IRC 2022 Predicted Exam

IRC 2022 Predicted Exam Type I handrails with a circular cross section shall have an outside diameter of at least ____ inches and not greater than ____ inches. - ✔✔1 1/4 2 Open sided walking surfaces located more tha ...

IRC 2022 Predicted Exam Type I handrails with a circular cross section shall have an outside diameter of at least ____ inches and not greater than ____ inches. - ✔✔1 1/4 2 Open sided walking surfaces located more than ____ inches above the floor or grade below, shall have guards not less than ____ inches in height. - ✔✔30 36 Required guards shall not have openings from the walking surface to the required guard height which allow passage of a sphere ___ inches in diameter. - ✔✔4 An automatic residential fire sprinkler system is not required where _______ or _______ are made to existing townhouses that do not have an automatic residential fire sprinkler. - ✔✔additions alterations Smoke alarms shall be installed in the following locations: 1. ___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________ - ✔✔In each sleeping room Outside each separate sleeping area On each additional story of the dwelling Basements and habitable attics require smoke detectors, but ________ ________ and ___________ ___________ do not. - ✔✔crawl spaces uninhabitable attics Photoelectric smoke alarms shall not be installed less than ___________ feet horizontally from a permanently installed cooking appliance. (Unless it would prevent the placement of an alarm in a required location.) - ✔✔6 Required smoke alarms shall receive their primary power from the building wiring, and when primary power is interrupted, shall receive power from a ____. - ✔✔battery Physical interconnection of smoke alarms is not required where ____ ___ alarms are installed. (All alarms must sound upon activation of one alarm.) - ✔✔listed wireless For new construction, an approved carbon monoxide alarm shall be installed in what locations? (CO alarms are not required if there are no fuel-fired appliances and no attached garage.) - ✔✔Outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. Foam plastic shall have a flame spread index of not more than ___________ and shall have a smoke-developed index of not more than ___________. - ✔✔75 450 Foam plastic shall be separated from the interior of a building by an approved ____ ____ of not less than ____- inch gypsum wallboard. (Also acceptable is minimum 23/32 inch wood structural panels or a material that is tested in accordance with NFPA 275.) - ✔✔thermal barrier 1/2 A thermal barrier is not required for foam plastic insulation in an attic that is entered only for purposes of ___________ or ___________. (The foam plastic insulation must be protected with approved ignition barrier materials.) - ✔✔repairs maintenance In areas where the probability of termite infestation is "very heavy," the clearance between foam plastics installed above grade and exposed earth shall be at least ____ inches. - ✔✔6 Dwelling units in two-family dwellings shall be separated from each other by wall and floor assemblies having not less than ___________-hour fire-resistance rating. (A fire-resistance rating of 1/2 hour is permitted in sprinklered buildings.) - ✔✔1 Protection of wood and wood based products from ___________ shall be provided in specified locations by the use of naturally durable wood or wood that is preservative treated. (Preservative treatment shall be in accordance with AWPA U1 for the species, product, preservative, and end use.) - ✔✔decay The minimum thickness of masonry bearing walls more than one story high shall be ___________ inches. - ✔✔8 Solid masonry walls of one-story dwellings and garages shall not be less than ____ inches in thickness when not greater than 9 feet in height. - ✔✔6 (... provided that where gable construction is used an additional 6 feet is permitted to the peak of the gable.) Grout shall not be pumped through ___________ pipes. - ✔✔aluminum The provisions for structural insulated panel walls are limited to buildings not greater than ___________ stories in height with each wall not greater than ___________ feet high. (The provisions are also limited to a ground snow load of 70 psf and Seismic Design Categories A, B, and C.) - ✔✔two (2) 10 Wood wall framing supporting 3/8 inch gypsum board shall not be spaced more than ____ inches on center. - ✔✔16 For a water-resistive barrier on an exterior wall, felt shall be applied horizontally with the upper layer lapped over the lower layer not less than ___________ inches. - ✔✔2 Anchored stone and masonry veneer installed over a backing of wood or cold-formed steel shall be limited tot he first story above grade and shall not exceed ___________ inches in thickness. - ✔✔5 Masonry veneer above openings shall be supported on lintels of ___________ materials. - ✔✔noncombustible Where using W1.7 wire ties with hooks, stone or masonry veneer shall be separated from the sheathing by an airspace of a minimum of ___________ inch but not more than ___________ inches. - ✔✔1 4 1/2 Weepholes in masonry veneer shall not be less than ___ inch in diameter with a maximum spacing of ___ inches on center. - ✔✔3/16 33 Collar ties shall be a minimum of 1-inch by 4-inches, spaced not more than ____ feet on center. - ✔✔4 Attic ventilation openings shall have a least dimension of _________ inch minimum and _________ inch maximum. - ✔✔1/16 1/4 Attic access rough-framed openings shall not be less