ICC Permit Technician Updated Actual Question and Answer (2026/2027) | A+ Verified

ICC Permit Technician Updated Actual Question
and Answer (2026/2027) | A+ Verified
• Hammurabi is best known for what? -✓✓ A. Establishing the earliest know building
code.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.3

• According to Hammurabi, if a builder builds a house and it collapses and kills the
owner, the__________. -✓✓ C. Builder shall be put to death.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.3.1

• The main purpose of building code is to____________. -✓✓ B. Protect the public
health, safety and welfare.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.4

• Which of the following is not a benefit of a state code? -✓✓ C. Political influence over
code regulations.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.7.2

• Which of following is NOT a characteristic of the ICC code development process? -✓✓
D. Final code changes are voted on by all interested parties.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.9.3

• A performance type code ____________. -✓✓ A. Allows Design Professionals to
select alternative methods and materials provided the final outcome meets the min.
requirements for health safety and welfare.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.6

• Which of the following is not a service of ICC? -✓✓ C. Setting permit and plan review
fees.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.12

• What 3 model code organizations formed the ICC beginning in 1994? -✓✓ B. BOCA,
ICBO, and SBCCI.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.3.2

, • A building code is adopted by a jurisdiction as ____________. -✓✓ D. Law

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.5

• A prescriptive code ____________. -✓✓ A. Describes exactly what methods and
materials are to be used during construction.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.6

• Standards are primarily developed ____________. -✓✓ B. Developed by industry
organizations.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.8

• A building code____________. -✓✓ D. Is a legal document that regulates the
construction of buildings and structures.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.2.2

• What are two types of construction regulations? -✓✓ B. Performance and prescriptive

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.6

• A referenced standard ____________. -✓✓ A. Is an enforceable extension of the
code.

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.8

• The intent and purpose of an ICC model code is stated in ____________ of that code.
-✓✓ B. Chapter 1

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.2.1

• Who grants the authority to adopt code? -✓✓ C. The federal government

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.7.1

• The international codes can be adopted by ____________. -✓✓ B. Reference

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.7.4.

• A model code cannot be adopted without ____________. -✓✓ A. Referencing the
specific edition

Reference: ICC Basic Code Enforcement 1.7.5