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1. Which of the following items located on the street may help ascertain the date or era the home was built?

Manhole covers

Sidewalks

Curbs

None of the above

All of the above

2. Pebble-dash exterior "stucco" is found on homes starting in the early:

1900's

1920's

1940's

1960's

1980's

3. Arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCI) became mandatory in new homes built in the early:

1960's

1970's

1980's

1990's

2000's

4. Lead in paint was no longer permitted after the mid:

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

1980's

5. Engineered roof trusses were first used in the:

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

1980's

6. Which of the following may easily date a home:

Iron sinks in the bathroom or kitchen

Attic hatch door

Wallpaper

Roof shingles

All of the above.

7. Insulation and vapour barriers began being used with brick veneer construction in the:

1930's

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

8. Which of the following is a framing method used in building a home built before 1940:

Platform

Fish

Balloon

Birds mouth

None of the above

9. Which came first?

Brick veneer construction

Insulbrick siding

Asbestos cement siding

Aluminum siding

Indoor showers

10. Fuel oil storage tanks that have script style lettering (in a curved pattern) on its information plate indicates it may be manufactured before:

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

11. Bonus Question #1! Two prong electrical receptacles were no longer used after the:

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

1980's

12. Bonus Question #2 Pressure treated permanent wood foundations were used starting in the late:

1940's

1950's

1960's

1970's

1980's