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General Contractors Practice Test
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Many states require building contractors to be licensed. To get licensed, you may need to take a business and law exam, as well as a trade exam. The business and law portion will cover such subjects as contracts, estimates, bidding, bonding, accounting, business forms, environmental regulations, safey and quality control. The trade portion of the exam will cover subjects such as plan reading and estimating, site engineering, sitework and excavation, footings and foundations, concrete, masonry, carpentry, metals and safety.
 

General Contractors Practice Test
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1. How many parties typically are there in a bid bond?
2. Unused latex paint in solidified form is __________ .
3. How high are standard kitchen cabinets?
4. Having your employees use the necessary safety equipment is part of a:
5. What is the actual size of a piece of 1" x 8" #2 pine?
6. Where used outdoors, aluminum grounding electrode conductors shall not be terminated within _____ of the earth.
7. Which is the most durable wallpaper?
8. How long must an employer keep pay records that are used to compute an employee's pay, like time cards and work and time schedules under the FLSA?
9. For scaffolding, what is the minimum railing height?
10. Heat can travel by:
11. You are bidding a job that requires a 6% insurance bond based on the total cost of the project. You have calculated the cost of the job in materials and labor to be $93,500.00. How much will your bid be increased due to the bond?
12. What does a temperature differential across a filter-drier indicate?
13. According to the NEC, recessed lay-in type luminaires installed in suspended ceilings shall:
14. The air pressure for an air powered nail gun should not exceed what PSI?
15. What is another name for saber saw?
16. Which of the following would be considered an inductive load?
17. The critical path method calculates the _________ amount time that all planned activities will take over the course of a project to be completed.
18. Arc time is:
19. Copper with a green stamp is used in a Med Gas system. What grade of copper does the color denote?
20. Which of the following types of joints can be used to join dissimilar piping materials?
21. What types of trees does hardwood lumber come from?
22. What is the maximum distance allowed between pipe supports for plastic DWV piping that is installed horizontally?
23. At the electrical service provided for a residence, the service-drop conductors shall have a MINIMUM clearance from final grade of _____.
24. How is the 3-4-5 method applied in layout situations?
25. In a set of blueprints, where would you find the required window sizes?

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