UNITIZED STRUCTURAL BODY REPAIR EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
• Collision Energy Management. Answer: Goal is passenger
protection. Front and rear structures act as crush-able energy
absorbers.
• Direct Damage. Answer: POI. Easily located and diagnosed.
• Indirect Damage. Answer: transmission of collision energy beyond
the area of immediate impact. Examples; Split seam sealers, pulled
spot welds, misaligned panels, buckles in steel, cracked glass, and
cracked or chipped paint.
• Passive Restraint Systems. Answer: Must have service manual. No
two are alike.
• Datum. Answer: Imaginary plane or line beneath the vehicle.
Measures height.
• Centerline. Answer: Vertical plane that passes from the front of the
vehicle to the rear. Measures Width. May have stamped marks on
, vehicle body structure. Is confirmed by referencing at last 3 width
measurements in the undamaged portion of the vehicle.
• Zero Planes. Answer: Vertical plane that passes from side to side.
Confirmed by measuring 3 length measurements from the
undamaged portion of the vehicle.
• Symmetry. Answer: Equal on each side of the vehicle.
• Asymmetrical. Answer: Unequal on each side of the vehicle. (spare
tire well)
• Reference Points. Answer: Bolts or nuts, Holes, Mechanical
attachment points, Edges of panels, Door strikers, Corner of
openings. Common tolerance is =/.3mm (1/8) or all the way to 1mm
(1.32).
• Loaded Measurements. Answer: Drivetrain In
• Unloaded Measurements. Answer: Drivetrain out
• Point to Point Measurements. Answer: shortest distance between 2
reference points. AKA "as the crow flies". Uses tram or steel tape
measure.
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
• Collision Energy Management. Answer: Goal is passenger
protection. Front and rear structures act as crush-able energy
absorbers.
• Direct Damage. Answer: POI. Easily located and diagnosed.
• Indirect Damage. Answer: transmission of collision energy beyond
the area of immediate impact. Examples; Split seam sealers, pulled
spot welds, misaligned panels, buckles in steel, cracked glass, and
cracked or chipped paint.
• Passive Restraint Systems. Answer: Must have service manual. No
two are alike.
• Datum. Answer: Imaginary plane or line beneath the vehicle.
Measures height.
• Centerline. Answer: Vertical plane that passes from the front of the
vehicle to the rear. Measures Width. May have stamped marks on
, vehicle body structure. Is confirmed by referencing at last 3 width
measurements in the undamaged portion of the vehicle.
• Zero Planes. Answer: Vertical plane that passes from side to side.
Confirmed by measuring 3 length measurements from the
undamaged portion of the vehicle.
• Symmetry. Answer: Equal on each side of the vehicle.
• Asymmetrical. Answer: Unequal on each side of the vehicle. (spare
tire well)
• Reference Points. Answer: Bolts or nuts, Holes, Mechanical
attachment points, Edges of panels, Door strikers, Corner of
openings. Common tolerance is =/.3mm (1/8) or all the way to 1mm
(1.32).
• Loaded Measurements. Answer: Drivetrain In
• Unloaded Measurements. Answer: Drivetrain out
• Point to Point Measurements. Answer: shortest distance between 2
reference points. AKA "as the crow flies". Uses tram or steel tape
measure.
