IPMC / IRC PRACTICE EXAM
Questions & Answers
1.Costs associated with the closing of vacant properties shall be
Answer Charged against the property.
2.Individual actions granting modifications to the provisions of the code
shall be
Answer Made a permanent record of the department.
3.The intent of the International Property Maintenance Code is to provide
Answer A minimum level of health and safety.
4.If entry to inspect the premises is refused, the code official shall
Answer Pursue recourse as provided by the law.
5.When a written notice of violation is served to an owner, which one of
the following items does NOT have to be included on the violation form?
Answer A list of previous verbal warnings or discussions with
owner/occupant regarding the violation.
6.When the code official determines that an imminent danger exists,
under which one of the following conditions can the code official order a
building vacated?
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,Answer When there is potential danger due to explosive fumes or
vapors.
7.Why is it advisable for a building official to draft a written order on the
findings of a Board of Appeals?
Answer To uphold any court challenge that the board abused
administrative discretion.
8.Under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. constitution, an unreasonable
search is one that take place
Answer without consent of the owner/tenant or an authorized search
warrant.
9.Imminent danger is determined to exist in a building and, as an
emergency measure, the occupants are ordered to vacate the structure. The
building
is posted as "unsafe for occupancy." The building owner may
Answer Vacate the structure immediately and then appeal the order.
10.A condemnation placard shall not be removed unless
Answer The defects have been eliminated.
11.The code official has determined that a structure is unsafe, unsanitary
and beyond repair and has issued a demolition order. The property has
been post- ed and the owner notified. The owner proceeds with the
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, demolition process but stops halfway through. Within what time frame is the
owner obligated to complete the demolition process?
Answer The time started in the demolition order, as determined by the
code official.
12.At the point a code official determines a structure has deteriorated and
is unsafe and unfit for human habitation, demolition is ordered. The
written
notice of demolition is NOT required to contain which one of the following?
Answer An estimate of the costs of the demolition.
13.Whenever the code official determines a violation of the International
Property Maintenance Code exists, notice must be properly served to
the
owner/occupant. Which of the following is NOT required for the notice?
Answer Notice to be posted in the newspaper.
14.A tenant makes a complaint against the property owner. The code
official inspects, finds a violation and gives a verbal order to the property
owner to correct the violation. The next action the code official should take
is to
Answer Issue a written correction order and serve it on the property
owner.
15.Which of the following is considered part of the International Property
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Questions & Answers
1.Costs associated with the closing of vacant properties shall be
Answer Charged against the property.
2.Individual actions granting modifications to the provisions of the code
shall be
Answer Made a permanent record of the department.
3.The intent of the International Property Maintenance Code is to provide
Answer A minimum level of health and safety.
4.If entry to inspect the premises is refused, the code official shall
Answer Pursue recourse as provided by the law.
5.When a written notice of violation is served to an owner, which one of
the following items does NOT have to be included on the violation form?
Answer A list of previous verbal warnings or discussions with
owner/occupant regarding the violation.
6.When the code official determines that an imminent danger exists,
under which one of the following conditions can the code official order a
building vacated?
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,Answer When there is potential danger due to explosive fumes or
vapors.
7.Why is it advisable for a building official to draft a written order on the
findings of a Board of Appeals?
Answer To uphold any court challenge that the board abused
administrative discretion.
8.Under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. constitution, an unreasonable
search is one that take place
Answer without consent of the owner/tenant or an authorized search
warrant.
9.Imminent danger is determined to exist in a building and, as an
emergency measure, the occupants are ordered to vacate the structure. The
building
is posted as "unsafe for occupancy." The building owner may
Answer Vacate the structure immediately and then appeal the order.
10.A condemnation placard shall not be removed unless
Answer The defects have been eliminated.
11.The code official has determined that a structure is unsafe, unsanitary
and beyond repair and has issued a demolition order. The property has
been post- ed and the owner notified. The owner proceeds with the
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, demolition process but stops halfway through. Within what time frame is the
owner obligated to complete the demolition process?
Answer The time started in the demolition order, as determined by the
code official.
12.At the point a code official determines a structure has deteriorated and
is unsafe and unfit for human habitation, demolition is ordered. The
written
notice of demolition is NOT required to contain which one of the following?
Answer An estimate of the costs of the demolition.
13.Whenever the code official determines a violation of the International
Property Maintenance Code exists, notice must be properly served to
the
owner/occupant. Which of the following is NOT required for the notice?
Answer Notice to be posted in the newspaper.
14.A tenant makes a complaint against the property owner. The code
official inspects, finds a violation and gives a verbal order to the property
owner to correct the violation. The next action the code official should take
is to
Answer Issue a written correction order and serve it on the property
owner.
15.Which of the following is considered part of the International Property
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