BUILDING CODES TEST #1 with 100% correct answers 2024

The Code of Hammurabi - answer-Codes are traced back to... The first building law on record in the U.S. - answer-1625 International Code Council - answer-ICC International Building Code - answer-IBC International Code Council Performance Code - answer-ICCPC National Fire Protection Association - answer-NFPA International Code Council - Evaluation Services - answer-ICC-ES Life Safety Codes - answer-LCS American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers - answer-ASHRAE Department of Energy - answer-DOE Americans with Disabilities Act - answer-ADA Volatile Organic Compounds - answer-VOC American National Standards Institute - answer-ANSI Underwriters Laboratory - answer-UL National Sanitation Foundation - answer-NSF American Society for Testing and Materials - answer-ASTM Authority having Jurisdiction - answer-AHJ Building Officials Code Administrators (BOCA), Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI), & International Code of Building Officials (ICBO) - answer-What 3 major code organizations merged to form ICC? "International Code" - answer-What is an I-Code? "Comprehensive Consensus Code" - answer-What is a C3-Code? Provides a specific requirement that must be met for the design, construction, & maintenance of a building - answer-Prescriptive Codes Code that is generally described and gives you an objective but not the specifics of how to achieve it - answer-Performance Codes A definition, recommended practice, test method, classification, or required specification that must be met - answer-Standards Green: describes an attribute or multiple characteristics like "energy efficient building" or "low-emitting finish" Sustainable: must meet 3 benchmarks --> social, environmental, and economic responsibility - answer-Green Codes vs. Sustainable Codes Est. 1968; Requires access to facilities designed, built, altered, or leased with federal funds - answer-Architectural Barriers Act The code that is more restrictive is followed - answer-What happens when codes conflict? 1) Code Research 2) Code Design 3) Preliminary Review 4) Schematic Phase 5) Appeals Request (sometimes) 5)Plan Review - answer-What are the steps of the Code Process? Geographical area that uses the same codes, standards, and regulations and is determined by the location of the building - answer-Code Jurisdiction Local government agency that administers/enforces the codes within the jurisdiction - answer-Code Department Someone who has the authority to administer, interpret, and enforce the provisions of the adopted and/or amended code within a particular jurisdiction - answer-Code Official 1) Plans Examiner 2) Building Inspector 3) Fire Marshal - answer-3 main types of Code Officials Code Official; checks the construction drawings (including floor plans), specifications, & other documents both in the preliminary stages and final permit review stage of the project - answer-Plans Examiner Code Official; Visits a project job site after a permit is issued to make sure that all construction complies with the codes - answer-Building Inspector Code Official; represents local fire department and checks for compliance on fire codes and means of egress compliance - answer-Fire Marshal 1) Installation of regulated equipment 2) New construction or additions 3) Alterations made to a building 4) Change in occupancy 5) Certain types of repairs - answer-Projects that require permits are... Assembly (A) Business (B) Educational (E) Factory/Industrial hazardous Institutional (I) Mercantile (M) Residential (R) Storage (S) Utility or Miscellaneous - answer-Occupancy Group Classifications The number of people for which the means of egress has been designed for people to safely exit a building in case of an emergency - answer-Occupant Load IBC - Bases classification on the type of activity NFPA - Bases classification on the number of people in the space - answer-Difference between IBC and NFPA when classifying an occupancy? "Assembly Occupancy" - if people gather for political, social, or religious functions, recreation, entertainment, waiting, etc. - answer-(A) Occupancy Typically for the viewing of performing arts/movies; has low light levels, usually fixed seating Ex: Theater - answer-A-1 For the consumption of food/drink; low light levels, loud music, late operating hours, moveable furnishings Ex: Night club - answer-A-2 For the gathering of people for research, recreation, amusement; Has clearly defined egress patterns Ex: Church - answer-A-3 For viewing of indoor sporting evens/other activities with spectator seating; Similar to A-3 but has a specific location to view activities Ex: Staples Center - answer-A-4 For the participation in or viewing of outdoor activities Ex: Football Stadium - answer-A-5 "Business Occupancy" - Used for transaction of business, such as accounting, record keeping, and other similar functions/professional services Ex: Universities, banks, post offices, etc. - answer-(B) Occupancy "Educational Occupancy" - Used for educational purposes by a specified number of persons at any one time through the 12th grade Ex: kindergarten schools, elementary schools - answer-(E) Occupancy "Factory Occupancy" - Considered if used for assembling, disassembling, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, processing, or repairing Ex: A f*cking factory!! - answer-(F) Occupancy "Hazardous Occupancy" - A building that involves the generation, manufacturing, processing, storage, or other hazardous materials Ex: Power plant, laboratory - answer-(H) Occupancy "Institutional Occupancy" - Includes medical treatment or other types of care/contains occupants detained under security measures - answer-(I) Occupancy For housing/care of a certain number of occupants on a 24-hr. basis Ex: Alcohol/Drug centers - answer-I-1 For medical, surgical, psychiatric, or other type of care on a 24-hr. basis for more than 5 persons Ex: Hospital - answer-I-2 For the detention of more than 5 people; people are physically locked up Ex: Jails - answer-I-3 For the care of more than 5 persons for less than 24-hr. per day Ex: Day Care center - answer-I-4 "Mercantile Occupancy" - considered mercantile if open to the public and used for the display, sale, or rental of merchandise Ex: Department store - answer-(M) Occupancy "Residential Occupancy" - A building that acts as a dwelling and provides sleeping accommodations for normal residential purposes - answer-(R) Occupancy For occupants who are transient (do not stay for an extended period of time) Ex: Boarding house, hotel - answer-R-1 For buildings that contain more than 2 dwelling units with occupants who are somewhat permanent Ex: Apartment, Dorms - answer-R-2 For permanent residents, strictly for single or duplex units; typically, a single-family home falls into this category - answer-R-3 For small to medium residential care facilities Ex: Halfway houses, Assisted Living - answer-R-4 "International Residential Code" - Specifies the types of materials that can be used and the requirements for construction of a building - answer-IRC "Storage Occupancy" - If a building is used for storing or sheltering products, merchandise, vehicles, or animals Ex: Cold storage facilities - answer-(S) Occupancy "Utility Occupancy" - If a building is not typical and/or cannot be properly classified in any of the other occupancy groups Ex: Sheds, towers, temporary structures - answer-(U) Occupancy Sometimes two or more occupancies exist in a building, but one or more of them is smaller than the main occupancy type - in this case the smaller one is considered an "accessory occupancy" - answer-Accessory Occupancy