HERS Rater exam questions with correct answers

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What do HERS Providers provide? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They provide
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software, oversight, marketing assistance, and quality assurance for the Rater.
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What role does a HERS Trainer play? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Trainer
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trains Raters on how to perform HERS ratings.
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What are some of the responsibilities of a HERS Rater? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The Rater's responsibilities include inspecting and testing the
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minimum rated features of the home, entering the data into a RESNET
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accredited software tool, and providing the client with reports generated by the
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software.
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Why was RESNET created and by whom? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔RESNET was created to use a scoring system that could compare the
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energy use of different houses with each other on a level playing field. It was
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created to oversee the HERS industry, provide standards for accreditation of
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Raters, Providers and Trainers, ethics and protocols for inspection, testing and
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software analysis. It was created by the National Association of State Energy
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Officers (NASEO) and Energy Rated Homes of America.
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What are the minimum rated features of a home? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔The minimum rated features of a home include but are not limited to the
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, foundation, walls, roof-ceiling, rim joist, doors, windows, skylights, air
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infiltration, heating and cooling equipment, heating and cooling distribution
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system, duct leakage, domestic water heating, passive solar design, and solar
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Can any energy analysis software be used to produce a HERS rating? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No -- The software must be a RESNET accredited\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




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Is a Home Energy Rater required to verify compliance with the local energy
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code? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No - The rater is not required to determine
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compliance with regulatory requirements such as construction codes. \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




If a Rater enters an existing home to perform inspections and testing and the
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owner's 9 foot Burmese python is loose, does the Rater have to complete the
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inspection and testing? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No - The Rater is not
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required to enter any area or perform any procedure that is likely to be
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dangerous to the Rater. \| \| \|




Is a Rater required to perform Manual J load calculations? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔No - The Rater is not required to offer or perform HVAC\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




system design or sizing consultation.
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What is a British thermal unit? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A British thermal
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unit (Btu) is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one
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pound of water on degree Fahrenheit at sea level when the water is 39.2°F.
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