Although what you’ve said about the short conductor length at the receptacles may be true would you call that out in a report?
It is behind a door. I would not staple that would be for a licensed electrician
The odds are low that a Residential Inspector would remove a plug from its trim to inspect the wiring, but if done, it is a code violation and I would mark it as a minor defect.
Six inches of slack is not only good for future work, it’s can lower the risk of an excessive bend radius: something that can dislodge a wire from termination and create a ground fault in a metal box.
Tie wrap, do not staple: that’s the job of a licensed and bonded electrical contractor, not an Inspector.
That’s how a panel should look. 
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Not quite. It looks like a classroom installation. If this situation actually existed at a person’s home, it is a major code violation. Not a fan of how the Romex is installed or the lack of identification of wire termination to breakers.
How about naming the “major code violation”?
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How about asking nicely?
I thought that I did.
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I am curious also. And Robert was asking pretty straight forward to me.
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Electrical panels are not rated for A/C wood board mounting as pictured.
Could you please clarify?
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May I please ask if you have a code reference that cites this as a violation?
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That is weird, for I have had to paint 3/4" plywood black, for electricians to mount their panels for 4 decades.
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I too would like to see this major violation cited. The ends of the conductors are not required to be identified, only the circuits need to be labeled. NM is allowed to be run on the surface. I would not consider it subject to damage.
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110.13(a) The only material supporting this panel are wood screws, possibly driven 1" into a wooden board.
110.27(b). Recommend a Unistrut system that is bolted to the wall, through the wood board.
All I can go off is one picture.
Is it indoors? It’s not good. Romex can not be installed <8’ from finished floor. I am presuming that the top breaker is 6’-7" or below.
Is it outdoors? That panel is not rated for exposure. Wet weather will compromise the securing of the panel to the wood and exposed Romex is another code violation. It can not be ran exposed outside 334.12(b)(4).
Again, my guess is that this one picture is a classroom installation, not a residential one.
You are correct, that is weird.
A/C board has an inherent fire rating, and painting over its treatment may compromise the protection.
Wondering why the instruction to paint a wall black in a room that presumably can be dark was given.
I’ve never had anyone paint over a fire rated board for any of my electrical rooms that I’ve built in over the 25 years as a Certified State Electrician.
How much weight can a few 1 1/2" wood screws support? Even though the back feed connection is providing most of the panel weight, a good bump to the side of the panel can create possibilities of termination separation and arcing.
You’re seriously recommending that this panel be mounted to unistrut because the plywood and screws are insufficient to hold the weight? 99.99% of all the panels shown on this site are screwed to wood without issue.