National Home Inspector Examination (NHIE) — Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors
The National Home Inspector Examination is the exam many U.S. states use to license home inspectors, set by the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors and administered by PSI. It has 200 multiple-choice questions in four hours, and a scaled score of 500 on a 200 to 800 scale is the passing point. SummitCert's portal helps you prepare with exam-style questions and explanations, flashcards, a timed mock exam and progress tracking by area.
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Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.
Including D1 T1: Site Conditions, D1 T2: Building Exterior, D1 T3: Roof Components, and more.
A complete, realistic exam-day simulation with the same question count and time limit as the real thing.
Covering every key term, concept, and framework you're expected to know.
Hand-picked walkthroughs and explainers organized by topic.
Visual breakdowns of the frameworks and models the exam tests you on.
The exact formulas and calculations you need, ready to review before test day.
A searchable glossary so unfamiliar terminology never slows you down.
See your accuracy by domain, spot weak areas early, and follow a built-in study schedule.
Tailored to this exam: it knows your progress and weak areas, remembers your earlier chats, and picks up where you left off on your other devices.
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Topics you'll drill
8 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- D1 T1: Site Conditions
- D1 T2: Building Exterior
- D1 T3: Roof Components
- D1 T4: Structural Components
- D1 T5: Electrical Systems
- D1 T6: Cooling Systems
- D1 T7: Heating Systems
- D1 T8: Insulation, Moisture and Ventilation
NHIE Home Inspector exam requirements & cost
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The National Home Inspector Examination has 200 multiple-choice questions in four hours, of which 25 are unscored pretest questions placed randomly (EBPHI and PSI candidate handbook). The exam is scored on a scaled score between 200 and 800 with a passing scaled score of 500; the number of questions needed varies by exam form. This portal's practice mock has 200 questions. The NHIE is scored on a scale of 200 to 800 and the passing scaled score is 500. The raw number of correct answers needed is not fixed because different exam forms are equated to the same scale. The PSI bulletin lists a $225 examination fee for each registration. Fees are not refundable or transferable and are forfeited if you do not test within one year of PSI receiving them. The content outline spreads questions across 19 areas; the largest are D1 T5: Electrical Systems (7.0%); D1 T3: Roof Components (6.0%); D1 T4: Structural Components (6.0%). The full list of areas and weights is on the portal exam page. There is no national eligibility rule: each state or jurisdiction that uses the NHIE sets its own education, experience and application requirements.
NHIE Home Inspector exam blueprint
Real domain weighting from the certifying body's own published exam syllabus.
- D1 T1: Site Conditions5%
- D1 T2: Building Exterior5%
- D1 T3: Roof Components6%
- D1 T4: Structural Components6%
- D1 T5: Electrical Systems7%
- D1 T6: Cooling Systems4%
- D1 T7: Heating Systems5%
- D1 T8: Insulation, Moisture and Ventilation5%
- D1 T9: Mechanical Exhaust5%
- D1 T10: Plumbing and Fuel Distribution6%
- D1 T11: Interior Components4%
- D1 T12: Fireplaces, Fuel-Burning Appliances and Chimneys6%
- D1 T13: Life Safety Equipment6%
- D2 T1: Report Content and Methods4%
- D2 T2: Report Limitations4%
- D2 T3: Describing Defects6%
- D2 T4: Further Evaluation and Action6%
- D3 T1: Pre-Inspection Agreement5%
- D3 T2: Quality, Integrity and Objectivity5%
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