Painting and Decorating (C-33) Study Guide Book and Online Practice Exam + Law and Business Online Practice Exam

What’s included

• Learn the material: Painting & Decorating (C-33) Study Guide Book
• Pass the test: Painting & Decorating (C-33) Practice Exam
• Required for all California contractor applicants: Law & Business Practice Exam

What this covers

Per the state's classification, a C-33 contractor applies paints, varnishes, stains, primers, and specialty coatings to exterior and interior surfaces. This printed book covers the subjects the state tests. See the official CSLB C-33 classification.

Sample questions

1. Proper surface preparation is necessary for:
   A. Adequate bonding of coating · B. Full protection of substrate · C. Avoiding early paint failure · ✓ D. All of the above
2. Which of the following presents the least coating problem?
   ✓ A. Surface texture · B. Sharp edges · C. Corners · D. Crevices
3. When is it most advantageous to use steel grit as an abrasive?
   A. When cleaning aluminum surfaces · B. When cleaning bronze surfaces · C. When grit need not be reclaimed · ✓ D. When cleaning ferrous metals
4. What is it called when painting is done around inside corners, window and door trim and along baseboard before rolling the rest of the wall?
   A. Heeling · B. Fanning · ✓ C. Cutting in · D. Tipping
5. A brush used to apply paste filler should have bristles that are:
   ✓ A. short and stiff · B. long and flexible · C. fiber · D. long and stiff
6. A ceiling is 15' x 24'. How much paint should be purchased if the paint covers 300 sq. ft. per gallon?
   ✓ A. 1.2 gallons · B. .83 gallons · C. 2 gallons · D. 2.1 gallons
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