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What is the Allowable Load?

The load which will cause a foundation member to yield.

The load which may be safely transmitted to a foundation member.

The maximum load which may be applied to a foundation member.

The load which may be safely applied to a foundation member without causing it to fail.

Answer

Correct Answer: The load which may be safely transmitted to a foundation member.

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What is adequate watering?

Watering plants twice a day

Watering plants once a week

Watering sufficient to stop or arrest settlement brought about by soil shrinkage resulting from loss of moisture.

Watering plants to make them look healthy and green

Answer

Correct Answer: Watering sufficient to stop or arrest settlement brought about by soil shrinkage resulting from loss of moisture.

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Adequate watering prevents which of the following?

Settlement brought about by soil shrinkage

Soil erosion

Soil compaction

Loss of moisture

Answer

Correct Answer: Settlement brought about by soil shrinkage

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What is the Active Zone?

The area of a forest most dense with trees.

The place where water droplets first form in the water cycle.

The depth of seasonal soil moisture variation.

The place where most soil erosion occurs.

Answer

Correct Answer: The depth of seasonal soil moisture variation.

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What does workmanlike mean?

Work that is innovative and/or of a high standard

Work performed to the acceptable quality of generally recognized industry standards that does not compromise strength, function, or durability.

Work that is well-organized and/or tidy

Work performed in an efficient manner

Answer

Correct Answer: Work performed to the acceptable quality of generally recognized industry standards that does not compromise strength, function, or durability.

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How many working days are in a week?

Answer

Correct Answer: 5

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What are working days?

Only Monday to Friday

All days except Saturdays, Sundays, and applicable local, state and federal holidays

Monday to Saturday

Include public holidays

Answer

Correct Answer: All days except Saturdays, Sundays, and applicable local, state and federal holidays

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What is a violation?

A violation is a major problem that needs to be fixed immediately.

A violation is a problem discovered during a maintenance inspection.

A violation is a minor problem that can be fixed easily.

A violation is a problem that can be fixed at the owner's discretion.

Answer

Correct Answer: A violation is a problem discovered during a maintenance inspection.

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What does violation mean?

A penalty

A crime

A failure to conform to the requirements, or any other applicable provision of law.

A regulation

Answer

Correct Answer: A failure to conform to the requirements, or any other applicable provision of law.

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Why is a vapor barrier used?

To prevent moisture from rising through a crawlspace area

To prevent heat from escaping

To allow air flow

To prevent mold

Answer

Correct Answer: To prevent moisture from rising through a crawlspace area

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Why is a vapor barrier desirable?

It helps ensure proper insulation and function for surfaces such as tile, carpet, etc.

It allows moisture to rise upward from the ground

It helps to deter mold

It prevents people and/or animals from inhabiting an area

Answer

Correct Answer: It helps ensure proper insulation and function for surfaces such as tile, carpet, etc.

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What is a Unit?

A tree

A building that contains more than one residence

A measuring device

A manufactured home, mobilehome, a multifamily manufactured home, or recreational vehicle.

Answer

Correct Answer: A manufactured home, mobilehome, a multifamily manufactured home, or recreational vehicle.

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What is the purpose of a tiedown system?

To provide a mobile home with resistance to gravity loads.

To provide a mobile home with resistance to earthquake loads.

To provide a mobile home with resistance to wind loads.

To provide a mobile home with resistance to hurricane loads.

Answer

Correct Answer: To provide a mobile home with resistance to wind loads.

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Tiedown Assembly refers to an assembly of which parts?

Component parts

Foundation system

Approved agencies

Mobile homes

Answer

Correct Answer: Component parts

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What is a support system?

A type of software that helps to keep a computer system running properly

The people who you can rely on for help and emotional support

A system of supports, which sustains the vertical loads of a unit, accessory building or structure, or building component.

A system of pipes and wires that helps to distribute water and electricity

Answer

Correct Answer: A system of supports, which sustains the vertical loads of a unit, accessory building or structure, or building component.

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What does a support system do?

A support system is a type of roofing

A support system sustains the vertical loads of a unit

A support system does not include a foundation system

A support system only applies to buildings

Answer

Correct Answer: A support system sustains the vertical loads of a unit

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What does a steel pier support?

Deck

Foundation

Mobile home unit or accessory building or structure

Patio

Answer

Correct Answer: Mobile home unit or accessory building or structure

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What is the maximum length of an individual tread or step on a stairway?

30 inches

42 inches

36 inches

48 inches

Answer

Correct Answer: 30 inches

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What does skirting do?

Support the mobile home unit

Protects the mobile home from insects and animals

Enclose or partially enclose the area under the mobile home unit

Helps with aerodynamics

Answer

Correct Answer: Enclose or partially enclose the area under the mobile home unit

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What is skirting?

Material used to enclose or partially enclose the area under the mobile home unit.

The art of dancing on skates

A game played on ice

A type of skirt

Answer

Correct Answer: Material used to enclose or partially enclose the area under the mobile home unit.

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What system is responsible for conveying sewage or other liquid wastes to the drain outlet?

Sewage Drainage System

Wastewater Treatment System

Leachate Treatment System

Sludge Treatment System

Answer

Correct Answer: Sewage Drainage System

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What is the Sewage Drain Lateral?

A type of drainage pipe

That portion of the mobile home park sewage system that extends to an individual lot drain inlet.

A device used to clean out sewage pipes

The process of disposing of sewage

Answer

Correct Answer: That portion of the mobile home park sewage system that extends to an individual lot drain inlet.

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What is a thoroughfare?

A vehicle that transports goods

A place to eat

A large storm

A road or path for travel between places

Answer

Correct Answer: A road or path for travel between places

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What is a roadway?

A path or route

A thoroughfare for vehicular traffic within a mobile home park.

A type of vehicle

A thoroughfare for foot traffic

Answer

Correct Answer: A thoroughfare for vehicular traffic within a mobile home park.

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What does retrofit mean?

To redecorate

To travel back in time

To go back to a place

To furnish with new or modified parts or equipment not available or considered necessary at the time of manufacture.

Answer

Correct Answer: To furnish with new or modified parts or equipment not available or considered necessary at the time of manufacture.

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What is a retaining wall?

A wall designed to resist the lateral displacement of soil or other materials.

A wall made of stone

A wall built to protect against invaders

A wall designed to support a building

Answer

Correct Answer: A wall designed to resist the lateral displacement of soil or other materials.

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What does "registered owner" mean?

A person who has been granted ownership of a property by a court order.

A person registered by the appropriate department as the owner of the mobile home unit.

A person who owns a home but has it registered in someone else's name.

The legal owner of a property, as recorded in the registry of deeds.

Answer

Correct Answer: A person registered by the appropriate department as the owner of the mobile home unit.

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What is a recreational vehicle?

A vehicle which includes a park trailer that is considered personal property and not real property.

A vehicle which does not include a park trailer and is considered personal property and not real property.

A vehicle which includes a park trailer that is considered neither personal property nor real property.

A vehicle which includes a park trailer that is considered real property and not personal property.

Answer

Correct Answer: A vehicle which includes a park trailer that is considered personal property and not real property.

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What is the definition of a ramp?

A path of travel

A sloping path of travel

An accessory structure

An accessory structure providing a sloping path of travel, intended for pedestrian traffic.

Answer

Correct Answer: An accessory structure providing a sloping path of travel, intended for pedestrian traffic.

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What is the primary purpose of a pier?

To support a balcony

To support a deck

To transmission of loads from a mobile home unit, accessory building or structure, or building component, to a footing.

To support a roof

Answer

Correct Answer: To transmission of loads from a mobile home unit, accessory building or structure, or building component, to a footing.

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What does a permit to operate allow?

Operation of a construction site

Renovation of a mobile home park

Operation of a mobile home park

Decoration of a mobile home park

Answer

Correct Answer: Operation of a mobile home park

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Patios are used for which of the following?

Access or recreational activities

Sleeping

Storage

Cooking

Answer

Correct Answer: Access or recreational activities

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What is the maximum height a patio can be above grade?

12 inches

6 inches

10 feet

8 inches

Answer

Correct Answer: 8 inches

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What is a Park Trailer?

A camping trailer that is left in a park overnight.

A vehicle that is used to transport Parks and Recreation personnel.

A type of trailer that is parked in a designated spot in a park.

A recreational vehicle that is considered personal property and not real property subject to taxes.

Answer

Correct Answer: A recreational vehicle that is considered personal property and not real property subject to taxes.

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What does it mean to "legally own or possess" something?

To have created the item

To have bought the item

To have inherited the item

To have legal title, lease, registration or other legal document specifying ownership

Answer

Correct Answer: To have legal title, lease, registration or other legal document specifying ownership

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What does the term "operator" refer to in the context of environmental permitting?

The location where the activity will take place.

The person or entity to whom a permit to operate is issued by the enforcement agency.

The person or entity who issues the permit to operate.

The specific activity or activities that are authorized by the permit.

Answer

Correct Answer: The person or entity to whom a permit to operate is issued by the enforcement agency.

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What does the term "Occupant" mean in the context of this chapter?

A person who rents a mobile home unit on a lot.

A person who illegally occupies a mobile home unit on a lot.

A person who lawfully occupies a mobile home unit on a lot.

A person who owns a mobile home unit on a lot.

Answer

Correct Answer: A person who lawfully occupies a mobile home unit on a lot.

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What does the word "occupant" mean in this context?

A person who lawfully occupies a mobile home unit on a lot

A person who lives in a mobile home unit on a lot

A person who owns a mobile home unit on a lot

A person who rents a mobile home unit on a lot

Answer

Correct Answer: A person who lawfully occupies a mobile home unit on a lot

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What does the acronym "N.F.P.A" stand for?

National Federation of Professional Athletes

National Fire Prevention Action

National Federation of Police Associations

National Fire Protection Association

Answer

Correct Answer: National Fire Protection Association

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What does MH-unit stand for?

A term used in the construction industry

A mobile home park in California

A unit of measure for height

A term used to replace references to "mobilehome, manufactured home, and a multifamily manufactured home".

Answer

Correct Answer: A term used to replace references to "mobilehome, manufactured home, and a multifamily manufactured home".

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What is the marriage wall?

A wall in the home that is load-bearing

The marriage wall is the area of our home where the two or mobile home units join together.

A wall in the home that is between two rooms

A wall in the home that is decorative

Answer

Correct Answer: The marriage wall is the area of our home where the two or mobile home units join together.

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A manufactured home is a single-family house constructed entirely in a controlled factory environment, built to the federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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What does Lot Line Creation establish?

The final establishment of a lot line for an existing lot.

The initial establishment of a lot line for a new lot.

The initial establishment of a lot line for an existing lot.

The final establishment of a lot line for a new lot.

Answer

Correct Answer: The initial establishment of a lot line for a new lot.

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What is the initial establishment of a lot line for a new lot called?

Lineal Cutting

Lot Line Creation

Lotting

Lot Cutting

Answer

Correct Answer: Lot Line Creation

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What is the definition of a lot line change?

The movement of a lot line for a new lot.

The creation of a new lot line.

The alteration, movement, or shifting of a lot line for an existing lot.

The abolition of an existing lot line.

Answer

Correct Answer: The alteration, movement, or shifting of a lot line for an existing lot.

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What does "Lot Access" mean?

A mobile home lot with an unobstructed way of approaching another mobile home lot.

A mobile home lot that does not have an unobstructed way of approaching a roadway or public thoroughfare.

A mobile home lot with an obstructed way of approaching a roadway or public thoroughfare.

An unobstructed way or means of approaching a roadway or public thoroughfare to or from a mobile home lot.

Answer

Correct Answer: An unobstructed way or means of approaching a roadway or public thoroughfare to or from a mobile home lot.

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Seismic loads are imposed by which activity?

Rainfall

Climatic activity

Sunlight

Seismic activity

Answer

Correct Answer: Seismic activity

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What is the term used for any force that a structure is designed to withstand?

Load

Force

Weight

Stress

Answer

Correct Answer: Load

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What is a Live Load?

A load on the mobile home that is permanent in nature and not constant like a Dead Load.

A load on the mobile home that is permanent in nature and constant like a Dead Load.

A load on the mobile home that is temporary in nature and not constant like a Dead Load.

A load on the mobile home that is temporary in nature and constant like a Dead Load.

Answer

Correct Answer: A load on the mobile home that is temporary in nature and not constant like a Dead Load.

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What is an example of a Live Load?

Soil Load

Snow

Dead Load

Wind Load

Answer

Correct Answer: Snow

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What does "Listed" mean?

All equipment, materials, products, and installations included in a list published by an unapproved listing agency.

All equipment, materials, products, and installations NOT included in a list published by an approved listing agency.

All equipment, materials, products, and installations included in a list published by an approved listing agency.

All equipment, materials, products, and installations NOT published by an approved listing agency.

Answer

Correct Answer: All equipment, materials, products, and installations included in a list published by an approved listing agency.

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What is the purpose of a lath structure?

To be decorative

To support a structure's weight

To be a nuisance

To provide shelter from the elements

Answer

Correct Answer: To support a structure's weight

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What is the purpose of a landing?

To provide a place for people to rest while using the stairway.

To ease the transition from a stairway to a level walking surface.

To allow access to the stairway from a level surface.

To make the stairway more aesthetically pleasing.

Answer

Correct Answer: To ease the transition from a stairway to a level walking surface.

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What is the permanently affixed tag or label on each section of a mobile home unit called?

Certificate of Compliance

Insignia or Label of Approval

Required Documentation

Safety Standards

Answer

Correct Answer: Insignia or Label of Approval

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What is the purpose of an insignia?

For decorative purposes

To indicate compliance with regulations

To identify the manufacturer of the mobile home

To track the location of the mobile home

Answer

Correct Answer: To indicate compliance with regulations

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I-Beams are used in which of the following structures?

Mobile homes

Churches

Schools

Houses

Answer

Correct Answer: Mobile homes

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What does an I-Beam support?

The foundation

The entire mobile unit

The roof

The walls

Answer

Correct Answer: The entire mobile unit

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What does HUD stand for?

United Soccer Development

United States Department of Homeland Security

United States Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Answer

Correct Answer: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Who is the Hearing Officer?

The respondent

The authorized representative of the enforcement agency

A neutral third party

The person who files the complaint

Answer

Correct Answer: The authorized representative of the enforcement agency

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What is the function of a handrail?

To provide support for someone grasping it with their hand

To keep people from falling

To be a place to hang coats

To be decorative

Answer

Correct Answer: To provide support for someone grasping it with their hand

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What is the purpose of a habitable room?

A room for laundry.

A room for sleeping, living, cooking, or dining.

A room for utilities.

A room for storage.

Answer

Correct Answer: A room for sleeping, living, cooking, or dining.

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What is the purpose of a guardrail?

To provide privacy

To prevent persons from falling to a lower level

To support a roof

To protect against wind

Answer

Correct Answer: To prevent persons from falling to a lower level

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Which of the following is true about ground anchors?

Ground anchors are allowed in HUD compliant mobile home permanent foundation systems.

HUD compliant mobile home permanent systems do not need ground anchors.

Ground anchors are not allowed in HUD compliant mobile home permanent foundation systems.

Ground anchors are the part of a tiedown assembly that is inserted into the ground.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ground anchors are not allowed in HUD compliant mobile home permanent foundation systems.

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What is the ground anchor?

That part of a tiedown assembly that is inserted into the ground

A mobile home permanent foundation system

The part of a tiedown assembly that is used to anchor the home to the ground

The part of a tiedown assembly that is tied to the ground

Answer

Correct Answer: That part of a tiedown assembly that is inserted into the ground

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What is the floor area enclosed within the surrounding exterior walls of a mobile home unit called?

Frontage

Living Area

Net Floor Area

Gross Floor Area

Answer

Correct Answer: Gross Floor Area

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What does "grade" mean in the context of mobile homes?

The number of bedrooms in the mobile home

The interest rate on the mobile home

The cost of the mobile home

The final surface of the earth adjacent to the mobile home after all improvements are completed.

Answer

Correct Answer: The final surface of the earth adjacent to the mobile home after all improvements are completed.

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What is the final surface of the earth adjacent to the mobile home called?

Incline

Grade

Slope

Gradient

Answer

Correct Answer: Grade

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What is the definition of "Grade, Existing"?

The surface of the earth adjacent to the mobile home before earthwork takes place.

The surface of the earth that is not level.

The surface of the moon.

The surface of the earth after earthwork takes place.

Answer

Correct Answer: The surface of the earth adjacent to the mobile home before earthwork takes place.

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What is the purpose of a gas service line?

It is used to provide natural gas to a home.

It is used to connect a home to a propane tank.

It is used to connect a mobile home to a septic tank.

It extends from the main gas line to the individual gas riser outlet serving a mobile home lot.

Answer

Correct Answer: It extends from the main gas line to the individual gas riser outlet serving a mobile home lot.

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What is the primary purpose of a gas service line?

To provide gas to an individual gas riser outlet

To connect the main park gas line to the property line

To provide gas to a mobile home lot

To provide gas to all appliances in a mobile home

Answer

Correct Answer: To provide gas to an individual gas riser outlet

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What does a Gas Riser Outlet do?

It is used for making fires.

It is used for making s'mores.

It serves a mobile home lot.

It is used for barbecuing.

Answer

Correct Answer: It serves a mobile home lot.

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What is a gas piping main?

A type of stove that runs on natural gas

A device used to measure the amount of fuel in a car

The process of installing a new gas line in a home

A distribution line that serves as a common source of supply for more than one service line.

Answer

Correct Answer: A distribution line that serves as a common source of supply for more than one service line.

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What is the purpose of a gas piping system?

To provide gas to the mobile home park.

To distribute gas throughout the mobile home park.

To store gas for the mobile home park.

To let gas escape from the mobile home park.

Answer

Correct Answer: To distribute gas throughout the mobile home park.

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What is an enclosed accessory building or structure designed for the storage of motorized vehicles called?

Driveway

Carport

Garage

Parking lot

Answer

Correct Answer: Garage

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What does the Foundation Certification do?

Certification that the foundation was built on solid ground.

A way to certify that a home's foundation is up to code.

Stamped certification by licensed professional engineer that the foundation complies with standards set by governing agency.

A way to transfer the foundation of a home to another property.

Answer

Correct Answer: Stamped certification by licensed professional engineer that the foundation complies with standards set by governing agency.

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What is required to be submitted to the County Assessor upon completion of the installation?

Form 433C

Form 433B

Form 433D

Form 433A

Answer

Correct Answer: Form 433B

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Which of the following is true about footing?

It is in direct contact with the ground

It supports the foundation system

It distributes imposed loads to the soil

It is not in direct contact with the ground

Answer

Correct Answer: It is in direct contact with the ground

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What does flashing prevent the passage of?

Water

Insects

Rodents

Air

Answer

Correct Answer: Water

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What is flashing installed to prevent?

The passage of water into a mobile home unit

The passage of water out of a mobile home unit

The passage of air into a mobile home unit

The passage of air out of a mobile home unit

Answer

Correct Answer: The passage of water into a mobile home unit

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Which of the following is true about a private fire hydrant?

It is owned by the government.

It is owned by the fire department.

It is owned by the homeowner.

It is owned by the mobile home park.

Answer

Correct Answer: It is owned by the mobile home park.

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What is the name for the system of which fire hydrants are a part?

The water system

The piping system

The fire hydrant system

The valve system

Answer

Correct Answer: The water system

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What is the purpose of a fire hydrant?

To provide a water source for the home

To fight fires

To provide water to a fire truck

To provide water to a fire hose or other fire protection apparatus

Answer

Correct Answer: To provide water to a fire hose or other fire protection apparatus

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What does FHA stand for?

Federal Housing Administration

Freestanding Home Association

Federal Home Administration

Family Housing Association

Answer

Correct Answer: Federal Housing Administration

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What is an FHA Loan?

A state assistance mortgage loan in the United States insured by the Federal Housing Administration.

A federal assistance mortgage loan in the United States not insured by the Federal Housing Administration.

A federal assistance mortgage loan in the United States insured by the Federal Housing Administration.

A state assistance mortgage loan in the United States not insured by the Federal Housing Administration.

Answer

Correct Answer: A federal assistance mortgage loan in the United States insured by the Federal Housing Administration.

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What is a fence?

A tool used for gardening

A device used to measure distance

A freestanding vertical structure erected to enclose an area or act as a barrier

A type of bird

Answer

Correct Answer: A freestanding vertical structure erected to enclose an area or act as a barrier

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What is FEMA an acronym for?

Foreign Exchange and Margin Accounts

Federal Environmental Monitoring Agency

Foundation for Education and Music in America

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Answer

Correct Answer: Federal Emergency Management Agency

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What are expansive soils?

Soils that are rich in clay.

Soils that shrink or swell as the moisture content decreases or increases.

Soils that are sandy.

Soils that are dry and crumbly.

Answer

Correct Answer: Soils that shrink or swell as the moisture content decreases or increases.

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What does ERBS stand for?

Europian Rabbit Breeders Society

Earthquake Resistant Bracing System

Every Really Bad Situation

Easy Radical Bunny Slaughter

Answer

Correct Answer: Earthquake Resistant Bracing System

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What is the Engineer's Foundation Certification?

A list of requirements for a home to be considered up to code

A certification that the home has been inspected by a professional engineer

A type of home insurance

A stamped certification by a licensed professional engineer in the state where the home resides.

Answer

Correct Answer: A stamped certification by a licensed professional engineer in the state where the home resides.

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What does it mean to be a "registered professional engineer in the state of California?"

To have passed the California Professional Engineering Exam.

To be a professional engineer qualified to practice engineering in the state of California.

To have a degree in engineering from a California college or university.

To have completed an accredited engineering program.

Answer

Correct Answer: To be a professional engineer qualified to practice engineering in the state of California.

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What does it mean to be registered with the State of California as a professional engineer?

Qualified to practice engineering in this state

Qualified to practice law in this state

Qualified to practice medicine in this state

Qualified to practice engineering in any state

Answer

Correct Answer: Qualified to practice engineering in this state

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What does "EA" stand for in Enforcement Agency?

Governs all

Geographically adjacent

Government agency

Governy authority

Answer

Correct Answer: Governy authority

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Energize the act of applying which of the following?

Electrical energy

Temperature

Kinetic Energy

Wind

Answer

Correct Answer: Electrical energy

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What does emergency mean?

Something that happens regularly

An occurrence constituting a present or imminent serious risk to life, health, safety, or property requiring immediate correction.

A scheduled event

A minor problem

Answer

Correct Answer: An occurrence constituting a present or imminent serious risk to life, health, safety, or property requiring immediate correction.

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What is the nominal voltage of an electrical system in a mobile home park?

120 or 120/240 volts

100 volts

240 volts

12 volts

Answer

Correct Answer: 120 or 120/240 volts

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What is the Earthquake Resistant Bracing System?

A system designed to protect against damage during an earthquake

A method of predicting earthquakes

A type of insurance for damage caused by earthquakes

A device to measure earthquake activity

Answer

Correct Answer: A system designed to protect against damage during an earthquake

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What is the low space beneath the floor of a mobile home called?

Crawl space

Storage space

Basement

Attic

Answer

Correct Answer: Crawl space

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What does a contractor do?

Drives a taxi

Contracts to build things

Sells insurance

Performs medical work

Answer

Correct Answer: Contracts to build things

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What is a concrete pier?

A load-bearing support that incorporates into its structure an adjustable means of raising and leveling the mobile home unit.

A support structure made of concrete, steel, and/or wood that is used to elevate a mobile home unit.

A concrete beam that is placed in between two columns in order to provide support.

A concrete footing that is used to support a pier.

Answer

Correct Answer: A load-bearing support that incorporates into its structure an adjustable means of raising and leveling the mobile home unit.

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What is a Concrete Block Pier?

An assembly of load-bearing, concrete blocks with wooden wedges used to support and level a mobile home unit.

A load-bearing wall made of concrete blocks

A type of fishing pier made of concrete blocks

A decoration made of concrete blocks

Answer

Correct Answer: An assembly of load-bearing, concrete blocks with wooden wedges used to support and level a mobile home unit.

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