PERMIT TECHNICIAN ICC REVISION EXAMS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

PERMIT TECHNICIAN ICC REVISION EXAMS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following is exempt from the permit requirements of the International
Building Code?

A. seven-foot tall solid fence
B. 10' x 12' tool shed one story in height
C. sidewalk leading from a wheelchair ramp to the front door of a restaurant
D. 48-inch deep prefabricated swimming pool accessory to Group R-3 occupancy -
✔✔B. 10' x 12' tool shed one story in height

Reference(s):
2009 International Building Code Section 105.2 Item 1

✔✔After a fire destroys the roof of a 10-unit apartment building, the owner may proceed
with emergency repairs and submit a permit application as follows:

A. A permit is not required for emergency repairs.
B. within five business working days to the building official
C. within the next business working day to the fire department
D. within the next business working day to the building official - ✔✔D. within the next
business working day to the building official

Reference(s):
2009 International Building Code Section 105.2.1

✔✔A permit application shall be considered abandoned after __________ days past the
date of filing if not pursued in good faith. The building official may grant multiple
extensions, if requested in writing, for periods not exceeding ___________ days each.

A. 90; 180
B. 180; 90
C. 180; 180
D. 180; multiple extensions are not permitted. - ✔✔B. 180; 90

Reference(s):
2009 Internation Building Code Section 105.3.2

✔✔Construction documents submitted with a permit application for commercial
construction shall be:

A. prepared by a registered design professional at all times.
B. prepared by a registered design professional for all new buildings only.
C. prepared by a registered design professional unless waived by the building official.

, D. prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the
jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. - ✔✔D. prepared by a registered
design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project
is to be constructed.

Reference(s):
2009 International Building Code Section 107.1

✔✔A site plan, per the "Basic Code Enforcement" book, for a proposed building should
contain which of the following information.

I. Location of the buildings on the lot
II. Outline and dimensions of the building
III. Location of structures on adjacent property
IV. Size of the lot - ✔✔I, II, and IV only

Reference(s):
Basic Code Enforcement pgs. (3-27), (3-28), and (3-41)

✔✔Any deviation from the provisions of the International Zoning Code is called a/an
__________ and shall be heard and determined by the __________.

A. appeal; Board of Adjustment
B. variance; Planning Commission
C. variance; Board of Adjustment
D. conditional use; Planning Commission - ✔✔C. variance; Board of Adjustment

Reference(s):
2009 International Zoning Code Section 107.7 and 107.7.2

✔✔A basement floor shall be considered a story above grade plane in all but which one
of the following conditions.

A. more than 6 feet above grade plane
B. more than 12 feet above the finished ground level at any one point
C. any story having its finished floor surface entirely above grade plane
D. more than 6 feet above the finished ground level for more than 50 percent of the total
building perimeter - ✔✔D. more than 6 feet above the finished ground level for more
than 50 percent of the total building perimeter

Reference(s):
2009 International Building Code Section 202 pg. 20

✔✔In design, review, and construction; the ___________ view shows the proposed
construction as if it were being viewed from the air.