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CSLB Concrete (C-8): Study Guide

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What this book covers

The Peerless Concrete (C-8) Study Guide Book prepares you for the trade portion of the California CSLB contractor license exam. 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.


Book sections

  1. Glossary
  2. Concrete mixing
  3. Forms for foundations, floors and walls
  4. Placing and finishing concrete, curing concrete
  5. Control jointing practice
  6. Reinforcing bars
  7. Precast and prestressed concrete
  8. Plans and specifications
  9. Questions on concrete specifications
  10. Cal/OSHA
  11. Mathematics review
  12. Questions on concrete tools

Sample questions: Try our free practice test

  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 ✓

California contractors who passed

I have poured concrete for years, but the test asks about codes, not just work. The guide taught me that part.

Ruben Berkeley, CA  · Concrete (C-8)