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NHIE Home Inspection Manual:
Structure - Wall Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: What are the 2 forces walls are designed to resist?
Ans: 1) Vertical load: live & dead load
2) Horizontal load: wind, seismic, etc.
Question: ______________ is lateral movement along the plane of the wall.
Ans: - Racking
Question: The two common materials used in residential "platform" style
framing are __________ & ___________.
Ans: 1) Wood
2) Cold-formed steel
Question: True or false: In platform framing, the first floor walls bear on the
first floor system which bears on the foundation?
Ans: - True
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Question: True or false: In ballon framing, walls are erected first and they run
up to the ceiling joists?
Ans: - True
Question: What 2 type of framing use large horizontal wood members (i.e.,
beams) that transmit loads to large vertical wood members (i.e., posts)?
Ans: 1) Post & beam
2) Timber framing
Question: H/________ is the max deflection for most walls?
Ans: - H/180
Question: H/_________ is max deflection for stucco walls?
Ans: - H/360
Question: The purpose of _____________________ is slowing the spread of
fire in concealed vertical spaces between stories, between the top story and
the attic, and in long horizontal spaces?
Ans: - Fireblocking
Question: How does fireblocking work?
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Ans: It helps reduce air flow, which in turn helps slow the movement of
how gasses from fire.
Question: A concealed horizontal space more than _____ ft. requires
fireblocking.
Ans: - 10 ft.
Question: Besides slowing the movement of fire in a structure, __________ is
the other benefit of fireblocking?
Ans: - Energy efficiency
Question: How does fire blocking improve the energy efficiency of a
structure? (P. 139)
Ans: - It reduces air flow between conditioned & unconditioned spaces.
Question: What two common type of residential structures require a fire
separation wall?
Ans: 1) Town house units
2) Two-family attached dwellings
Question: What are the two ways fire separation can be accomplished?
NHIE Home Inspection Manual:
Structure - Wall Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: What are the 2 forces walls are designed to resist?
Ans: 1) Vertical load: live & dead load
2) Horizontal load: wind, seismic, etc.
Question: ______________ is lateral movement along the plane of the wall.
Ans: - Racking
Question: The two common materials used in residential "platform" style
framing are __________ & ___________.
Ans: 1) Wood
2) Cold-formed steel
Question: True or false: In platform framing, the first floor walls bear on the
first floor system which bears on the foundation?
Ans: - True
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Question: True or false: In ballon framing, walls are erected first and they run
up to the ceiling joists?
Ans: - True
Question: What 2 type of framing use large horizontal wood members (i.e.,
beams) that transmit loads to large vertical wood members (i.e., posts)?
Ans: 1) Post & beam
2) Timber framing
Question: H/________ is the max deflection for most walls?
Ans: - H/180
Question: H/_________ is max deflection for stucco walls?
Ans: - H/360
Question: The purpose of _____________________ is slowing the spread of
fire in concealed vertical spaces between stories, between the top story and
the attic, and in long horizontal spaces?
Ans: - Fireblocking
Question: How does fireblocking work?
, Page | 3
Ans: It helps reduce air flow, which in turn helps slow the movement of
how gasses from fire.
Question: A concealed horizontal space more than _____ ft. requires
fireblocking.
Ans: - 10 ft.
Question: Besides slowing the movement of fire in a structure, __________ is
the other benefit of fireblocking?
Ans: - Energy efficiency
Question: How does fire blocking improve the energy efficiency of a
structure? (P. 139)
Ans: - It reduces air flow between conditioned & unconditioned spaces.
Question: What two common type of residential structures require a fire
separation wall?
Ans: 1) Town house units
2) Two-family attached dwellings
Question: What are the two ways fire separation can be accomplished?
