Concrete (C-8) Study Guide Book and Online Practice Exam + Law and Business Online Practice Exam

What’s included

• Learn the material: Concrete (C-8) Study Guide Book
• Pass the test: Concrete (C-8) Practice Exam
• Required for all California contractor applicants: Law & Business Practice Exam

What this covers

Per the state's classification, a C-8 contractor "forms, pours, places, finishes and installs specified mass, pavement, flat and other concrete work; and places and sets screeds for pavements or flatwork." This printed book covers the subjects the state tests. See the official CSLB C-8 classification.

Sample questions

1. Concrete is kept moist to enhance:
   A. Cooling · B. Heating · C. Water tightness · ✓ D. Curing
2. Proper curing will help produce concrete that is:
   A. Hard · ✓ B. Water tight · C. Prestressed · D. Frozen
3. A material that may be used for curing is:
   A. Asphalt paper · B. Plaster board · C. Plywood · ✓ D. Waterproof paper or plastic
4. A 6 cu. yd. load of concrete weighs 22,842 lbs. What is the unit weight of the concrete?
   A. 121 lb./cu. ft. · ✓ B. 141 lb./cu. ft. · C. 282 lb./cu. ft. · D. 564 lb./cu. ft.
5. 6 × 6 – 10 × 10 welded-wire fabric has:
   A. 10-inch wire spacing · ✓ B. unequal wire spacing · C. 6-inch wire spacing · D. No. 6 gauge transverse wires
6. A caisson is:
   ✓ A. a cast-in-place pile · B. an underwater footing · C. a continuous footing · D. none of the above
7. [Law & Business] A construction contract was written containing the following time estimates to complete the job. It would take 2 days to ready the construction site and then the job itself would be done in 2 phases. The first phase would take 10 days and the second would take 7 days, but these 2 phases could be at the same time. It would take one additional day at the end to clean up. How many days would it take to complete this project?
   A. 15 days · ✓ B. 13 days · C. 11 days · D. 7 days
8. [Law & Business] A contractor receives a notice from the Employment Development Department (EDD) that one of his former employees has filed a claim for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits against his reserve account. He/she may:
   A. call EDD within 5 days and protest · ✓ B. protest, in writing, within 10 days of the mailing date of the notice · C. protest, in writing, within 30 days of the mailing date · D. protest, in writing, within 45 days of the mailing date