F A C COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Question:
Early building codes attributed to.
Answer:
King Hammurabi of the Babylonian Empire
Question:
Who enacted safety regulations.
Answer:
Rome enacted regulations for the safety of public buildings in 27 AD
Question:
What is a model code?
Answer:
A written set of regulations available for adoption by the local jurisdiction.
Question:
State Codes may be susceptible to what?
Answer:
Political influence over code regulations
Question:
Hammurabi is best known for?
,Answer:
Establishing the 1st known building code.
Question:
How many people died in the Roman amphitheater collapse?
Answer:
50,000
Question:
According to Hammurabi, what happens to a builder if the house collapses and kills the owner?
Answer:
The builder shall be put to death.
Question:
Assize of Buildings.
Answer:
English law that regulated methods of building and recommended the use of party and stone walls
because they were fireproof.
Question:
The main purpose f the building code is?
Answer:
Protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
Question:
What is a performance type code?
Answer:
,A code that allows flexibility, provided the final outcome meets the code's intent.
Question:
What caused the partial destruction of London and the year?
Answer:
A fire in 1212.
Question:
What killed 250 people and left 100,000 homeless?
Answer:
A terrible fire in Chicago in 1871.
Question:
What identifies weaknesses in code?
Answer:
Catastrophes that impact health and safety
Question:
The Florida Building Code is established by what FSS?
Answer:
FSS 553.72
Question:
What services does the ICC provide?
Answer:
The ICC provides: certification of code professionals, training & education, and publication of
model codes, but does not set permit and plan review fees.
, Question:
What is the purpose of FSS 553.72.
Answer:
Provide a mechanism for uniform adoption, updating, amendment, interpretation, and enforcement
of a single, unified state building code.
Question:
ICBO, BOCA, & SBCCI.
Answer:
What are the 3 original model code organizations.
Question:
What does IMPC stand for?
Answer:
International Property Maintenance Code
Question:
Law.
Answer:
How a building code is adopted by a jurisdiction.
Question:
How is IMPC used?
Answer:
Police power is the power of the state to legislate for the general welfare of its citizens.
Question:
Early building codes attributed to.
Answer:
King Hammurabi of the Babylonian Empire
Question:
Who enacted safety regulations.
Answer:
Rome enacted regulations for the safety of public buildings in 27 AD
Question:
What is a model code?
Answer:
A written set of regulations available for adoption by the local jurisdiction.
Question:
State Codes may be susceptible to what?
Answer:
Political influence over code regulations
Question:
Hammurabi is best known for?
,Answer:
Establishing the 1st known building code.
Question:
How many people died in the Roman amphitheater collapse?
Answer:
50,000
Question:
According to Hammurabi, what happens to a builder if the house collapses and kills the owner?
Answer:
The builder shall be put to death.
Question:
Assize of Buildings.
Answer:
English law that regulated methods of building and recommended the use of party and stone walls
because they were fireproof.
Question:
The main purpose f the building code is?
Answer:
Protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
Question:
What is a performance type code?
Answer:
,A code that allows flexibility, provided the final outcome meets the code's intent.
Question:
What caused the partial destruction of London and the year?
Answer:
A fire in 1212.
Question:
What killed 250 people and left 100,000 homeless?
Answer:
A terrible fire in Chicago in 1871.
Question:
What identifies weaknesses in code?
Answer:
Catastrophes that impact health and safety
Question:
The Florida Building Code is established by what FSS?
Answer:
FSS 553.72
Question:
What services does the ICC provide?
Answer:
The ICC provides: certification of code professionals, training & education, and publication of
model codes, but does not set permit and plan review fees.
, Question:
What is the purpose of FSS 553.72.
Answer:
Provide a mechanism for uniform adoption, updating, amendment, interpretation, and enforcement
of a single, unified state building code.
Question:
ICBO, BOCA, & SBCCI.
Answer:
What are the 3 original model code organizations.
Question:
What does IMPC stand for?
Answer:
International Property Maintenance Code
Question:
Law.
Answer:
How a building code is adopted by a jurisdiction.
Question:
How is IMPC used?
Answer:
Police power is the power of the state to legislate for the general welfare of its citizens.
