ASHI LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔When inspecting the Air Conditioning, what shall the inspector inspect? - ✔✔-
central and permanently installed cooling equipment
- distribution systems
✔✔When inspecting the Air Conditioning, what shall the inspector describe? - ✔✔-
energy sources
- cooling systems
✔✔What is the inspector not required to inspect on the air conditioning systems and
components? - ✔✔- electric air cleaning and sanitizing devices
- cooling units that are not permanently installed or that are installed in windows
- cooling systems using ground-source, water-source, solar, and renewable energy
technologies
✔✔What is the inspector not required to determine on the air conditioning systems and
components? - ✔✔cooling supply adequacy and distribution balance
✔✔What should the inspector inspect on the interior? - ✔✔- walls, ceilings, and floors
- steps, stairways and railings
- countertops and a representative number of installed cabinets
- representative number of doors and windows
- garage vehicle doors and garage vehicle door operators
- installed ovens, ranges, surface cooking appliances, microwave ovens, dishwashing
machines, and food waste grinders by using normal operating controls to active the
primary function
✔✔What is the inspector not required to inspect on the interior? - ✔✔- paint, wallpaper,
and other finish treatments
- floor coverings
- window treatments
- coatings on and the hermetic seals between panes of window glass
- central vacuum systems
- recreational facilities
- installed and free-standing kitchen and laundry appliances
- appliance thermostats including calibration, adequacy of heating elements, self
cleaning oven cycles, indicator lights, door seals, timers, clocks, timed features, and
other specialized features of the appliance
- operate or confirm the operation of every control and feature of an inspected appliance
✔✔What should the inspector inspect on the insulation and ventilation? - ✔✔- insulation
and vapor retarders in unfinished spaces
- ventilation of attics and foundation areas
, - kitchen, bathroom, laundry, and similar exhaust systems
-clothes dryer exhaust systems
✔✔What should the inspector describe when inspecting the insulation and ventilation? -
✔✔- insulation and vapor retarders in unfinished spaces
- absence of insulation in unfinished spaces at conditioned surfaces
✔✔What is the inspector not required to do when inspecting the insulation and
ventilation? - ✔✔disturb insulation
✔✔When inspecting fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances, what are you required to
inspect? - ✔✔- fuel-burning fireplaces, stoves and fireplace inserts
- fuel-burning accessories installed in fireplaces
- chimneys and vent systems
✔✔When inspecting fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances, what are you required to
describe? - ✔✔- systems and components of fuel-burning fireplaces, stoves, fireplace
inserts, fuel-burning accessories installed in fireplaces, chimneys and vent systems
✔✔When inspecting fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances, what are you not required
to inspect? - ✔✔- interiors of vent systems, flues and chimneys that are not readily
accessible
- fire screens and doors
- seals and gaskets
- automatic fuel feed devices
- mantles and fireplace surrounds
- combustion air components and to determine their adequacy
- heat distribution assists (gravity fed and fan assisted)
- fuel-burning fireplaces and appliances located outside the inspected structures
✔✔What are you not required to determine on fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances? -
✔✔draft characteristics
✔✔What are you not required to move on fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances? -
✔✔fireplace inserts and stoves or firebox contents
✔✔What does this standard apply to? - ✔✔buildings with four or fewer dwelling units
and their attached and detached garages and carports
✔✔What shall this standard not limit or prevent the inspector from? - ✔✔meeting state
statutes which license professional home inspection and home inspectors
✔✔What are the inspections performed by this Standard not required to identify and
report? - ✔✔- concealed conditions, latent defects, consequential damages
RATED A+
✔✔When inspecting the Air Conditioning, what shall the inspector inspect? - ✔✔-
central and permanently installed cooling equipment
- distribution systems
✔✔When inspecting the Air Conditioning, what shall the inspector describe? - ✔✔-
energy sources
- cooling systems
✔✔What is the inspector not required to inspect on the air conditioning systems and
components? - ✔✔- electric air cleaning and sanitizing devices
- cooling units that are not permanently installed or that are installed in windows
- cooling systems using ground-source, water-source, solar, and renewable energy
technologies
✔✔What is the inspector not required to determine on the air conditioning systems and
components? - ✔✔cooling supply adequacy and distribution balance
✔✔What should the inspector inspect on the interior? - ✔✔- walls, ceilings, and floors
- steps, stairways and railings
- countertops and a representative number of installed cabinets
- representative number of doors and windows
- garage vehicle doors and garage vehicle door operators
- installed ovens, ranges, surface cooking appliances, microwave ovens, dishwashing
machines, and food waste grinders by using normal operating controls to active the
primary function
✔✔What is the inspector not required to inspect on the interior? - ✔✔- paint, wallpaper,
and other finish treatments
- floor coverings
- window treatments
- coatings on and the hermetic seals between panes of window glass
- central vacuum systems
- recreational facilities
- installed and free-standing kitchen and laundry appliances
- appliance thermostats including calibration, adequacy of heating elements, self
cleaning oven cycles, indicator lights, door seals, timers, clocks, timed features, and
other specialized features of the appliance
- operate or confirm the operation of every control and feature of an inspected appliance
✔✔What should the inspector inspect on the insulation and ventilation? - ✔✔- insulation
and vapor retarders in unfinished spaces
- ventilation of attics and foundation areas
, - kitchen, bathroom, laundry, and similar exhaust systems
-clothes dryer exhaust systems
✔✔What should the inspector describe when inspecting the insulation and ventilation? -
✔✔- insulation and vapor retarders in unfinished spaces
- absence of insulation in unfinished spaces at conditioned surfaces
✔✔What is the inspector not required to do when inspecting the insulation and
ventilation? - ✔✔disturb insulation
✔✔When inspecting fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances, what are you required to
inspect? - ✔✔- fuel-burning fireplaces, stoves and fireplace inserts
- fuel-burning accessories installed in fireplaces
- chimneys and vent systems
✔✔When inspecting fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances, what are you required to
describe? - ✔✔- systems and components of fuel-burning fireplaces, stoves, fireplace
inserts, fuel-burning accessories installed in fireplaces, chimneys and vent systems
✔✔When inspecting fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances, what are you not required
to inspect? - ✔✔- interiors of vent systems, flues and chimneys that are not readily
accessible
- fire screens and doors
- seals and gaskets
- automatic fuel feed devices
- mantles and fireplace surrounds
- combustion air components and to determine their adequacy
- heat distribution assists (gravity fed and fan assisted)
- fuel-burning fireplaces and appliances located outside the inspected structures
✔✔What are you not required to determine on fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances? -
✔✔draft characteristics
✔✔What are you not required to move on fireplaces and fuel-burning appliances? -
✔✔fireplace inserts and stoves or firebox contents
✔✔What does this standard apply to? - ✔✔buildings with four or fewer dwelling units
and their attached and detached garages and carports
✔✔What shall this standard not limit or prevent the inspector from? - ✔✔meeting state
statutes which license professional home inspection and home inspectors
✔✔What are the inspections performed by this Standard not required to identify and
report? - ✔✔- concealed conditions, latent defects, consequential damages
