PROPERTY AND BUILDING INSPECTION
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔______________ are exterior structures that project from the building structure at
least one story above grade - ✔✔balcony
✔✔the defining feature of balconies is their steps and access to grade - ✔✔false
✔✔a balcony can be supported by columns and the house wall - ✔✔true
✔✔common problems with any exterior cladding include all of the following EXCEPT -
✔✔too close to window openings
✔✔Common stucco problems include all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔no paint
✔✔common problems with metal and vinyl siding include all of the following EXCEPT -
✔✔nails not driven tight
✔✔Brick veneer walls are watertight. - ✔✔false
, ✔✔the function of a vapor barrier is to protect the building from moisture damage. as
well as designed to protect it from moisture due to vapor diffusion, not air movement. -
✔✔true
✔✔is it more important for the air barrier or vapor barrier to be continuous - ✔✔air
barrier
✔✔Should the vapor barrier be on the warm side or the cold side of the wall assembly?
- ✔✔warm side
✔✔a vapor retarder is designed to restrict vapor diffusion - ✔✔true
✔✔what are the implications of an inadequate air/vapor barrier - ✔✔moisture may get
into the building structure, causing damage
✔✔Indicate where the air/vapor barrier should be located in the wall assembly in a hot,
humid climate. - ✔✔outer part of the wall, or not at all
✔✔the primary function of insulation is to control heat loss - ✔✔true
✔✔List 4 common forms that insulation materials may be found in. - ✔✔loose fill, batts
or blankets, rigid boards, foamed in place.
✔✔what are 3 common problems with caulking, trim, and flashings - ✔✔missing
flashings, ineffective or incomplete flashings, caulking missing or ineffective
✔✔Rusting steel lintels over windows cause what kind of masonry crack patterns? -
✔✔horizontal cracks usually radiating out from the corners of the window. occasionally
there are vertical cracks over the corners of the windows
✔✔briefly describe the functions of arches and headers - ✔✔arches and headers
transfer dead and live loads above and around openings
✔✔End bearing for headers in wood frame walls should be at least ______ inches. -
✔✔one and one-half inches
✔✔Rammed earth walls are built by compacting a soil-cement mixture in a forming
system. - ✔✔true
✔✔This mixture is placed in forms in _______ inches thick layers which are compacted
into _______ inches thick layers. - ✔✔8, 5
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔______________ are exterior structures that project from the building structure at
least one story above grade - ✔✔balcony
✔✔the defining feature of balconies is their steps and access to grade - ✔✔false
✔✔a balcony can be supported by columns and the house wall - ✔✔true
✔✔common problems with any exterior cladding include all of the following EXCEPT -
✔✔too close to window openings
✔✔Common stucco problems include all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔no paint
✔✔common problems with metal and vinyl siding include all of the following EXCEPT -
✔✔nails not driven tight
✔✔Brick veneer walls are watertight. - ✔✔false
, ✔✔the function of a vapor barrier is to protect the building from moisture damage. as
well as designed to protect it from moisture due to vapor diffusion, not air movement. -
✔✔true
✔✔is it more important for the air barrier or vapor barrier to be continuous - ✔✔air
barrier
✔✔Should the vapor barrier be on the warm side or the cold side of the wall assembly?
- ✔✔warm side
✔✔a vapor retarder is designed to restrict vapor diffusion - ✔✔true
✔✔what are the implications of an inadequate air/vapor barrier - ✔✔moisture may get
into the building structure, causing damage
✔✔Indicate where the air/vapor barrier should be located in the wall assembly in a hot,
humid climate. - ✔✔outer part of the wall, or not at all
✔✔the primary function of insulation is to control heat loss - ✔✔true
✔✔List 4 common forms that insulation materials may be found in. - ✔✔loose fill, batts
or blankets, rigid boards, foamed in place.
✔✔what are 3 common problems with caulking, trim, and flashings - ✔✔missing
flashings, ineffective or incomplete flashings, caulking missing or ineffective
✔✔Rusting steel lintels over windows cause what kind of masonry crack patterns? -
✔✔horizontal cracks usually radiating out from the corners of the window. occasionally
there are vertical cracks over the corners of the windows
✔✔briefly describe the functions of arches and headers - ✔✔arches and headers
transfer dead and live loads above and around openings
✔✔End bearing for headers in wood frame walls should be at least ______ inches. -
✔✔one and one-half inches
✔✔Rammed earth walls are built by compacting a soil-cement mixture in a forming
system. - ✔✔true
✔✔This mixture is placed in forms in _______ inches thick layers which are compacted
into _______ inches thick layers. - ✔✔8, 5
