F.A.C.E FUNDAMENTALS OF CODE
ENFORCEMENT LEVEL I
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Early building codes attributed to.
Answer: King Hammurabi of the Babylonian Empire
◍ Who enacted safety regulations.
Answer: Rome enacted regulations for the safety of public buildings in 27
AD
◍ What is a model code?.
Answer: A written set of regulations available for adoption by the local
jurisdiction.
◍ State Codes may be susceptible to what?.
Answer: Political influence over code regulations
◍ Hammurabi is best known for?.
Answer: Establishing the 1st known building code.
◍ How many people died in the Roman amphitheater collapse?.
Answer: 50,000
◍ According to Hammurabi, what happens to a builder if the house collapses
and kills the owner?.
Answer: The builder shall be put to death.
◍ Assize of Buildings.
, Answer: English law that regulated methods of building and recommended
the use of party and stone walls because they were fireproof.
◍ The main purpose f the building code is?.
Answer: Protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
◍ What is a performance type code?.
Answer: A code that allows flexibility, provided the final outcome meets the
code's intent.
◍ What caused the partial destruction of London and the year?.
Answer: A fire in 1212.
◍ What killed 250 people and left 100,000 homeless?.
Answer: A terrible fire in Chicago in 1871.
◍ What identifies weaknesses in code?.
Answer: Catastrophes that impact health and safety
◍ The Florida Building Code is established by what FSS?.
Answer: FSS 553.72
◍ What services does the ICC provide?.
Answer: The ICC provides: certification of code professionals, training &
education, and publication of model codes, but does not set permit and plan
review fees.
◍ What is the purpose of FSS 553.72.
Answer: Provide a mechanism for uniform adoption, updating, amendment,
interpretation, and enforcement of a single, unified state building code.
◍ ICBO, BOCA, & SBCCI.
Answer: What are the 3 original model code organizations.
◍ What does IMPC stand for?.
Answer: International Property Maintenance Code
◍ Law.
Answer: How a building code is adopted by a jurisdiction.
, ◍ How is IMPC used?.
Answer: Police power is the power of the state to legislate for the general
welfare of its citizens.
◍ When was the earliest known housing codes?.
Answer: The colonial period
◍ What do housing codes do?.
Answer: Establish minimum standards for health, safety and welfare and are
targeted at preventing the creation of substandard dwellings.
◍ What is Blight?.
Answer: Anything that spoils or damages something like property values.
◍ What is a prescriptive code.
Answer: A code that describes exactly what methods and materials are to be
used during construction.
◍ Who are "Standards" are primarily developed by?.
Answer: Industry Organizations
◍ What is an inspection?.
Answer: Close observation of actual conditions existing on properties
structures and their approved uses.
◍ What is a building code?.
Answer: A legal document that regulates the construction of buildings and
structures.
◍ What is the goal of Code Enforcement?.
Answer: Voluntary compliance
◍ What is the most effective tool that code enforcement use?.
Answer: Education of the public.
◍ What is the least time consuming method of code enforcement?.
Answer: Informing the public about the standards that govern their
communities and neighborhoods.
ENFORCEMENT LEVEL I
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Early building codes attributed to.
Answer: King Hammurabi of the Babylonian Empire
◍ Who enacted safety regulations.
Answer: Rome enacted regulations for the safety of public buildings in 27
AD
◍ What is a model code?.
Answer: A written set of regulations available for adoption by the local
jurisdiction.
◍ State Codes may be susceptible to what?.
Answer: Political influence over code regulations
◍ Hammurabi is best known for?.
Answer: Establishing the 1st known building code.
◍ How many people died in the Roman amphitheater collapse?.
Answer: 50,000
◍ According to Hammurabi, what happens to a builder if the house collapses
and kills the owner?.
Answer: The builder shall be put to death.
◍ Assize of Buildings.
, Answer: English law that regulated methods of building and recommended
the use of party and stone walls because they were fireproof.
◍ The main purpose f the building code is?.
Answer: Protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
◍ What is a performance type code?.
Answer: A code that allows flexibility, provided the final outcome meets the
code's intent.
◍ What caused the partial destruction of London and the year?.
Answer: A fire in 1212.
◍ What killed 250 people and left 100,000 homeless?.
Answer: A terrible fire in Chicago in 1871.
◍ What identifies weaknesses in code?.
Answer: Catastrophes that impact health and safety
◍ The Florida Building Code is established by what FSS?.
Answer: FSS 553.72
◍ What services does the ICC provide?.
Answer: The ICC provides: certification of code professionals, training &
education, and publication of model codes, but does not set permit and plan
review fees.
◍ What is the purpose of FSS 553.72.
Answer: Provide a mechanism for uniform adoption, updating, amendment,
interpretation, and enforcement of a single, unified state building code.
◍ ICBO, BOCA, & SBCCI.
Answer: What are the 3 original model code organizations.
◍ What does IMPC stand for?.
Answer: International Property Maintenance Code
◍ Law.
Answer: How a building code is adopted by a jurisdiction.
, ◍ How is IMPC used?.
Answer: Police power is the power of the state to legislate for the general
welfare of its citizens.
◍ When was the earliest known housing codes?.
Answer: The colonial period
◍ What do housing codes do?.
Answer: Establish minimum standards for health, safety and welfare and are
targeted at preventing the creation of substandard dwellings.
◍ What is Blight?.
Answer: Anything that spoils or damages something like property values.
◍ What is a prescriptive code.
Answer: A code that describes exactly what methods and materials are to be
used during construction.
◍ Who are "Standards" are primarily developed by?.
Answer: Industry Organizations
◍ What is an inspection?.
Answer: Close observation of actual conditions existing on properties
structures and their approved uses.
◍ What is a building code?.
Answer: A legal document that regulates the construction of buildings and
structures.
◍ What is the goal of Code Enforcement?.
Answer: Voluntary compliance
◍ What is the most effective tool that code enforcement use?.
Answer: Education of the public.
◍ What is the least time consuming method of code enforcement?.
Answer: Informing the public about the standards that govern their
communities and neighborhoods.
