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AHIT Test Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
In an older home, a forced hot air furnace is replaced by a heat pump. The
heat coming out of the register is:
a. Hotter
b. Cooler
c. Same
d. Depends on the air duct layout Ans: b. Cooler
What is the most serious safety hazard with an exterior door?
a. Door knob set at 3' 6"
b. A foot quick release, security bracket
c. Double cylinder dead bolt (keyed inside and outside) Ans: c. Double
cylinder dead bolt (keyed inside and outside)
When inspecting kitchen cabinets:
a. Observe that they are securely attached to the wall
b. Remove everything from the cabinets and inspect the attachment method
c. Report 'unable to determine method' Ans: a. Observe that they are securely
attached to the wall
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The following is beyond the basic home inspection:
a. Check the heat flow at all registers
b. Check all ground faulted receptacles
c. Check function of all plumbing fixtures
d. Operate incoming water main valve Ans: d. Operate incoming water main
valve
The real estate agent requests a copy of your inspection report:
a. You would give a copy as a professional courtesy
b. You would get permission from the buyer
c. You would never give a copy to a Realtor. Ans: b. You would get permission
from the buyer
On the interior door leading to the attached garage, the door:
a. Must swing into the garage
b. Must have self-closing hinges
c. Must have metal on the garage side
d. Must be 1 3/8" thick wood, metal, or fire-rated Ans: d. Must be 1 3/8" thick
wood, metal, or fire-rated
A house is built on a sloping hill. The surface water should be drained
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a. Directly into the sump pump
b. Into a 4-inch perforated plastic drain line and directed downhill to daylight
c. Into a gravel filled container (inside the basement)
d. Drained laterally. Ans: b. Into a 4-inch perforated plastic drain line and
directed downhill to daylight
A flat roof with a two-foot surrounding parapet wall, what must be provided
to allow drainage:
a. Gutters
b. Scuppers
c. Roof drain with secondary overflow drain
d. Either b or c above Ans: d. Either b or c above
A deck is 4 feet off the ground and you note that the ledger board has four
16d nails in each bay:
a. Tell the buyer that proper bolts should be installed
b. Should add more 16d nails
c. Place another 2x10, nailed under the ledger board
d. Don't buy the house Ans: a. Tell the buyer that proper bolts should be
installed
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You are inspecting a house where the second-story balcony is observed and
every cantilevered joist is rotted halfway out from the wall.
a. Tell all appropriate parties that there is a hazard, and no one should step
out on it.
b. Say nothing
c. Tell the client of the problem and report as such.
d. Contact the city building inspector and let them know of the problem. Ans:
a. Tell all appropriate parties that there is a hazard, and no one should step
out on it.
What is a common reason for water overflowing a gutter?
a. Roof too steep for the gutter system design.
b. Downspout too small for the gutters.
c. Gutter not large enough for the area of roof covered.
d. None of the above Ans: c. Gutter not large enough for the area of roof
covered.
How can you determine if a home is on sinking soil or on unsteady soil?
a. The streets and sidewalks in an older community are broken up.
b. Only a geotechnical evaluation can make that kind of determination.
c. You should make that conclusion from a standard home inspection. Ans: b.
Only a geotechnical evaluation can make that kind of determination.
AHIT Test Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
In an older home, a forced hot air furnace is replaced by a heat pump. The
heat coming out of the register is:
a. Hotter
b. Cooler
c. Same
d. Depends on the air duct layout Ans: b. Cooler
What is the most serious safety hazard with an exterior door?
a. Door knob set at 3' 6"
b. A foot quick release, security bracket
c. Double cylinder dead bolt (keyed inside and outside) Ans: c. Double
cylinder dead bolt (keyed inside and outside)
When inspecting kitchen cabinets:
a. Observe that they are securely attached to the wall
b. Remove everything from the cabinets and inspect the attachment method
c. Report 'unable to determine method' Ans: a. Observe that they are securely
attached to the wall
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The following is beyond the basic home inspection:
a. Check the heat flow at all registers
b. Check all ground faulted receptacles
c. Check function of all plumbing fixtures
d. Operate incoming water main valve Ans: d. Operate incoming water main
valve
The real estate agent requests a copy of your inspection report:
a. You would give a copy as a professional courtesy
b. You would get permission from the buyer
c. You would never give a copy to a Realtor. Ans: b. You would get permission
from the buyer
On the interior door leading to the attached garage, the door:
a. Must swing into the garage
b. Must have self-closing hinges
c. Must have metal on the garage side
d. Must be 1 3/8" thick wood, metal, or fire-rated Ans: d. Must be 1 3/8" thick
wood, metal, or fire-rated
A house is built on a sloping hill. The surface water should be drained
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a. Directly into the sump pump
b. Into a 4-inch perforated plastic drain line and directed downhill to daylight
c. Into a gravel filled container (inside the basement)
d. Drained laterally. Ans: b. Into a 4-inch perforated plastic drain line and
directed downhill to daylight
A flat roof with a two-foot surrounding parapet wall, what must be provided
to allow drainage:
a. Gutters
b. Scuppers
c. Roof drain with secondary overflow drain
d. Either b or c above Ans: d. Either b or c above
A deck is 4 feet off the ground and you note that the ledger board has four
16d nails in each bay:
a. Tell the buyer that proper bolts should be installed
b. Should add more 16d nails
c. Place another 2x10, nailed under the ledger board
d. Don't buy the house Ans: a. Tell the buyer that proper bolts should be
installed
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You are inspecting a house where the second-story balcony is observed and
every cantilevered joist is rotted halfway out from the wall.
a. Tell all appropriate parties that there is a hazard, and no one should step
out on it.
b. Say nothing
c. Tell the client of the problem and report as such.
d. Contact the city building inspector and let them know of the problem. Ans:
a. Tell all appropriate parties that there is a hazard, and no one should step
out on it.
What is a common reason for water overflowing a gutter?
a. Roof too steep for the gutter system design.
b. Downspout too small for the gutters.
c. Gutter not large enough for the area of roof covered.
d. None of the above Ans: c. Gutter not large enough for the area of roof
covered.
How can you determine if a home is on sinking soil or on unsteady soil?
a. The streets and sidewalks in an older community are broken up.
b. Only a geotechnical evaluation can make that kind of determination.
c. You should make that conclusion from a standard home inspection. Ans: b.
Only a geotechnical evaluation can make that kind of determination.
