VIRGINIA HIC EXAM SCRIPT
TESTED QUESTIONS VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ What direction does heat flow? Answer: Hot to cold
◉ What are batter boards. Answer: stakes and ledger boards marking
building lines
◉ What is the MAXIMUM distance between a ventilating opening in an
under-floor space and each corner of the building? Answer: 3 feet
◉ What is NOT required in exterior nonbearing walls? Answer: Load-
bearing headers
◉ A lengthwise grain separation between or through the growth rings of
lumber is called a. Answer: Shake (c 326)
◉ The abbreviation "d" in "16d" means. Answer: Penny
◉ Notches may not be located in the ____________ of a joist span.
Answer: Middle 1/3
,◉ How should board and batten be installed? Answer: 1 inch overlap
10d nails
◉ What is the maximum allowable notch in ceiling joists. Answer: 1/6
the depth of the member
◉ How MUST rafters be framed to each other. Answer: Gusset plate
(R802.3)
◉ What is used to prevent buckling at points of high stress? Answer:
Squash blocks
◉ Prior to the installation of wood floor how long for acclimation?
Answer: 4-5 days
◉ Where do you start laying parquet flooring. Answer: Centerline
◉ What is the first step in carpet installation? Answer: Tackless strip
◉ What type of nail is used in floor installation. Answer: 7d or 8d
threaded/Cut steel
◉ What should be applied to crevices in wood flooring? Answer: Filling
, ◉ What is the best nail for hardwood. Answer: Ring shank nail
◉ What is the maximum size of a floor frame opening? Answer: 5 sq ft
(62) (R310.2.1)/ 4 ft header joist (130) (R502.10)
◉ When installing a string of wall cabinets, the cabinets should. Answer:
Be attached to the adjacent cabinets before to the wall
◉ What is the MINIMUM height for a stairway handrail. Answer: 34
inches
◉ A third stairway stringer should be used when the stair width exceeds.
Answer: 30 inches
◉ What type of nail are best for general construction? Answer: Smooth
shank
◉ What is the MAXIMUM flame spread index for insulation materials.
Answer: 25 (R302.10.1)
◉ What is the MAXIMUM dimension of the ventilation coverings for
under-floor space. Answer: 1/4 inch (R 408.2)
TESTED QUESTIONS VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ What direction does heat flow? Answer: Hot to cold
◉ What are batter boards. Answer: stakes and ledger boards marking
building lines
◉ What is the MAXIMUM distance between a ventilating opening in an
under-floor space and each corner of the building? Answer: 3 feet
◉ What is NOT required in exterior nonbearing walls? Answer: Load-
bearing headers
◉ A lengthwise grain separation between or through the growth rings of
lumber is called a. Answer: Shake (c 326)
◉ The abbreviation "d" in "16d" means. Answer: Penny
◉ Notches may not be located in the ____________ of a joist span.
Answer: Middle 1/3
,◉ How should board and batten be installed? Answer: 1 inch overlap
10d nails
◉ What is the maximum allowable notch in ceiling joists. Answer: 1/6
the depth of the member
◉ How MUST rafters be framed to each other. Answer: Gusset plate
(R802.3)
◉ What is used to prevent buckling at points of high stress? Answer:
Squash blocks
◉ Prior to the installation of wood floor how long for acclimation?
Answer: 4-5 days
◉ Where do you start laying parquet flooring. Answer: Centerline
◉ What is the first step in carpet installation? Answer: Tackless strip
◉ What type of nail is used in floor installation. Answer: 7d or 8d
threaded/Cut steel
◉ What should be applied to crevices in wood flooring? Answer: Filling
, ◉ What is the best nail for hardwood. Answer: Ring shank nail
◉ What is the maximum size of a floor frame opening? Answer: 5 sq ft
(62) (R310.2.1)/ 4 ft header joist (130) (R502.10)
◉ When installing a string of wall cabinets, the cabinets should. Answer:
Be attached to the adjacent cabinets before to the wall
◉ What is the MINIMUM height for a stairway handrail. Answer: 34
inches
◉ A third stairway stringer should be used when the stair width exceeds.
Answer: 30 inches
◉ What type of nail are best for general construction? Answer: Smooth
shank
◉ What is the MAXIMUM flame spread index for insulation materials.
Answer: 25 (R302.10.1)
◉ What is the MAXIMUM dimension of the ventilation coverings for
under-floor space. Answer: 1/4 inch (R 408.2)
