frame constructed building area with an eave height under 10 feet and nor more than a risk category of I does not need to have a foundation under the frost line?

102) When is it acceptable for shallow foundations to be on frozen soil?

103) What is the minimum width of a footing for a 2 story light-frame constructed building?

104) What is the maximum slope for a stepped footing?

105) Plain concrete footings for R-3 occupancies are permitted to be what thickness as a minimum?

106) What is maximum unsupported height ratio of a foundation pier?

107) Hollow piers shall be capped with a minimum of what thickness of concrete?

108) What maximum stress is allowed for untreated timber footings supported upon treated piles?

109) The effectiveness of protective measures for boring or site conditions without possible deleterious actions shall be vetted through:

110) What is the minimum thickness of casing for cased cast-in-lace elements?

111) What is the minimum width of cast-in-place uncased foundation elements?

112) The tops of vertical deep foundation elements for pile caps shall be embedded by not less than 3 inches into pile caps and the caps shall extend at least how far beyond the edge of the elements?

113) What is minimum compressive concrete strength for R-2 and R-3 occupancy foundations that are 3 stories or less above grade?

114) What does the IBC change regarding ACI 318, Section 14.6.2.2?

115) What is the minimum thickness of ground supported slab?

116) What is the minimum clearance between parallel bars for reinforcement greater than No. 5?

117) Grout in masonry applications shall comply with what standard?

118) What is the minimum thickness of exterior adobe walls in one-story buildings?

119) What is the minimum extension of footings beyond the face of a fireplace?

120) What is the minimum depth of a firebox of a concrete or masonry fireplace?

121) What is the minimum height above a fireplace opening for a masonry fireplace damper?

122) What is the minimum extension thickness of a hearth?

123) What is the minimum hearth extension depth?

124) The fire place shall have no combustibles within how far from the front faces?

125) How many No. 4 continuous vertical bars anchored to the foundation are required for chimneys up to 40 inches wide?

126) Masonry chimneys require seismic anchorage where each strap shall be fastened by not less than how many floor joists?

127) What minimum height shall a chimney terminate above the highest portion of the building within 10 feet?

128) Rectangular chimney flues shall have a minimum net cross-sectional area of not less than how much of the fireplace opening?

129) What is the minimum airspace clearance to combustibles of a chimney?

130) What is the minimum cross section opening of a 20 feet tall chimney that has an 1,800 square inch fireplace opening?

131) The erection of structural steel elements in buildings shall be in accordance with?

132) The use of open-web steel joints shall be in accordance with what specifications?

133) A lumber grading agency is approved by n accreditation body that complies with?

134) Wood structural panels shall conform to?

135) Particle board shall conform to?

136) Particleboard floor underlayment shall conform to?

137) Preservative-treated wood shall conform to?

138) What is maximum moisture content of preservative treated wood used in dry area before being covered by insulation or wall finish?

139) Fire retardant treated wood shall not have a flame spread index exceeding?

140) Metal plate connected wood trusses shall be in accordance with?

141) Sizes of wood structural members used for calculations shall be based on?

142) Structural roof sheathing shall conform to?

143) Table 2,304.8(1) provides?

144) Allowable spans without edge support for 32/16 sheathing is?

145) For species group 1, the allowable span for wood structural panel combination subfloor underlayment for 20 inch centers for joists is?

146) Connections for wood members for a bottom plate to joist at braced wall using 3-16d box (3-1/2 X 0.135 inch) fasteners shall have what on-center distance?

147) What is the COC fastener edge spacing for 25/32 inch sheathing using 7/16 inch head 1-3/4 inch galvanized roofing nail?

148) Wood closer than how far shall be preservative type in a ground exposed crawl space?

149) Wood supported by exterior foundation less than 8 inches from exposed earth shall be?

150) Distance between wood siding and earth on the exterior of a building shall be no less than?

151) What is minimum air gap on ends and top of girder going into masonry unless preservative treated?

152) Untreated wood is permitted where exposed to earth when?

153) Bolts shall be embedded at least how far into concrete to hold down foundation sill plates?

154) The ends of each floor joist shall have not less than how much bearing on wood?

155) Notches on the ends of joist shall not exceed when percentage of joist depth?

156) What span is permitted for 28 feet building for header for roof and one center-bearing floor using 3-2 X 10’s for 30 PSF ground snow load?

157) What is the header span supporting 2-floors using 4-2X10’s of Douglas fir with a 20 feet building width?

158) What is the floor joints span for 16 inches COC Hem-fir #2 for dead load of 10 PSF, live load of 30 PSF using 2X10’s?

159) Header joists shall be doubled where the span of the header exceeds how far?

160) One line of bridging for each what distance is required for framing member depth to thickness ratios of 6:1 or more?

161) COC for 2X4 studs for bearing walls supporting roof and ceiling only is permitted to be?

162) Foundation cripple walls shall be framed of studs not less than the size of the studding above, and not less than what length?

163) Unless covered by interior or exterior wall coverings, the minimum requirements of this code, stud partitions or walls with studs having a height to least thickness ratio exceeding what value shall have bridging that is not less than 2 inches in thickness?

164) What is the minimum thickness of diagonal wood wall sheathing on 24 inches COC studs?

165) The maximum spacing of braced wall lines for seismic Cat D is?

166) What is minimum thickness of WSP for shear bracing?

167) Stud spacing minimum for 3/8 inch WSP not exposed to weather is?

168) What is minimum nominal thickness of ridge board for rafter framing?

169) What is the maximum span of 2X6 purlins?

170) What is max span of 2X8 southern pine on 24 inches centers for ceiling joists with attics of live load of 10 PSF?

171) What is the allowable rafter span for Doug-fir #3 2X10 with dead load of 10PSF and live load of 20 PSF on 12 inches centers?

172) What is rafter span for 2X8 Hem-fire #2 on 16 inches centers with ground snow load of 30 PSF and dead load of 20 PSF?

173) What is COC spacing for Doug-fi #1 2X6 rafters with 11 feet-5 inches span for ground snow load of 30 PSF and dead load of 20 PSF?

174) Skylights set at an angle of less than 45 degrees require a curb that is how high above the plane of the roof?

175) What kind of glazing in doors is not considered hazardous?

176) A hazardous location for glazing is how within how far away from a door?

177) Glazing with an exposed edge less than what value above the ground in a shower room needs to be tempered glass?

178) Studless solid plaster partitions must be what minimum thickness?

179) Shear capacity of horizontal wood-frame gypsum board diaphragm ceiling assemblies must be?

180) How many gypsum plaster coats are required over metal lath?

181) Weep screeds are required what minimum height above paved areas in walls that can trap water?

182) Cement plaster shall be protected from freezing for how long after set has occurred?

183) The flame spread index of expanded foam plastic insulation shall not exceed?

184) What minimum thickness of gypsum is required over foam plastic to provide an adequate thermal barrier?

185) What thickness of WSP is required over foam plastic insulation in floors?

186) Plastic veneer sheeting is prohibited from being used on buildings above what height?

187) What is the maximum length of individual light diffusing panels?

188) Light transmitting plastics shall not be installed more than how high above grade plane?

189) What is the separation distance between roof panels for low-hazard occupancy buildings?

190) Skylights shall not be installed within how far of exterior wall openings that are required to be protected in accordance with Section 705?

191) Emergency and standby power shall be provided in what kind of buildings?

192) How many women’s water closets (toilets) are required in a Group A-1 occupancy with 130 people?

193) What is the maximum distance from a tenant space to a drinking fountain?

194) What is the maximum number of elevator cars that can be located in a single hoistway enclosure?

195) At least one elevator shall be provided for fire department emergency access where elevators are provided in buildings at least how many stories?

196) Elevator rooms shall be provided with?

197) What is the fire rating for an elevator machinery room?

198) Membrane structures are permitted to exceed one story if?

199) Noncombustible membrane shall be permitted as the roof for any building provided the membrane is less than how high above any floor?

200) Tents and other membranes can be considered temporary if erected for less than?

201) What is the minimum unobstructed width of pedestrian walkway?

202) What is the maximum exit access travel width of pedestrian walkways?

203) Balconies are allowed to encroach into the public way by?

204) Construction documents for demolition shall be submitted where required by the?

205) Stumps and roots shall be removed from the soil where construction is occurring to a depth of not less than?

206) Slopes for permanent fill shall not be steeper than?

207) Walkways protecting pedestrians shall be no less than who wide?

208) Covered pedestrian walkways that protect people from construction activating shall have footings on 2X6 members and posts not less than 4X ?

209) Standpipe shall be installed prior to building reaching how high during construction?

210) What is the maximum height of a sign having a solid surface?

211) Wall signs attached to exterior concrete wall with 3/8 inch screws shall be embedded how deep?