Pass your Contractor's Exam with How to Pass the Examination For Master Builder & General Contractor, 5th Edition
The 5th edition of the Contractor's Exam Book provides you with everything you need to know to prepare and pass the examination for Certified General, Builder, and Residential Contractor. With contractor licensing becoming a growth industry, and more and more candidates taking the exams, the need for a concise, informative, essential resource such as the Contractor's Exam Book: How to Pass the Examination For Master Builder & General Contractor is vital. If you have any plans to take the exams, then you cannot do without this book! 234 pp.
Covers:
- Basic Math
- Earthwork & Formwork
- Plan Reading
- Wood Roofs
- Humidity & Insulation
- Concrete, Reinforcement & Masonry
- Business & Financial Management
- Codes, Laws & Standards
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- About the Exam
- Candidate Information Booklet
- Typical Application Form
- Reference booklists
- Where to Get the Books
- Book Tabbing & Form Letter Preparation
- Basic Math for Taking Professional Examination
- The Portable Calculator
- Rule of Signs
- Math Quiz
- Fractions and Decimals
- Algebra and Equation Solving
- Ratios and Proportions
- Proportions
- Squares, Cubes and Roots
- SI Units/Metric Quiz
- Mensuration and Tables
- Earthwork
- Excavation Homework Problems
- Formwork
- Plan Reading
- Elevation Identification
- Site Plans
- Property Area Problems
- Property Lines and Property Angles
- The Transit
- Sloped Wood Roofs
- Floors, Joists, Partitions
- Critical Path Method
- Relative Humidity
- Heat Transmission Through Building
- Understanding Insulation
- Heat Transmission Factors Chart
- Insulation Materials Chart
- Heat Load Problems
- Concrete, Reinforcement and Masonry
- Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures
- Concrete Design Quiz
- Concrete Masonry
- Placing Reinforcing Bars
- Steel Construction
- Business and Financial Management
- How to Read a Financial Statement
- Ratios
- Analyzing the Profit-and-Loss Statement
- Money and Interest
- Compound Interest Tables
- Cost Estimating
- Codes, Laws, and Standards
- Florida Energy Efficiency Code
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