Questions Of The Week December 27

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HOWDY & Welcome to another round of Questions of The Week!

A member of the Awards Committee will post questions, at a random day/time.

Eligible members may make one post per question thread to answer the questions.

Correct answers (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Questions) wins.
Request your choice by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submit your Mailing address for shipping

Choose your prize from the following list!:

>$50.00 gift certificate from Inspector Outlet
>Case of books “Now That You’ve had A Home Inspection”
>A very special made with love fried chicken dinner with
“secret bread crumbs” shipped to you directly from Prince Edward Island!

Good Luck & Happy New Year

  1. Air above land heats up faster than air above water
    Warm air above land expands and rises
    Cooler, heavier air rushes in to take its place
    What is this about, if anything at all?

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2) Squeaky sub-flooring is usually the result of
a) a structural problem
b) poorly secured sub-flooring
c) the use of softwood sub-flooring
d) fasteners drying out, lack of lubrication
e) the ghost of mike parks

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3) Lyctid beetles are the only group that produces a true powdered frass
True or False

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4) You see during your inspection that the air conditioning system has supply registers in each bedroom, but only one large return register is located in the center hallway.
Your FIRST course of action would be to:
a) Recommend to your client that return ducts be installed in each bedroom
b) Check to see if the bedroom doors are undercut at the bottom
c) Report that the life of the A/C equipment will be reduced
d) Report that the A/C system will not work well
e) This is a design issue, not functionality

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5) What do electricians call their apprentice?

What do you call it if power fails right now?

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Famous Extra Credit Music Question

WHO sang this on WHAT song?
Blue Christmas turn it up

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Great QOTW, Marc. :+1: :slight_smile:

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Great questions Marc. :+1: :taco: :grinning: :us:

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Get your “secret bread crumbs” ready if they choose your fried chicken… … …

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WE appreciate the time you take to do this Marc and other participating members. Thank you. And BTW nice questions!

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Great prize above!

Oh, and the questions are good, too…LOL!

Nice, Marc!

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Great questions and thanks for doing these

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Great questions, Marc. :thinking:

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  1. Wind
  2. b
  3. true
  4. b
  5. sparky or wire biter
    power outage ( delayed my reply)
    Alan Jackson “Honky Tonk Christmas”
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  1. Wind
  2. b
  3. No idea. I’ll guess False.
  4. b
  5. Part 1 - whatever they want, but usually something like “dumbass.”
    Part 2 - A service interruption.

Extra Credit - Honky Tonk Christmas by Alan Jackson.

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  1. Cool Sea Breeze occurs in the summer when air over land warms and rises faster so the cool air from the ocean rushes in to take its place.
  2. B - nailed subfloor instead of properly “glued and screwed”
  3. True. The other families of wood-boring beetles have frass that is more gritty or pelletized, not powdered
  4. B - check that the door has a floor-gap or louvers, and also check if there is a jump duct present.
  5. “electrician’s helper” or “apprentice electrician”
    Power outage

Alan Jackson Sang it in “Honky Tonk Christmas”

“Blue Christmas” turn it up I wanna hear it
So I can unwrap all them Mem’ries in my mind

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  1. Wind
  2. B
  3. True
  4. B
  5. CUB (Completely Useless Bastard)
    Brief Service Interruption

Alan Jackson: Honky Tonk Christmas

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Nice questions Marc !!

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  1. convection currents

  2. b

  3. True

  4. b

  5. “sparkies.”

power outage or blackout?

No clue on the song.

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Bumpity, bump, bump.

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Ditto, what Larry said

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  1. Wind
  2. B
  3. True
  4. B
  5. A - FNG otherwise known as the Effn New Guy
    B - Black-out

Extra Credit - ???

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1: That would be a sea breeze or onshore breeze, just part of our weather. It’s got a lot to do with prevailing winds, which can leave lasting impacts on trees, houses, ventilation patterns, etc.

2: While the best answer is clearly (e), there are many potential causes. (b) seems the best general answer. (d) refers to slat hardwood not so much the subfloor which should generally be rigid.

3: True

4: First (b)

5: Hopefully they call them apprentices, under a journeyman.
Hopefully they’re not called powercuts very often :slight_smile:
And certainly not power failures.

Not so famous credit: “Alan Jackson – Honky Tonk Christmas”
Blue Christmas, turn it up, I wanna hear it. So I can unwrap all the mem’ries in my mind. Hey Joe, pour me some Christmas spirit.

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Great questions Marc !

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Lots of participants this week nice! :+1: :us: :grinning:

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