NHIE Life Safety practice questions

10 questions · Untimed · Explanation after each question

Emergency escape openings, fire separation between garage and house, fire-rated doors, smoke and carbon monoxide alarm placement, and sprinkler defects. Life Safety Equipment and Systems is 6% of the National Home Inspector Exam, about 10 of the 175 scored questions.

Line drawing of a basement egress window in a deep window well with a fixed ladder, a ceiling smoke alarm and a plug-in carbon monoxide alarm

Before you start

Every question has four options and one correct answer. Each explanation says why the answer is right and why the most tempting wrong answer is wrong.
Check each answer to see the explanation before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

Original practice questions written to the EBPHI National Home Inspector Examination content outline (© 2023), not EBPHI exam questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors (EBPHI) or PSI. National Home Inspector Examination and NHIE are registered marks of EBPHI.