VIRGINIA HIC HOME IMPROVEMENT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS NEW!!
LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026!!!!!
The MOST specific information about the size and location of windows would be found in
a - Answer >>Floor plan
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
Where should you start painting a room? - Answer >>Ceilings
What controls the flow of paint in an airless sprayer? - Answer >>Orifice
What causes cracking or allegatoring? - Answer >>Inadequate drying-time in between
coats
What is typical exposure of 3-tab asphalt shingles? - Answer >>5 inches (c 644)
What is MINIMUM slope REQUIRED for modified bitumen roofing? - Answer >>1/4 inch in
12 (R905.11)
A saddle is required to be installed on a chimney - Answer >>When chimney is greater
than 30 inches wide
,Exterior Non bearing wall require all but 1 of these.Choose which 1 is NOT required -
Answer >>Load-bearing headers
Lengthwise grain separation between or through the growth rings of lumber is known as
a - Answer >>Shake (c 326)
For "16d", what does "d" stand for? - Answer >>Penny
Notches NOT located in ____________of a joist span. - Answer >>Middle 1/3
Installing board and batten are installed ______. - Answer >>1 inch overlap 10d nails
What kind of solvent can be used on oil base paint? - Answer >>Turpentine
High wind area how many fasteners per shingle - Answer >>6 fasteners
What material is acceptable for valley on asphalt shingle roof installation - Answer
>>mineral surfaced asphalt
What is the minimum slope required of asphalt shingle roof? - Answer >>2 1/2 in 12
Nails used to fasten concrete roofing tiles must penetrate the deck a MINIMUM of how
many inches? - Answer >>3/4 inch
What would be the correct installation sequence for a bi-fold door - Answer >>Top track,
lower track, insert bottom pivot, insert upper pivot
What is the MINIMUM square footage of net clear opening area in an egress window
, located in a second floor sleeping area - Answer >>5.70 square feet
A window consisting of an upper and a lower sash sliding vertically in the side jambs is
called by what designation - Answer >>Double hung
What is the maximum area for a window glazing panel in a 1 hr fire rated door
installation on interior wall - Answer >>100 sqft
A door frame consists of what parts? - Answer >>2 side jambs, One head, & surrounding
assembly
What is the maximum threshold height for R-3 egress door (non sliding) - Answer >>1/2
inches
Door casing should be - Answer >>Nailed to trimmer stud and then chalked to the wall
What is the MINIMUM width of a main entrance door in residential construction? -
Answer >>3 ft
On a fire rated exterior door the hardware including latching force may not exceed
_______ Ibs - Answer >>15 lbs
Building codes requires a window area not less than ______ percent of total floor area? -
Answer >>8
The lowest part of the clear opening of a window shall be a minimum of - Answer >>24
inches above the finished floor
How is the hand of a door determined? - Answer >>By the location of the hinges when
the door is viewed from the inside.
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS NEW!!
LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026!!!!!
The MOST specific information about the size and location of windows would be found in
a - Answer >>Floor plan
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
Where should you start painting a room? - Answer >>Ceilings
What controls the flow of paint in an airless sprayer? - Answer >>Orifice
What causes cracking or allegatoring? - Answer >>Inadequate drying-time in between
coats
What is typical exposure of 3-tab asphalt shingles? - Answer >>5 inches (c 644)
What is MINIMUM slope REQUIRED for modified bitumen roofing? - Answer >>1/4 inch in
12 (R905.11)
A saddle is required to be installed on a chimney - Answer >>When chimney is greater
than 30 inches wide
,Exterior Non bearing wall require all but 1 of these.Choose which 1 is NOT required -
Answer >>Load-bearing headers
Lengthwise grain separation between or through the growth rings of lumber is known as
a - Answer >>Shake (c 326)
For "16d", what does "d" stand for? - Answer >>Penny
Notches NOT located in ____________of a joist span. - Answer >>Middle 1/3
Installing board and batten are installed ______. - Answer >>1 inch overlap 10d nails
What kind of solvent can be used on oil base paint? - Answer >>Turpentine
High wind area how many fasteners per shingle - Answer >>6 fasteners
What material is acceptable for valley on asphalt shingle roof installation - Answer
>>mineral surfaced asphalt
What is the minimum slope required of asphalt shingle roof? - Answer >>2 1/2 in 12
Nails used to fasten concrete roofing tiles must penetrate the deck a MINIMUM of how
many inches? - Answer >>3/4 inch
What would be the correct installation sequence for a bi-fold door - Answer >>Top track,
lower track, insert bottom pivot, insert upper pivot
What is the MINIMUM square footage of net clear opening area in an egress window
, located in a second floor sleeping area - Answer >>5.70 square feet
A window consisting of an upper and a lower sash sliding vertically in the side jambs is
called by what designation - Answer >>Double hung
What is the maximum area for a window glazing panel in a 1 hr fire rated door
installation on interior wall - Answer >>100 sqft
A door frame consists of what parts? - Answer >>2 side jambs, One head, & surrounding
assembly
What is the maximum threshold height for R-3 egress door (non sliding) - Answer >>1/2
inches
Door casing should be - Answer >>Nailed to trimmer stud and then chalked to the wall
What is the MINIMUM width of a main entrance door in residential construction? -
Answer >>3 ft
On a fire rated exterior door the hardware including latching force may not exceed
_______ Ibs - Answer >>15 lbs
Building codes requires a window area not less than ______ percent of total floor area? -
Answer >>8
The lowest part of the clear opening of a window shall be a minimum of - Answer >>24
inches above the finished floor
How is the hand of a door determined? - Answer >>By the location of the hinges when
the door is viewed from the inside.
