NHIE Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Earth should slope away from house how many inches in 1 foot? - ✔✔6" in first 10 ft
Siding clearance to ground - ✔✔4" or more
Clarence to ground for stucco - ✔✔6" or more
Fall away from house for hard surfaces (driveways walkways patios) - ✔✔1/4" or
more per ft
Fall away from house for earth per ft - ✔✔5/8" or more
above ___ grade for a patio must have a handrail - ✔✔30"
Trip hazard for concrete - ✔✔1/2" in height
Max rise of a step - ✔✔7 3/4"
Max tread of a stair - ✔✔10"
Maximum difference in height between two risers or two threads - ✔✔3/8"
stair handrail height should be - ✔✔Between 34 and 38 inches
And a section of bottom rail, writer, and credit must not pass diameter sphear of -
✔✔6"
Between balusters should not pass a sphere of - ✔✔4"
Stucco also called - ✔✔Exterior plaster
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,Vegetation around condenser should be trimmed - ✔✔1 foot around and 3 feet
above
Bed joints run - ✔✔Horizontal
Row lock - ✔✔Bottom of window break layout
Soldiers - ✔✔Top of window break layout
Stretcher - ✔✔Row of bricks under rowlock
Head joints run - ✔✔Vertical
Weep screed - measurements - ✔✔Like flashing for stucco, min 1 inch below joint at
foundation, 4" min to ground, 2" to pavement
Clapboard - ✔✔Planks installed horizontally. Normally lapped
Board and batten - ✔✔Would strips that cover vertical joints
Boxed cornice - ✔✔Eves (enclosed)
Landing or finished floor behind door should be at least - ✔✔36" x 36"
Dutch door - ✔✔Top and bottom open independently
Jack Stud - ✔✔Attaches to King stud
A poured concrete retaining wall with the weep holes is rotating. What is the most
likely reason for the rotation? - ✔✔There is no gravel behind the wall
A poured concrete basement wall has a 1/4 inch wide crack where the wall is going
slightly. Brown stains are below the crack. What is the most likely reason for this
condition? - ✔✔The gutters are blocked
A concrete block basement wall has significant efflorescence . What is the most likely
reason for this condition? - ✔✔The soil has settled at the foundation
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, A concrete driveway is half inch higher than the adjacent concrete walkway. What is
the most likely reason for this condition? - ✔✔The soil under the walkway it was not
compacted
Which is the most acceptable fastener for concrete and deck ledger to a band board?
- ✔✔Half inch diameter hot dripped galvanize steel machine bolt
Muntins - ✔✔Vertical bars in the windows (sash)
Emergency escape/rescue dimensions - ✔✔20 inches horizontally, 24 inches
vertically, opening of 57 inches. No more than 44 inches above finished floor
Window well deeper than ___ inches must have ladder - ✔✔44
Transom window - ✔✔Rectangular window above the door
Fanlight window - ✔✔Semi circular window
Sidelights - ✔✔Windows at the sides of the door
Palladian window - ✔✔Three-part window with an arched sash in the middle and
two smaller sashes on the side
Double hung window - ✔✔Both sashes are operable, moving up-and-down
Casement windows - ✔✔Side hinged windows that operate by a crank and swing
out
Hopper windows - ✔✔Hinged at the bottom and swing in.
Awning windows - ✔✔Hinged at the top and swing out
Bay window - ✔✔Any window that extends past the wall of the building. If it's semi
circular shape usually called a bow or compass window
Mullion - ✔✔an upright (interior trim) that divides windows or other openings
Low E - ✔✔Low emissivity
Steep slopes roofs - ✔✔2":12" or greater
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Answers 100% Pass
Earth should slope away from house how many inches in 1 foot? - ✔✔6" in first 10 ft
Siding clearance to ground - ✔✔4" or more
Clarence to ground for stucco - ✔✔6" or more
Fall away from house for hard surfaces (driveways walkways patios) - ✔✔1/4" or
more per ft
Fall away from house for earth per ft - ✔✔5/8" or more
above ___ grade for a patio must have a handrail - ✔✔30"
Trip hazard for concrete - ✔✔1/2" in height
Max rise of a step - ✔✔7 3/4"
Max tread of a stair - ✔✔10"
Maximum difference in height between two risers or two threads - ✔✔3/8"
stair handrail height should be - ✔✔Between 34 and 38 inches
And a section of bottom rail, writer, and credit must not pass diameter sphear of -
✔✔6"
Between balusters should not pass a sphere of - ✔✔4"
Stucco also called - ✔✔Exterior plaster
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,Vegetation around condenser should be trimmed - ✔✔1 foot around and 3 feet
above
Bed joints run - ✔✔Horizontal
Row lock - ✔✔Bottom of window break layout
Soldiers - ✔✔Top of window break layout
Stretcher - ✔✔Row of bricks under rowlock
Head joints run - ✔✔Vertical
Weep screed - measurements - ✔✔Like flashing for stucco, min 1 inch below joint at
foundation, 4" min to ground, 2" to pavement
Clapboard - ✔✔Planks installed horizontally. Normally lapped
Board and batten - ✔✔Would strips that cover vertical joints
Boxed cornice - ✔✔Eves (enclosed)
Landing or finished floor behind door should be at least - ✔✔36" x 36"
Dutch door - ✔✔Top and bottom open independently
Jack Stud - ✔✔Attaches to King stud
A poured concrete retaining wall with the weep holes is rotating. What is the most
likely reason for the rotation? - ✔✔There is no gravel behind the wall
A poured concrete basement wall has a 1/4 inch wide crack where the wall is going
slightly. Brown stains are below the crack. What is the most likely reason for this
condition? - ✔✔The gutters are blocked
A concrete block basement wall has significant efflorescence . What is the most likely
reason for this condition? - ✔✔The soil has settled at the foundation
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, A concrete driveway is half inch higher than the adjacent concrete walkway. What is
the most likely reason for this condition? - ✔✔The soil under the walkway it was not
compacted
Which is the most acceptable fastener for concrete and deck ledger to a band board?
- ✔✔Half inch diameter hot dripped galvanize steel machine bolt
Muntins - ✔✔Vertical bars in the windows (sash)
Emergency escape/rescue dimensions - ✔✔20 inches horizontally, 24 inches
vertically, opening of 57 inches. No more than 44 inches above finished floor
Window well deeper than ___ inches must have ladder - ✔✔44
Transom window - ✔✔Rectangular window above the door
Fanlight window - ✔✔Semi circular window
Sidelights - ✔✔Windows at the sides of the door
Palladian window - ✔✔Three-part window with an arched sash in the middle and
two smaller sashes on the side
Double hung window - ✔✔Both sashes are operable, moving up-and-down
Casement windows - ✔✔Side hinged windows that operate by a crank and swing
out
Hopper windows - ✔✔Hinged at the bottom and swing in.
Awning windows - ✔✔Hinged at the top and swing out
Bay window - ✔✔Any window that extends past the wall of the building. If it's semi
circular shape usually called a bow or compass window
Mullion - ✔✔an upright (interior trim) that divides windows or other openings
Low E - ✔✔Low emissivity
Steep slopes roofs - ✔✔2":12" or greater
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