NSPIRE TEST BANK PRACTICE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
VERIFIED
●● High Performer (NSPIRE inspection score)
Answer: NSPIRE inspection score: 90 points or above
●● Standard Performer (NSPIRE inspection score)
Answer: NSPIRE inspection score: Below 90 but above 60
●● Substandard (NSPIRE inspection score)
Answer: Total score of 60 or more, but a score of less than 60 in one or
more of the physical condition, financial condition, or management
operations indicators.
●● Troubled (NSPIRE inspection score)
Answer: Less than 60; or less than 50 in Capital Fund indicator
●● Inspection Frequency: PHAs with 250+ units scoring 90 or above
Answer: Every 3 years
●● Inspection Frequency: PHAs with 250+ units scoring 80-89
,Answer: Every 2 years
●● Inspection Frequency: PHAs with 250+ units scoring under 80
Answer: Every year
●● Deadline for PHA, Field Office, and residents to receive Full
Inspection Report
Answer: 15 business days
●● Point deduction in Unit inspectable area causing automatic property
failure (Unit Threshold Fail)
Answer: 30 points or more
●● Deadline for PHA to file a request for a technical review after
receiving inspection report
Answer: 45 calendar days
●● Duration PHA must make physical inspection report and related
documents available to residents
Answer: 60 days
●● Definition of a Habitable Room
Answer: A room in a building for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking
,●● Purpose of NSPIRE regarding HUD programs
Answer: Aligns multiple HUD programs to a single set of standards
●● Core standard for NSPIRE properties
Answer: Safe, habitable dwellings
●● Area of property receiving increased emphasis under NSPIRE
Answer: The Unit
●● Appearance deficiencies that are no longer scored under NSPIRE
Answer: Overgrowth, decorative fencing, scratched countertops, graffiti,
water stains that aren't wet
●● Total score scale for NSPIRE
Answer: 100 point scale
●● Policy on interim repairs
Answer: Allowed
●● Corrective Timeframe: Life-Threatening
Answer: 24 hours
, ●● Corrective Timeframe: Severe
Answer: 24 hours
●● Corrective Timeframe: Moderate
Answer: 30 days
●● Corrective Timeframe: Low
Answer: 60 days
●● The three NSPIRE Inspectable Areas
Answer: Unit, Inside, Outside
●● Three types of NSPIRE inspections
Answer: Self inspections, NSPIRE inspections, and NSPIRE Plus
●● Only one bathtub or shower is present and it is inoperable or does
not drain
Answer: Severe Deficiency (24-hour correction)
●● A bathtub or shower component is damaged, inoperable, or missing
such that it may limit the resident's ability to maintain personal hygiene
Answer: Moderate Deficiency (30-day correction)
SOLUTIONS DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
VERIFIED
●● High Performer (NSPIRE inspection score)
Answer: NSPIRE inspection score: 90 points or above
●● Standard Performer (NSPIRE inspection score)
Answer: NSPIRE inspection score: Below 90 but above 60
●● Substandard (NSPIRE inspection score)
Answer: Total score of 60 or more, but a score of less than 60 in one or
more of the physical condition, financial condition, or management
operations indicators.
●● Troubled (NSPIRE inspection score)
Answer: Less than 60; or less than 50 in Capital Fund indicator
●● Inspection Frequency: PHAs with 250+ units scoring 90 or above
Answer: Every 3 years
●● Inspection Frequency: PHAs with 250+ units scoring 80-89
,Answer: Every 2 years
●● Inspection Frequency: PHAs with 250+ units scoring under 80
Answer: Every year
●● Deadline for PHA, Field Office, and residents to receive Full
Inspection Report
Answer: 15 business days
●● Point deduction in Unit inspectable area causing automatic property
failure (Unit Threshold Fail)
Answer: 30 points or more
●● Deadline for PHA to file a request for a technical review after
receiving inspection report
Answer: 45 calendar days
●● Duration PHA must make physical inspection report and related
documents available to residents
Answer: 60 days
●● Definition of a Habitable Room
Answer: A room in a building for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking
,●● Purpose of NSPIRE regarding HUD programs
Answer: Aligns multiple HUD programs to a single set of standards
●● Core standard for NSPIRE properties
Answer: Safe, habitable dwellings
●● Area of property receiving increased emphasis under NSPIRE
Answer: The Unit
●● Appearance deficiencies that are no longer scored under NSPIRE
Answer: Overgrowth, decorative fencing, scratched countertops, graffiti,
water stains that aren't wet
●● Total score scale for NSPIRE
Answer: 100 point scale
●● Policy on interim repairs
Answer: Allowed
●● Corrective Timeframe: Life-Threatening
Answer: 24 hours
, ●● Corrective Timeframe: Severe
Answer: 24 hours
●● Corrective Timeframe: Moderate
Answer: 30 days
●● Corrective Timeframe: Low
Answer: 60 days
●● The three NSPIRE Inspectable Areas
Answer: Unit, Inside, Outside
●● Three types of NSPIRE inspections
Answer: Self inspections, NSPIRE inspections, and NSPIRE Plus
●● Only one bathtub or shower is present and it is inoperable or does
not drain
Answer: Severe Deficiency (24-hour correction)
●● A bathtub or shower component is damaged, inoperable, or missing
such that it may limit the resident's ability to maintain personal hygiene
Answer: Moderate Deficiency (30-day correction)
