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General Contractor License Questions and
Verified Answers
Q: When a repair must be performed in a emergency situation, when shall the permit
application be submitted?
ANS: The next working business day
Section 105.2.1 Emergency Repairs
Q:
Once the permit has been issued, how long is it valid?
ANS: 180 days
Section 105.5- Expiration
Q:
How long should a permit remain at the site of the work?
ANS: Until the completion of the project
Section 105.7 Placement of permit
Q:
What included within the "Exterior wall envelope"?
ANS: flashing intersections with dissimilar materials, corners, end details, control
joints, intersections at roofs, eaves or parapets, means of drainage, water-resistive
membranes and details around openings.
Q:
Built-Up roof covering consist of
ANS: Two or more layers of felt cemented together and surfaced with a cap sheet,
mineral aggregate, smooth coating or similar surfacing material
Chapter 2- Definition-Built-up Roof covering
Q:
Positive roof drainage will ensure drainage of the roof within ___ hours of precipitation
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ANS: 48 hours
Chapter 2 Positive roof drainage
Q:
An example of a live load on a roof includes?
ANS: During maintenance by workers, during the life of the structure by movable
objects, and by the use and occupancy of the roof for roof gardens or assembly
areas
Chap 2 Live loads, ROOF
Q:
A _____ is the process of installing an additional roof covering over a prepared existing
roof covering without removing the existing roof.
ANS: Roof Recover
Chap 2 Definitions roof recover
Q:
Parapet walls shall be not less than _____ inches above the point where the roof surface
and the wall intersect
ANS: 30 inches
Section 705.11.1 Parapet Construction
Q:
What is the requirement for combustible roof insulation?
ANS: It must be covered by an approved roof covering
Section 720.5 roof insulation
Q:
An opening not less than 20"x30" shall be provided to any attic area having a clear height
of over_____
ANS: 30 inches
Section 1208.2 Access to Unoccupied Spaces- Attics Spaces
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Q:
Flashing shall be installed at the perimeters of exterior door and window assemblies,
penetrations and terminations of exterior wall assemblies, and what other locations?
ANS: Exterior wall intersections with roofs, chimneys, porches, decks, balconies and
similar projections and at built-in gutters and similar locations where moisture
could enter the wall
Section 1404.4 Installation of wall covering flashing
Q:
When a scupper is used as secondary roof drainage, what is the minimum opening size of
the scupper?
ANS: 4 inches
Section 1502.3 Scuppers
Q:
A cricket shall be installed where a roof penetration is greater than ___ inches wide when
measured perpendicular to the slope?
ANS: 30 inches
Section 1503.5 Cricket and Saddles
Q:
A building with aggregate roofing in an area with a nominal design wind speed of 110
mph in exposure category C can have a maximum roof height of how many feet
ANS: No permitted
Table 1504.8 Table for Maximum allowed mean roof height permitted for buildings
aggregate on the roof outside an HVHZ
Q:
How many layers of underlayment are required for an asphalt shingle roof with a slope of
2:12?
ANS: 2 layers
Section 1507.2.2- Asphalt Shingles Slope
Q:
How far into asphalt shingle roofing materials shall fasteners penetrate into the roof
sheathing?
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ANS: Minimum of 3/4"
Section 1507.2.5 Fasteners
Q:
An ice barrier shall extend from the lowest edge of the roof surface a point at least ___
inside the exterior wall line of the building
ANS: 24 inches
Section 1507.2.1 Ice barrier
Q:
What is the minimum thickness, in inches, of cap flashing for a roof?
ANS: .019 inches
Section 1507.2.8.1 Base and cap flashing
Q:
For a tile roof with a slope of 5 in 12, what is the minimum number of layers of
underlayment and lap?
ANS: 1 layer lapped 2 inches
Table 1507.1.1(2) - Clay and concrete tile
Q:
Valley flashing shall extend at least ____ from the centerline of the valley each way.
ANS: 11 inches
Section 1507.3.9 - Flashing
Q:
What is the minimum roof slope allowed for the installation of standing-seam metal roof
panels?
ANS: 1/4 unit vertical in 12 horizontal
Section 1507.4.2- Metal Roof Panels-Deck slope #3
Q:
What is the head lap of slate shingle installed on a roof that is 5 in 12?
General Contractor License Questions and
Verified Answers
Q: When a repair must be performed in a emergency situation, when shall the permit
application be submitted?
ANS: The next working business day
Section 105.2.1 Emergency Repairs
Q:
Once the permit has been issued, how long is it valid?
ANS: 180 days
Section 105.5- Expiration
Q:
How long should a permit remain at the site of the work?
ANS: Until the completion of the project
Section 105.7 Placement of permit
Q:
What included within the "Exterior wall envelope"?
ANS: flashing intersections with dissimilar materials, corners, end details, control
joints, intersections at roofs, eaves or parapets, means of drainage, water-resistive
membranes and details around openings.
Q:
Built-Up roof covering consist of
ANS: Two or more layers of felt cemented together and surfaced with a cap sheet,
mineral aggregate, smooth coating or similar surfacing material
Chapter 2- Definition-Built-up Roof covering
Q:
Positive roof drainage will ensure drainage of the roof within ___ hours of precipitation
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ANS: 48 hours
Chapter 2 Positive roof drainage
Q:
An example of a live load on a roof includes?
ANS: During maintenance by workers, during the life of the structure by movable
objects, and by the use and occupancy of the roof for roof gardens or assembly
areas
Chap 2 Live loads, ROOF
Q:
A _____ is the process of installing an additional roof covering over a prepared existing
roof covering without removing the existing roof.
ANS: Roof Recover
Chap 2 Definitions roof recover
Q:
Parapet walls shall be not less than _____ inches above the point where the roof surface
and the wall intersect
ANS: 30 inches
Section 705.11.1 Parapet Construction
Q:
What is the requirement for combustible roof insulation?
ANS: It must be covered by an approved roof covering
Section 720.5 roof insulation
Q:
An opening not less than 20"x30" shall be provided to any attic area having a clear height
of over_____
ANS: 30 inches
Section 1208.2 Access to Unoccupied Spaces- Attics Spaces
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Q:
Flashing shall be installed at the perimeters of exterior door and window assemblies,
penetrations and terminations of exterior wall assemblies, and what other locations?
ANS: Exterior wall intersections with roofs, chimneys, porches, decks, balconies and
similar projections and at built-in gutters and similar locations where moisture
could enter the wall
Section 1404.4 Installation of wall covering flashing
Q:
When a scupper is used as secondary roof drainage, what is the minimum opening size of
the scupper?
ANS: 4 inches
Section 1502.3 Scuppers
Q:
A cricket shall be installed where a roof penetration is greater than ___ inches wide when
measured perpendicular to the slope?
ANS: 30 inches
Section 1503.5 Cricket and Saddles
Q:
A building with aggregate roofing in an area with a nominal design wind speed of 110
mph in exposure category C can have a maximum roof height of how many feet
ANS: No permitted
Table 1504.8 Table for Maximum allowed mean roof height permitted for buildings
aggregate on the roof outside an HVHZ
Q:
How many layers of underlayment are required for an asphalt shingle roof with a slope of
2:12?
ANS: 2 layers
Section 1507.2.2- Asphalt Shingles Slope
Q:
How far into asphalt shingle roofing materials shall fasteners penetrate into the roof
sheathing?
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ANS: Minimum of 3/4"
Section 1507.2.5 Fasteners
Q:
An ice barrier shall extend from the lowest edge of the roof surface a point at least ___
inside the exterior wall line of the building
ANS: 24 inches
Section 1507.2.1 Ice barrier
Q:
What is the minimum thickness, in inches, of cap flashing for a roof?
ANS: .019 inches
Section 1507.2.8.1 Base and cap flashing
Q:
For a tile roof with a slope of 5 in 12, what is the minimum number of layers of
underlayment and lap?
ANS: 1 layer lapped 2 inches
Table 1507.1.1(2) - Clay and concrete tile
Q:
Valley flashing shall extend at least ____ from the centerline of the valley each way.
ANS: 11 inches
Section 1507.3.9 - Flashing
Q:
What is the minimum roof slope allowed for the installation of standing-seam metal roof
panels?
ANS: 1/4 unit vertical in 12 horizontal
Section 1507.4.2- Metal Roof Panels-Deck slope #3
Q:
What is the head lap of slate shingle installed on a roof that is 5 in 12?
