The purpose of this code is to establish _____ requirements to safeguard the public safety, health and general welfare.
What is minimum?
100
An alternative material or method shall be approved where the proposed design is _____ and complies with the _____ of the code.
What is satisfactory & intent?
100
A permit is not required for the replacement of branch circuit overcurrent devices (breakers) of the required capacity in the same location (within a panel).
True or False
What is true?
100
An application for a permit for any proposed work shall be deemed to have been abandoned _____ days after the date of filing ..
What is 180 days?
100
Where equipment replacements and repairs must be performed in an emergency situation, the permit application shall be submitted within the _____ _____ business day..
What is next working?
200
Where, in any specific case, different sections of this code specify different materials, methods of construction or other requirements, the most _____ shall govern.
What is restrictive?
200
Compliance with the specific _____-based provisions of the International Codes in lieu of specific requirements of the IRC shall be permitted as an alternate.
What is performance?
200
Fences that are _____ feet or less in height do not require permits.
What is 7?
200
When the building official issues a permit, the construction documents shall be approved in writing or by a stamp which states _____ _____ _____ _____.
What is reviewed for code compliance?
200
Before issuing a permit, the building official is _____ to examine or cause to be examined buildings, structures and sites for which an application has been filed.
What is authorized?
300
Where a referenced code or standard includes subject matter that is within the scope of the IRC, the provisions of the _____ shall take precedence.
What is IRC?
300
Final inspection shall be made after the permitted work is _____ and prior to _____.
What is complete & occupancy?
300
A permit is not required for one-story detached accessory structures used as tool and storage sheds, playhouses and similar uses, provided the floor area does not exceed _____ square feet.
What is 200 sq. ft.?
300
Unattached decks not exceeding _____ square feet in area, that are not more than _____ inches above grade do not require a permit.
What is 200 & 30?
300
If located in a flood hazard area, the documentation of elevations required in Section R322.1.10 shall be submitted to the building official prior to the _____ inspection.
What is final?
400
Signifies access that requires the removal of an access panel or similar removable obstruction.
What is accessible?
Readily Accessible signifies access without the necessity for removing a panel or similar obstruction. Know the difference.
400
An accessory structure is not greater than _____ square feet in floor area, and not over _____ stories in height.
What is 3,000 & two?
400
A finished or unfinished area, not considered a story, where the occupiable space is enclosed by the roof assembly above and the floor-ceiling assembly below is a _____.
What is habitable attic?
400
Hot Water is water at a temperature greater than or equal to _____ F.
What is 110 F?
400
A wall supporting any vertical load in addition to its own weight is a _____-_____ wall.
What is load-bearing?
500
What is the minimum uniformly distributed live load for habitable attics and attics served with fixed stairs?
What is 30 pounts per square foot?
500
Wood structural panels with a minimum thickness of ____ inch and a maximum span of ____ feet shall be permitted for opening protection in windborne debris regions.
What is 7/16 & 8?
500
The wind provisions of the IRC do not apply to the design of buildings where the basic wind speed equals or exceeds _____ miles per hour.
What is 110?
500
The seismic provisions of the IRC apply to detached one- and two-family dwellings in Seismic Design Categories _____.
What is D0, D1 and D2?
500
For dwellings with fire sprinkler systems, exterior walls with a fire separation distance less than ____ feet shall have not less than a one-hour fire-resistive rating with exposure from the outside.