South Carolina Manufactured Housing Retail Salesperson Study Prep questions and solutions

South Carolina Manufactured Housing Retail
Salesperson Study Prep questions and
solutions

Act - answersThe Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Housing Act.
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Anchoring Equipment - answersThe straps, cables, turnbuckles, chains, or other devices of any
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kind including tensioning devices, which are used to secure a manufactured home to the ground
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or foundation.
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Anchoring System - answersA method of construction which when properly designed andvc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




installed will resist overturning and lateral movement of the manufactured home.
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Approved - answersMeans acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction. vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




Authority Having Jurisdiction - answersThe organization, office, or individual responsible for
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"approving" equipment, an installation, or a procedure.
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Authorized Official - answersA person acting on behalf of a manufactured home retail dealer. vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




Board - answersThe South Carolina Manufactured Housing Board.
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Defect - answersIncludes a defect in the performance, construction, components, or material of
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a manufactured home that renders the home or any part of it not fit for the ordinary use for which it
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was intended.
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Diagonal Tie - answersA tie intended to primarily resist horizontal or shear forces and which may
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secondarily resist vertical, uplift, and overturning forces.
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Department - answersThe Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation and the staff vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




responsible for providing administrative support to the Manufactured Housing Board.
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Dwelling Unit - answersOne or more habitable rooms which are designed to be occupied by one
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family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, and sanitation.
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Frame (Main) - answersThe part of the structural system which is normally used to transit
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accumulative design loads to the support system.
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Foundation - answersA site built or site assembled system of stabilizing devices which is: vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




1) capable of transferring design dead loads and live loads required by Federal Regulations and
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other design loads unique to the local home sites due to winds, seismic, and water conditions,
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that are imposed by or upon the structure into the underlying soil bedrock without failure
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2) in frost susceptible areas, placed at an adequate depth, or otherwise adequately protected, to
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prevent frost damage
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3) constructed of materials acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction
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, Gas Supply Connector - answersA listed connector designed for connecting the manufactured
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home to the gas supply source.
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Ground Anchor - answersA device at the manufactured home stand designed to transfer
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manufactured home anchoring loads to the ground.
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Habitable Room - answersA room or enclosed floor space arranged for living, eating, food vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




preparation, or sleeping purposes not including bathrooms, toilet compartments, laundries,
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pantries foyers, hallways, and other accessory spaces.
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Hurricane Resistive Manufactured Home - answersA manufactured home which meets the vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




wind design load requirements for Zone II in Subpart D, Section 3280-305(c) (2) of the Federal
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Standard or the applicable hurricane resistive design requirements of the Standard of
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Manufactured Homes.
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Imminent Safety Hazard - answersA hazard that presents an imminent and unreasonable risk of vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




death or severe personal injury.
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Inspector - answersA person employed by the Department as being qualified to adequately vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




inspect the construction, electrical installations and mechanical installations of manufactured
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homes, as well as the installation, tie downs, blocking, and sewer connections of new
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manufactured homes.
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Install/Installed - answersThe installation of operations performed at the occupancy site which vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




render a manufactured home fit for habitation, Such operations include, but are not limited to,
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positioning, blocking, leveling, supporting, tying down, connecting utility systems, and
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assembling multiple or expandable units.
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Labled - answersThe equipment or materials to which has been attached a label, symbol, or
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other identifying mark of an organization acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and
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concerned with product evaluation, that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled
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equipment or materials, and by whose labeling the manufacturer indicates compliance with
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appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner.
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Listed - answersThe equipment or materials included in a list published by an organization
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acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation, that
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maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materials and whose listing
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states either that the equipment or materials meets appropriate standards or has been tested
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and found suitable for use in a specified manner.
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Manufactured Home - answersA structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc vc




traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected
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on site, is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be
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used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the utilities, and
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all systems, appliances, accessories, and furnishings sold with the home, including, among
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other things, the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems.
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Modify - answersTo alter, change, adjust or convert in compliance with the Standards for
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Manufactured Homes published by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development .
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Permit - answersA certificate issued by the Board allowing a retail dealer to temporarily conduct
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business away from the normal place of business.
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