Free AIPE Practice Questions

Question 1

On the push side of a manual office door, the front-approach clearance is 54 inches deep and extends 8 inches beyond the latch side. This is new construction, and the door has both a closer and a latch. Its clear opening is 33 inches; its 3/8-inch threshold is beveled at 1:2. Which revision resolves the accessibility defect under ICC A117.1-2017?

Accepted Answer

Increase the latch-side clearance from 8 to 14 inches.

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Increase the maneuvering depth from 54 to 60 inches.

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Increase the clear opening from 33 to 36 inches.

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Eliminate the beveled threshold and provide a flush transition.

Question 2

A new public toilet-room detail shows a 70-inch-diameter turning circle with a 14-inch-deep segment beneath the lavatory on one side. Compliant knee and toe clearance is available throughout that segment. When reviewing the overlap shown, which limitation should the plans examiner apply under ICC A117.1-2017?

Accepted Answer

The circle may overlap the knee and toe space by no more than 10 inches.

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At least 60 inches of the circle must lie entirely outside the knee and toe space.

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No portion of a new turning circle may overlap the knee and toe space.

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The circle may overlap by as much as 25 inches wherever knee and toe clearance exists.

Question 3

Two separate parking facilities serve an office campus: one has 180 spaces and the other has 40. Accessible spaces will be provided within each lot, and neither lot serves a use subject to a special parking percentage. Applying the 2024 IBC requirements to each facility, what is the combined minimum provision?

Accepted Answer

8 accessible spaces in total, including 2 van-accessible spaces.

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7 accessible spaces in total, including 2 van-accessible spaces.

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8 accessible spaces in total, including 1 van-accessible space.

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10 accessible spaces in total, including 2 van-accessible spaces.

Question 4

A designated wheelchair-accessible toilet compartment contains a floor-mounted water closet with its centerline 19 inches from the side wall and its seat 18 inches above the floor. The compartment is 61 inches wide and 60 inches deep. The installer cites a 17-to-19-inch centerline range. Which response correctly applies ICC A117.1-2017?

Accepted Answer

Move the centerline to 17 inches; the cited range applies to ambulatory compartments.

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Retain the centerline; the 17-to-19-inch range applies to both wheelchair and ambulatory compartments.

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Lower the seat to 16 inches; the existing centerline is acceptable for wheelchair transfers.

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Use a wall-hung fixture, which permits the existing centerline.

Question 5

During review of a new three-story Group B office, the designer deletes two-way communication at the accessible upper-floor passenger-elevator landings because the building is sprinklered throughout under IBC Section 903.3.1.1. The stairs qualify for the area-of-refuge exception. There are no ramps to the discharge level or separate refuge communication systems. The elevator is not designated for accessible egress. What does the 2024 IBC require?

Accepted Answer

Provide two-way communication at the upper-floor elevator landings.

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Reinstate an area of refuge at every stair before accepting the sprinkler exception.

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Designate the passenger elevator for accessible egress and add standby power solely to resolve this omission.

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Accept the deletion because the elevator is not an accessible means of egress.

Question 6

An existing store's primary-function sales-area alteration costs $120,000, including $3,000 to correct an altered doorway. A separate $30,000 roof repair does not affect the primary-function area. Supporting accessible-route improvements would cost $36,000. The disproportionate-cost provision applies to that supporting work. Under the 2024 IEBC, which allocation correctly distinguishes the two accessibility obligations?

Accepted Answer

Use a $24,000 route allowance; the doorway correction remains part of the altered-area work.

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Use a $30,000 route allowance by including the roof repair; correct the doorway separately.

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Use $21,000 for route work and count the $3,000 doorway correction against the route allowance.

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Require all $36,000 of route work because partial route improvements are not permitted.

Question 7

Two adjacent wheelchair spaces in a new theater are each 34 inches wide and 54 inches deep. Each has direct side entry from an accessible aisle; fixed construction prevents front or rear entry. The companion seats and circulation paths comply. Which replacement dimensions for each wheelchair space satisfy ICC A117.1-2017 without changing the entry arrangement?

Accepted Answer

34 inches wide by 62 inches deep.

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36 inches wide by 54 inches deep.

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34 inches wide by 54 inches deep.

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36 inches wide by 52 inches deep.

Question 8

At final inspection of a Type A apartment, a base cabinet remains below the accessible kitchen sink. Its removal would not disturb the countertop, sink, or plumbing and would expose the required knee and toe clearance. The floor beneath and wall behind are finished, the sink is at a compliant height, and exposed pipes are protected. How should the cabinet be treated under ICC A117.1-2017?

Accepted Answer

Permit the removable cabinet as an adaptable Type A feature.

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Require cabinet removal before final approval, even though the adaptation can be completed without reconstruction.

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Approve it only after reclassifying the apartment as Type B and revising its designated unit type.

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Require an adjustable-height sink before allowing a cabinet to remain beneath the fixture.

Question 9

Beside an outward-swinging toilet-room door, a tactile identification sign has compliant characters and Braille, with tactile character baselines 50 to 58 inches above the floor. It is on the latch-side wall. Its centered 18-by-18-inch reading area is crossed by the door when opened 30 degrees. Which aspect of this installation fails ICC A117.1-2017?

Accepted Answer

The door crosses the required reading area before reaching 45 degrees.

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The reading area is smaller than the general 30-by-52-inch clear floor space for new construction.

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The sign is attached to the adjacent latch-side wall rather than to the moving door leaf.

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The lowest tactile character baseline is above 48 inches rather than precisely at that height.

Question 10

Field measurements of an exterior accessible walkway show a 1:24 running slope, a 1:40 cross slope, and 54 inches of clear width. The contractor offers to add ramp handrails rather than regrade the pavement. Which proposed correction addresses the slope violation under ICC A117.1-2017?

Accepted Answer

Reduce the cross slope to 1:60 while retaining the running slope.

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Add handrails on both sides and accept the existing pavement slopes.

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Flatten the running slope to 1:48 while retaining the existing cross slope.

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Accept the pavement; both slopes are gentler than 1:12.

Free AIPE Practice Questions

Domain 1: General Administrative and Scoping Provisions

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Domain 4: General Site and Building Elements

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Domain 5: Plumbing Elements and Facilities

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Domain 6: Communication Elements

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Domain 7: Special Rooms and Spaces

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Domain 9: Dwellings and Sleeping Units

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