MGRADES EXAMS
RICS APC - Core competencies (Inspection)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is the 4 step process to undertaking an inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Desktop
- consider own safety
2. Inspection of the local area
3. External
4. Internal
What could you do during a desktop inspection to ensure personal safety? - CORRECT
ANSWER - know firms H&S policy
see if there's an asbestos register
put in calendar
ensure have company safe word
check your route
allow for contingency and alternative route to and from inspection
what should you take on an inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Mobile phone
- disto
- file, floor plans
- PPE
- pad or paper and pen
What are some examples of PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - steel-toe cap boots
high vis jacket
non-slip soled shoes
ear defenders
, MGRADES EXAMS
gloves
goggles
hard hat
torch
personal security alarm
What would you need to consider when inspecting for Valuation PM and Agency purposes? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Valuation
- factors impacting value, location, age, tenure, aspect, construction, defects, condition,
occupation details.
PM
- policing the lease, condition, statutory and lease compliance, repair and maintenance issues,
security arrangements, user and details of the occupier
Agency (marketability issues
- condition, repair and maintenance, presentation, specification, flexibility
What are the four common forms of foundation? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Trench or strip
footings
2. Raft
3. Piled
4. Pad
What are trench or strip footings? - CORRECT ANSWER - (residential dwellings, for walls
and closely spaced columns)
what are Raft foundations? - CORRECT ANSWER - slab foundation over whole site, to
spread load of lightweight structures such as for made up/remediated land and sandy soil
conditions .
RICS APC - Core competencies (Inspection)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is the 4 step process to undertaking an inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Desktop
- consider own safety
2. Inspection of the local area
3. External
4. Internal
What could you do during a desktop inspection to ensure personal safety? - CORRECT
ANSWER - know firms H&S policy
see if there's an asbestos register
put in calendar
ensure have company safe word
check your route
allow for contingency and alternative route to and from inspection
what should you take on an inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Mobile phone
- disto
- file, floor plans
- PPE
- pad or paper and pen
What are some examples of PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - steel-toe cap boots
high vis jacket
non-slip soled shoes
ear defenders
, MGRADES EXAMS
gloves
goggles
hard hat
torch
personal security alarm
What would you need to consider when inspecting for Valuation PM and Agency purposes? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Valuation
- factors impacting value, location, age, tenure, aspect, construction, defects, condition,
occupation details.
PM
- policing the lease, condition, statutory and lease compliance, repair and maintenance issues,
security arrangements, user and details of the occupier
Agency (marketability issues
- condition, repair and maintenance, presentation, specification, flexibility
What are the four common forms of foundation? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Trench or strip
footings
2. Raft
3. Piled
4. Pad
What are trench or strip footings? - CORRECT ANSWER - (residential dwellings, for walls
and closely spaced columns)
what are Raft foundations? - CORRECT ANSWER - slab foundation over whole site, to
spread load of lightweight structures such as for made up/remediated land and sandy soil
conditions .
