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Pre-inspection agreement practice questions

10 original sample questions on pre-inspection agreement. Pick an answer, then open the explanation. Review the pre-inspection agreement study notes first if you like.

1. A buyer is overseas and their spouse is attending the inspection. The inspection agreement should be signed by:

  1. The home appraiser
  2. The seller's listing agent
  3. The client or authorized representative
  4. The neighbor of the property
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Answer: C. The client or authorized representative

The client (or their authorized representative) enters the agreement.

2. A clause explaining that the inspection does not include code compliance helps:

  1. Set accurate expectations
  2. Increase inspection scope
  3. Guarantee code compliance
  4. Avoid writing a report
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Answer: A. Set accurate expectations

Home inspections are not code inspections.

3. A clause stating the inspector isn't responsible for concealed defects is intended to:

  1. Replace the standards of practice
  2. Excuse missed visible defects
  3. Prevent all claims
  4. Clarify the visual nature of the inspection
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Answer: D. Clarify the visual nature of the inspection

It clarifies limits but doesn't excuse negligence regarding visible defects.

4. A client asks the inspector to backdate the agreement to before the option deadline. The inspector should:

  1. Decline; dates must be truthful
  2. Backdate only the signature line
  3. Ask the agent to sign the backdated version
  4. Backdate it since it helps the client
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Answer: A. Decline; dates must be truthful

Falsifying documents is improper.

5. A pre-inspection agreement that lists optional services helps clients:

  1. Change the sale price
  2. Skip reading the report
  3. Avoid paying the inspection fee
  4. Choose added services knowingly
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Answer: D. Choose added services knowingly

Informed choices.

6. A client books online and clicks "I agree" to the terms but later says she never read them. In most cases the inspector's best protection is:

  1. Verbal explanations given after the inspection is complete
  2. A report that does not mention any agreement or terms
  3. A clear, accessible agreement and a record of acceptance
  4. An agent's statement that the client understood everything
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Answer: C. A clear, accessible agreement and a record of acceptance

Documented acceptance of clear terms matters.

7. Agreements help clients know:

  1. Value
  2. Limitations
  3. Property taxes owed on the home
  4. Mortgage
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Answer: B. Limitations

The correct answer is “Limitations.” Limits.

8. A client who adds a second building on site should:

  1. Have it added in writing
  2. Pay later
  3. Just tell the inspector verbally
  4. Skip it to save time
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Answer: A. Have it added in writing

The correct answer is “Have it added in writing.” Document.

9. Agreements may state that the inspector:

  1. Will issue permits
  2. Will guarantee results
  3. Will repair defects
  4. Will not move furniture
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Answer: D. Will not move furniture

The correct answer is “Will not move furniture.” Exclusions.

10. A dispute resolution clause in an agreement describes:

  1. The market value of the property
  2. How disagreements will be handled
  3. Plumbing issues
  4. Roof repairs
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Answer: B. How disagreements will be handled

Dispute process.

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