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BCIN Designer Legal/Process exam practice questions (2024 Ontario Building Code)

The BCIN Designer Legal/Process exam covers the Building Code Act and Division C rules that matter to designers: designer qualifications and registration (Div C 3.2), insurance limits (3.6), classes of registration (3.5), design and general review by architects and engineers (Div C 1.2), permits, orders, offences and penalties, change of use (Part 10) and renovation (Part 11). BCIN Prep has 244 original practice questions for it, timed 70-question mock exams in the real format, and every answer cites the exact section so you learn where things are in the compendium.

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Sample Designer Legal/Process questions

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1. Under BCA 15.9(1), an inspector may enter upon land and into buildings to inspect whether a building is unsafe:
  1. Only with a warrant from a justice of the peace
  2. At any reasonable time without a warrant
  3. Only after 48 hours' written notice to the owner
  4. Only with the written consent of the registered owner
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B. At any reasonable time without a warrant - BCA 15.9(1)
15.9(1) allows entry at any reasonable time without a warrant. (Rooms actually used as dwellings are still limited by s. 16.)
2. Under BCA 15.23, who must carry their certificate of appointment or authorization when performing their duties?
  1. Only the chief building official
  2. The CBO, inspectors, and persons authorized by a registered code agency
  3. Only inspectors entering a dwelling
  4. BCIN-registered designers visiting a site
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B. The CBO, inspectors, and persons authorized by a registered code agency - BCA 15.23
15.23 covers the CBO, inspectors and persons authorized by an RCA; they carry the certificate and produce it on request.
3. If the building code requires a general review, who needs designer qualifications under BCA 15.11(5)?
  1. The building owner who retains the reviewer
  2. The CBO who receives the report
  3. The contractor whose work is reviewed
  4. A person preparing a written report based on that general review
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D. A person preparing a written report based on that general review - BCA 15.11(5), para. 2
Paragraph 2 of 15.11(5): preparing a written report based on a general review required by the building code requires designer qualifications (unless 15.11(8) applies).
4. Under BCA 36(3), an individual convicted of a FIRST offence is liable to a fine of not more than:
  1. $100,000
  2. $50,000
  3. $25,000
  4. $500,000
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B. $50,000 - BCA 36(3)
$50,000 first offence, $100,000 subsequent offence for individuals (corporations: 36(4), $500,000 / $1,500,000).
5. Under Div C 1.2.2.1.(2), who must ensure an architect and/or professional engineer is retained to carry out a required general review?
  1. The chief building official
  2. The person who intends to construct or have constructed the building
  3. The BCIN designer of the house
  4. The general contractor's site supervisor
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B. The person who intends to construct or have constructed the building - Div C 1.2.2.1.(2)
The person who intends to construct (or have constructed) the building must ensure the architect/P.Eng. is retained for the general review.
6. Div C Section 3.2. prescribes designer qualifications for the purposes of:
  1. Sections 15.15 and 15.17 of the Act
  2. Section 24 of the Act
  3. Subsection 3.1(1) of the Act
  4. Clause 8(2)(c) and subsection 15.11(5) of the Act
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D. Clause 8(2)(c) and subsection 15.11(5) of the Act - Div C 3.2.1.1.(1)
3.2.1.1.: the Section prescribes, for clause 8(2)(c) and 15.11(5) of the Act, qualifications for persons who carry out design activities.

What the Designer Legal/Process exam covers

Topics as organized in BCIN Prep, following the Ministry's exam syllabus.

TopicReferences
BCA - InterpretationBCA s. 1, 1.1 (all)
BCA - Enforcement authoritiesBCA ss. 2-7.1 (except 3(2)-(6), 3(9), 3.1(2)-(5), 3.1(7), 4(2)-(6), 4.1(8), 5(1), 6(2), 6.1(1), 6.2(1))
BCA - Construction and demolitionBCA ss. 8-14 (except 8(3.1), 14(5)-(7))
BCA - Unsafe buildingsBCA 15.9(1), 15.10(10), 15.10(11) only
BCA - Maintenance inspection programsBCA 15.10.1 and related (all)
BCA - Qualifications and insuranceBCA ss. 15.11-15.13 (except 15.11(1)-(4))
BCA - Inspection powers (ID, obstruction, posted orders)BCA 15.23, 18(1), 19(1), 20 only
BCA - Dispute resolution, reviews and appealsBCA ss. 24-27 (except 24(8), 24(9), 26(2))
BCA - Authorizations and rulingsBCA ss. 28-29 (except 28.1(3), 28.1(4), 29(2), 29(3), 29(8))
BCA - General (offences, penalties)BCA ss. 30-38 (except 34.1, 35(3), 35.1, 36(9), 36(10), 37(1), 38(1))
Div A 1.5 - Referenced documents and organizationsDiv A 1.5
Div B selected articles (farm 2.1.4, radon/flood, 5.9, 7.1.1A, 8.1.1.2, 9.1, 9.10.1.1, 9.10.9.14)Div B 2.1.4, 3.1.1.5, 3.1.1.6, 5.9.1, 5.9.2.2, 7.1.1A.1.(2), 8.1.1.2, 9.1, 9.10.1.1, 9.10.9.14
Div B Part 10 - Change of useDiv B Part 10 (all)
Div B Part 11 - RenovationDiv B Part 11 (all)
Div C Part 1 - Design, general review, permits, inspections, designated personsDiv C Part 1 (except 1.3.1.6, 1.9, 1.10)
Div C Part 2 - Alternative solutions, disputes, rulingsDiv C Part 2 (except 2.2.1.1, 2.2.1.2, 2.3)
Div C 3.1.1.1 + 3.2 - Qualifications for designersDiv C 3.1.1.1, 3.2 (except 3.2.6.1.(1))
Div C 3.3-3.7 - Sewage installers, classes, insurance, RCAsDiv C 3.3 (except 3.3.4.1.(1)), 3.4.4.1.(2), 3.5 (except 3.5.2.2), 3.6, 3.7.2.1.(4), 3.7.4.4, 3.7.4.5.(3)

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