Landscaping (C-27) Study Guide Book and Online Practice Exam + Law and Business Online Practice Exam

What’s included

• Learn the material: Landscaping (C-27) Study Guide Book
• Pass the test: Landscaping (C-27) Practice Exam
• Required for all California contractor applicants: Law & Business Practice Exam

What this covers

Per the state's classification, a C-27 contractor constructs, maintains, and repairs plots and areas of land including hardscapes, drainage systems, irrigation, planting, and retaining walls. This printed book covers the subjects the state tests. See the official CSLB C-27 classification.

Sample questions

1. Why would you not want to waterproof a retaining wall?
   A. The water seeping through would discolor it · ✓ B. Water pressure would build up against the wall · C. It would become too wet on the low side · D. None of the above
2. What drain design should you use when draining a large flat area?
   A. Grid · B. Parallel · C. Radial · ✓ D. Concentric circle
3. For a two-story building, how deep in the soil must the footings be?
   A. 12" · B. 16" · ✓ C. 18" · D. 24"
4. What is the cause if a ring of green lawn surrounds all of the sprinkler heads on a lawn?
   ✓ A. Excess water pressure · B. Wrong valve type · C. Mechanism is defective · D. Sprinkler head is too low
5. After sowing a newly seeded lawn, a thorough soaking is necessary and after that it should be watered:
   A. once per day · B. morning and evening · ✓ C. with a light sprinkling by hand applied 3 to 4 times a day · D. once a week
6. After the grass seed has germinated, the watering schedule should be adjusted:
   A. to gradually increase · ✓ B. to gradually decrease · C. by not watering until ready to mow · D. by watering heavily until ready to mow
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