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California CSLB - Law and Business exam
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Pass the California contractor exam. First try.

The AI tutor that gets working tradespeople through the CSLB Law and Business exam - the closed-book test nearly every California contractor license applicant has to pass, whatever the trade, offered in English and Spanish. Unlimited practice, straight answers, and a study plan that fits around jobs, not a classroom.

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One payment, everything included. California law-and-business prep courses run $150 to several hundred dollars for less.

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Taking a trade exam too?Most applicants sit two CSLB exams: Law and Business, plus the trade exam for their classification. Law and Business is the one nearly everybody takes - start here. Trade prep, beginning with Class B General Building, is on the way.
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content areas
CSLB's published content areas and weights: Business Organization and Licensing 13%, Business Finances 15%, Employment Requirements 20%, Insurance and Liens 12%, Contract Requirements and Execution 21%, Public Works 5%, Safety 14%. CSLB does not publish the number of questions or a fixed passing score - it says the percentage needed varies by exam, and applicants can ask CSLB about it.
3.5 hrs
on the clock
343
practice questions
Closed
book exam

The exam is closed book. That's the whole game.

No code book, no notes, no phone - just you, a calculator PSI hands you, and 3.5 hours. Nobody fails because they can't build. They fail because they can't remember whether the down payment cap is $1,000 or 10 percent, how many days a preliminary notice allows, or when final wages are due. CalBuilderPrep drills exactly that: the figure, the rule, and a reason to remember it - checked against the statute so what sticks is right.

What you get

+AI tutor, on call 24/7

Miss a question and ask why. The tutor explains it straight, names the law it comes from, and gives you a way to remember the figure - because you cannot look it up on test day.

+343 questions and growing

Written to CSLB's own seven-area content outline, weighted the way CSLB weights the exam, and every one checked against the California statute or official agency page it comes from.

+Full exam simulator

115 questions on the real 3.5-hour clock, mixed across the seven areas at CSLB's weights. CSLB does not publish a question count or a fixed pass mark, so we train you against a 70% bar with margin built in.

+Built for the closed-book test

The dollar thresholds, the day counts, the who-must-do-what - drilled until they stick. Contract rules, wage law, liens, workers' comp, Cal/OSHA, public works, taxes.

+A citation on every answer

Every explanation names the Business and Professions Code, Labor Code, Civil Code or Title 8 section behind it, so you learn the rule and the reason - not just the letter.

+Built for the job site

Runs on any phone. Drill a 10-question round in the truck at lunch - no desk, no classroom, no weekend seminar.