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Swimming Pool (C-53) Study Guide and Online Practice Exam + Law and Business - Gold Bundle

CSLB Swimming Pool (C-53): Study Guide and Online Practice Exam + Law and Business Study Guide and Online Practice Exam

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Per the state's classification, a C-53 contractor designs, constructs, and services swimming pools, spas, hot tubs, and related water features including excavation, plumbing, gunite, electrical, and pool equipment. This printed book covers the subjects the state tests. See the official CSLB C-53 classification.


Sample questionsTry our free practice test

  1. NSPI stands for:
    A. Non-standard Pool Inspection · B. Normal Swimming Pool Installation · ✓ C. National Spa and Pool Institute · D. National Swimming Pool Industry
  2. If the soils surrounding a pool are slow draining, what type of soil is present?
    A. Clay · ✓ B. Gravel · C. Sand · D. Cement grout
  3. When beginning excavation for a swimming pool, where do you start?
    A. Where the skimmer will be · B. The deep end · ✓ C. The shallow end · D. Where the main drain will be
  4. [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
  5. [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

California contractors who passed

Studied for ten days and passed. The practice exams are the best part.

Dustin Canoga Park, CA  · Swimming Pool (C-53)

Two weeks of studying at lunch and I passed. Very happy.

Bryce Lake Forest, CA  · Swimming Pool (C-53)

Twenty years building pools, but the test asks things you never think about on the job. The circulation and equipment diagrams in the guide filled those holes and I passed.

Tomas Newbury Park, CA  · Swimming Pool (C-53)