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Legal Aspects of Code Administration Exam
COMPLETE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR-JUST
RELEASED.pdf 1||NEWEST EXAM!!!
Liability - Answer-Legal obligation to perform some act.
Why is it crucial that building officials learn to cope with
public scrutiny that results from legally defending their
activities? - Answer-Lawsuits continue to be brought
against building officials.
Why should an attorney from your state with expertise in
municipal law be consulted concerning the law relating to
building codes? - Answer-The law differs from state to
state and municipality to municipality.
Historical cycle of building code adoption. - Answer-1-
Ignorance & freewheeling construction. 2-Degeneration of
construction techniques & population increase. 3-Disaster
strikes 4-Adoption & promulgation of building codes.
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Name 3 early tragedies caused by freewheeling
construction. - Answer-1-Collapse of a Roman
amphitheater in 27 A.D. 2- Citywide fires in London in
1212 & 1666. 3- The Chicago fire of 1871.
ultra vires - Answer-Literally, "beyond the powers." An
entity has acted beyond the scope of its power.
null and void - Answer-Having no legal force of binding
effect.
Dillon's Rule States that a municipal corporation has only
those powers which are. - Answer-1-expressly granted to it
by charter or other state legislation. 2- implied or
necessarily incident to the express power. 3- essential and
indispensable to the declared objects and purposes of the
corporation.
State regulated storm water management was initiated by
the states' desire to participate in the national
____________________ Program. - Answer-Flood
Insurance (ch. 4, p22)
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When an attorney brings up in trial another court's
decision this is called ___________________. - Answer-
common law ( ch. 5, p 26)
The members of the Board of Building Code Appeals shall
be appointed by the _____________________. - Answer-
governing body (ch. 7, p 52)
A ____________________ must frequently be published
in the local newspaper of general circulation when a
building code is being proposeed for adoption. - Answer-
notice of intent (ch. 3, p 15)
A power which has been "set forth and declared exactly" is
known as ________________________ power. - Answer-
expressed (ch. 3, p 12)
The requirements that mandates federal design standards
for the new housing containing four or more units is known
as the __________________. - Answer-FHA (ch. 12, p
122)
Legal Aspects of Code Administration Exam
COMPLETE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR-JUST
RELEASED.pdf 1||NEWEST EXAM!!!
Liability - Answer-Legal obligation to perform some act.
Why is it crucial that building officials learn to cope with
public scrutiny that results from legally defending their
activities? - Answer-Lawsuits continue to be brought
against building officials.
Why should an attorney from your state with expertise in
municipal law be consulted concerning the law relating to
building codes? - Answer-The law differs from state to
state and municipality to municipality.
Historical cycle of building code adoption. - Answer-1-
Ignorance & freewheeling construction. 2-Degeneration of
construction techniques & population increase. 3-Disaster
strikes 4-Adoption & promulgation of building codes.
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Name 3 early tragedies caused by freewheeling
construction. - Answer-1-Collapse of a Roman
amphitheater in 27 A.D. 2- Citywide fires in London in
1212 & 1666. 3- The Chicago fire of 1871.
ultra vires - Answer-Literally, "beyond the powers." An
entity has acted beyond the scope of its power.
null and void - Answer-Having no legal force of binding
effect.
Dillon's Rule States that a municipal corporation has only
those powers which are. - Answer-1-expressly granted to it
by charter or other state legislation. 2- implied or
necessarily incident to the express power. 3- essential and
indispensable to the declared objects and purposes of the
corporation.
State regulated storm water management was initiated by
the states' desire to participate in the national
____________________ Program. - Answer-Flood
Insurance (ch. 4, p22)
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When an attorney brings up in trial another court's
decision this is called ___________________. - Answer-
common law ( ch. 5, p 26)
The members of the Board of Building Code Appeals shall
be appointed by the _____________________. - Answer-
governing body (ch. 7, p 52)
A ____________________ must frequently be published
in the local newspaper of general circulation when a
building code is being proposeed for adoption. - Answer-
notice of intent (ch. 3, p 15)
A power which has been "set forth and declared exactly" is
known as ________________________ power. - Answer-
expressed (ch. 3, p 12)
The requirements that mandates federal design standards
for the new housing containing four or more units is known
as the __________________. - Answer-FHA (ch. 12, p
122)
