A wall assembly is ready for cover, but the required in-wall inspection has not occurred. What is the correct quality-control response?
Correct Answer
C) Hold cover work until the required inspection is completed
A required hold-point inspection must occur before the work is concealed. Other choices remove the inspector's ability to verify the hidden condition and invite destructive reinspection.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A required hold-point inspection must occur before the work is concealed. Other choices remove the inspector's ability to verify the hidden condition and invite destructive reinspection.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Cover the wall and photograph the outside face
Choice A gives Cover the wall and photograph the outside face. Its specific error: the choice would not get the project to Hold cover work until the required inspection is completed, which is the Inspection hold point result verified by the source.
Option B: Ask the inspector to sign off after drywall finishing
Choice B (Ask the inspector to sign off after drywall finishing) is rejected because the option does not produce the required Inspection hold point outcome, Hold cover work until the required inspection is completed.
Option D: Cover only the areas that are hard to access later
The trap in D is Cover only the areas that are hard to access later. That selection is wrong because the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Inspection hold point.
Memory Technique
Pair inspection hold point with the real field trigger, then choose the response that produces Hold cover work until the required inspection is completed.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Inspection hold points" to confirm that A required hold-point inspection must occur before the work is concealed.
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