WV CONTRACTORS LICENSE COMPREHENSIVE
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Live loads for floors and roofs must be posted by the owner when they exceed ___
PSF
A. 25
B. 30
C. 50
D. 100 - ✔✔50
✔✔A permit is not valid until...
A. It is approved
B. The fee has been paid
C. It is posted at the site
D. The site plan has been posted - ✔✔The fee has been paid
✔✔Who has the authority to authorize temporary utility connections - ✔✔Building official
✔✔A detached 400 square foot storage shed does not require a permit.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Footing and foundation inspections should occur...
A. Prior to construction
B. During the design phase
C. After excavation is complete and rebar is installed
D. After excavation is complete but prior to rebar installation - ✔✔after excavation is
complete and rebar is installed
✔✔What is the maximum slope of a ramp - ✔✔12 to 1
, ✔✔A drill hole for piping or a conduit shall be a minimum of how many inches from the
top and bottom of the floor joist - ✔✔1
✔✔After the first coat is applied when should the second coat of cement plaster be
applied - ✔✔48 hours
✔✔Exhaust ducts associated clothes dryers shall terminate outside of buildings -
✔✔true
✔✔electrical equipment intended to interrupt current at fault levels shall have a
minimum interrupting ratio of how many amperes - ✔✔10,000
✔✔All metal face plates should be grounded - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Switching devices must be located less than 5 feet from the inside walls of the pool -
✔✔FALSE
✔✔In West Virginia what should be done to cancel a bond - ✔✔Provide advance notice
✔✔Floor registers of vented floor furnaces shall be at least how many inches from the
wall - ✔✔4
✔✔A dwelling less than 500 square feet need not have a shower - ✔✔false
✔✔What is the minimum clearance required in front of a toilet in inches - ✔✔21
✔✔A skylight is sloped at ___ degrees or more vertical.
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 20 - ✔✔15
✔✔Footings are not required to extend below the frost line when the monthly mean
temperature of the area is ___ degrees Fahrenheit.
A. 56
B. 62
C. 64
D. 68 - ✔✔64
✔✔Subsoil storm drains shall not be less than ___ inches in diameter.
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Live loads for floors and roofs must be posted by the owner when they exceed ___
PSF
A. 25
B. 30
C. 50
D. 100 - ✔✔50
✔✔A permit is not valid until...
A. It is approved
B. The fee has been paid
C. It is posted at the site
D. The site plan has been posted - ✔✔The fee has been paid
✔✔Who has the authority to authorize temporary utility connections - ✔✔Building official
✔✔A detached 400 square foot storage shed does not require a permit.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Footing and foundation inspections should occur...
A. Prior to construction
B. During the design phase
C. After excavation is complete and rebar is installed
D. After excavation is complete but prior to rebar installation - ✔✔after excavation is
complete and rebar is installed
✔✔What is the maximum slope of a ramp - ✔✔12 to 1
, ✔✔A drill hole for piping or a conduit shall be a minimum of how many inches from the
top and bottom of the floor joist - ✔✔1
✔✔After the first coat is applied when should the second coat of cement plaster be
applied - ✔✔48 hours
✔✔Exhaust ducts associated clothes dryers shall terminate outside of buildings -
✔✔true
✔✔electrical equipment intended to interrupt current at fault levels shall have a
minimum interrupting ratio of how many amperes - ✔✔10,000
✔✔All metal face plates should be grounded - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Switching devices must be located less than 5 feet from the inside walls of the pool -
✔✔FALSE
✔✔In West Virginia what should be done to cancel a bond - ✔✔Provide advance notice
✔✔Floor registers of vented floor furnaces shall be at least how many inches from the
wall - ✔✔4
✔✔A dwelling less than 500 square feet need not have a shower - ✔✔false
✔✔What is the minimum clearance required in front of a toilet in inches - ✔✔21
✔✔A skylight is sloped at ___ degrees or more vertical.
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 20 - ✔✔15
✔✔Footings are not required to extend below the frost line when the monthly mean
temperature of the area is ___ degrees Fahrenheit.
A. 56
B. 62
C. 64
D. 68 - ✔✔64
✔✔Subsoil storm drains shall not be less than ___ inches in diameter.
