@aljacobs1 Thanks for writing in! While these two questions are related, they are asking about two different things: Question 7 is asking about the total number of required plumbing fixtures (existing + new), while Question 8 is asking about the number of additional plumbing fixtures required (new only).
We had actually updated Question 7 (see member comment above from 3/11/26) to accurately reflect IPC 2021, which requires 2 shared drinking fountains. We mistakenly did not update Question 8 as well – I’ve now updated it to reflect that 1 additional drinking fountain is needed (to add to the 1 that already exists).
I am seeing now that the wording in Question 8 is also a little confusing, so I’ve updated that to clarify that we are talking only about new plumbing fixtures needed. Also, the answer explanation for drinking fountains has a typo - that should say drinking fountain, not lavatory. I’ve updated that as well.
Sorry for all the confusion, and thank you for bringing these to our attention!
Also, here is more information about you can ask questions about specific practice questions in the community. If you provide our team with the item ID, we will be able to look up the full question/answers on our backend
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