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A crew is squaring a 36-foot by 48-foot foundation with batter boards. What diagonal measurement confirms the layout is square?

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A floor plan is drawn at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot 0 inches. A corridor measures 3-1/2 inches long on the drawing. What is the actual corridor length?

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A 30-foot by 40-foot slab is 4 inches thick. How many cubic yards of concrete are required, ignoring waste?

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A simple gable roof covers a 40-foot by 60-foot building with no overhang. How many roofing squares are in the plan-view roof area before slope factor or waste?

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A structural drawing schedules a W16×36 beam that is 28 feet long. What is the beam’s approximate steel weight?

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A utility trench is 200 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic yards of excavation are there before swell?

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A site cut yields 80 cubic yards of bank soil with a 20 percent swell factor. How many loose cubic yards must be hauled?

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How many nominal 8-inch by 8-inch by 16-inch concrete masonry units are required for a wall that is 10 feet high and 40 feet long, with no openings and no waste?

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A lumber takeoff lists twenty 2×10 boards, each 16 feet long. How many board feet is that?

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A gable roof has a 6:12 pitch and a 24-foot building span with no overhang. What is the rafter length from the outside of the plate to the ridge, measured along the rafter?

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A commercial office floor measures 4,500 square feet of gross area. Using the 2021 IBC Table 1004.5 business factor of 150 gross square feet per occupant, what is the design occupant load?

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A footing schedule calls for 80 pieces of #4 rebar, each 20 feet long. Using 0.668 pounds per foot, what is the approximate reinforcing weight?

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A takeoff shows 80 linear feet of continuous footing that is 24 inches wide and 12 inches thick, plus four isolated pads that are each 3 feet by 3 feet by 1 foot. How many cubic yards of concrete are required, ignoring waste?

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A 60-foot by 80-foot industrial slab is 5 inches thick. The estimator adds 8 percent waste. How many cubic yards should be ordered?

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A basement wall is 120 feet long, 10 feet high, and 10 inches thick. It sits on a continuous footing 24 inches wide and 12 inches thick of the same length. How many cubic yards of concrete are in the wall and footing combined, ignoring waste?

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Under the 2021 IBC, a restaurant or tavern used for food and drink consumption is classified as which occupancy group?

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Which buildings are within the scope of the 2018 IRC rather than the 2021 IBC?

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Unless an exception applies, what is the minimum guard height required by the 2021 IBC at an open-sided walking surface more than 30 inches above the floor or grade below?

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A 2,400-square-foot business office is designed under the 2021 IBC. Using Table 1004.5 at 150 gross square feet per occupant, what is the occupant load?

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Under 2021 IBC Table 1006.2.1, a Group B, M, or A space with a single exit is generally limited to a maximum occupant load of:

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Unless an exception applies, 2021 IBC Section 1011.5.2 limits commercial stair risers and treads to which dimensions?

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Under 2021 IBC Section 903.2.1.2, an automatic sprinkler system is required throughout stories containing a Group A-2 occupancy when which of the following first occurs?

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The 2021 IBC defines a high-rise building as a building with an occupied floor located more than how far above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access?

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Unless an exception applies, what minimum clear opening width must a 2021 IBC means-of-egress door provide when the door is open 90 degrees?

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A 1,800-square-foot net restaurant dining room uses tables and chairs. Using 2021 IBC Table 1004.5 at 15 net square feet per occupant, which statement is correct?

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A commercial room has 3,600 square feet of floor area. Unless an exception applies, what is the maximum aggregate mezzanine area permitted in that room by 2021 IBC Section 505.2.1?

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A 9,000-square-foot gross sales floor in a mercantile occupancy is designed to the 2021 IBC. Using Table 1004.5 at 60 gross square feet per occupant, what is the occupant load, and how many exits are required from that space if it is otherwise a single fire area?

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Unless an exception applies, 2018 IRC Section R401.3 requires the finish grade around a dwelling foundation to fall a minimum of:

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A building pad excavation is 50 feet by 30 feet and 4 feet deep. How many cubic yards of material are removed before swell?

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A cut produces 120 cubic yards of bank soil that swells 15 percent when excavated. How many loose cubic yards will be hauled?

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Finish floor is elevation 102.50 and existing grade at the same point is 100.00. How much fill is required at that spot before compaction allowance?

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A project must haul 400 bank cubic yards of cut. The soil swells 25 percent, and trucks carry 12 loose cubic yards each. How many full truck loads are required if partial loads are not used?

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Unless an exception applies, 2018 IRC Section R403.1.4 requires exterior footings to be placed not less than:

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Under 2018 IRC Section R403.1.6, wood sill plates on a concrete foundation must be anchored with bolts that are at least:

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A continuous footing is 60 feet long, 20 inches wide, and 10 inches thick. How many cubic yards of concrete are required, ignoring waste?

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What is the 2018 IRC Section R506.2.3 vapor retarder requirement under an interior concrete slab-on-ground?

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A T-shaped foundation has 48 linear feet of 8-inch-thick by 24-inch-high stem wall on a 24-inch-wide by 12-inch-thick footing of the same length. How many cubic yards of concrete are in the stem and footing combined, ignoring waste?

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How many cubic feet are in 1 cubic yard of concrete?

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What is the nominal diameter of a #4 reinforcing bar?

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Per ACI 318, what is the minimum concrete cover for cast-in-place reinforcement that is cast against and permanently exposed to earth?