CSLB Law and Business Examination — California Contractors State License Board
Business organization and licensing, finances, employment requirements, contracts, public works, and safety content across all seven CSLB-tested domains — full prep for California's Law and Business contractor licensing exam.
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Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.
Including Business Organization and Licensing, Business Finances, Employment Requirements, and more.
A complete, realistic exam-day simulation with the same question count and time limit as the real thing.
Covering every key term, concept, and framework you're expected to know.
Hand-picked walkthroughs and explainers organized by topic.
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A searchable glossary so unfamiliar terminology never slows you down.
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Topics you'll drill
7 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- Business Organization and Licensing
- Business Finances
- Employment Requirements
- Insurance and Liens
- Contract Requirements and Execution
- Public Works
- Safety
CSLB Law and Business exam requirements & cost
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The Law and Business exam is one of two exams the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) requires to be licensed as a contractor in California — the other being a trade/classification-specific exam. There's no standalone eligibility requirement to sit this exam beyond having an accepted original contractor license application; from the date that application is accepted, candidates have 18 months to pass both required exams before the application expires and has to be resubmitted with new fees. The non-refundable $450 application processing fee covers the first sitting of both exams — there's no separate first-time exam fee on top of it. On exam day, candidates get 3.5 hours for a closed-book, computer-based multiple-choice exam (no notes or reference materials allowed) — CSLB doesn't publish the exact number of scored questions, but third-party sources consistently put it around 115. The exam covers seven weighted domains, from Contract Requirements and Execution (21%, the heaviest) and Employment Requirements (20%) down to Public Works (5%, the lightest). Results are provided immediately at the test center; a passing report doesn't show your overall score, while a failing report shows your overall score and a breakdown by section. CSLB doesn't publish a fixed passing percentage — the cut score is set per exam form using the Angoff method, which is why third-party estimates of the exact passing score (commonly cited around 72%) vary and aren't officially confirmed.
CSLB Law and Business exam blueprint
Real domain weighting from the certifying body's own published exam syllabus.
- Business Organization and Licensing13%
- Business Finances15%
- Employment Requirements20%
- Insurance and Liens12%
- Contract Requirements and Execution21%
- Public Works5%
- Safety14%
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