North Carolina Business and Law Exam

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Overview & Benefits

North Carolina Contractors Business and Law Exam Prep Services & Materials

We offer everything you need to prepare for the North Carolina Contractors Business Law Exam, required for all North Carolina Contractor license applicants beginning 1/1/2020.

To prepare for the Business and Law Exam, you will need the required reference manual and tabs as well as our exam prep course. We also give the option to purchase a pre-tabbed and highlighted reference manual, saving you valuable hours of highlighting the information within the book yourself.

All candidates must pass the Business & Law Exam for licensure in North Carolina.

Applicants must apply to the state prior to registering with PSI for an examination. When an application meets all necessary requirements and an exam is required, the exam candidate(s) will be mailed an exam eligibility letter.

You can find the North Carolina Contractor license application at the NCLBGC website.

What's on the Exam?

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# of Questions Minimum Passing Score Time Allowed
40 28 (70%) 90 minutes
Subject Area # of Questions
Erosion and Sedimentation Control 3
Licensing 21
Subcontractor's Pay Requirements 3
Liens and Bonds 8
One Call 5

You can also refer to the PSI Candidate Information Bulletin here for more information on testing policies.

Exam Preparation

What you'll need to prepare for the exam

Exam Prep Course

Our Business Law Exam Prep course is an online, pre-recorded course you can complete at your own time and pace. Our course includes exam-taking techniques, discussion of most pertinent information in books to highlight for reference within the exam, and practice test questions and answers.

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Book Bundle

The North Carolina Business and Law exam is open-book. You may bring the approved reference manuals inside the exam. We offer the books allowed inside the exam in a convenient bundle. We also offer these books pre-tabbed and highlighted, saving you hours of tabbing and highlighting the books yourself.

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Tabs

Our North Carolina Business Law exam prep tabs help mark the commonly referenced sections of the books used in the exam. Don't waste time flipping through your books in the timed exam - our tabs help you to be able to quickly reference important material in your books and move on to the next question without wasting valuable time.

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License Requirements

Steps to obtaining your license

In addition to passing the Business and Law exam, applicants will need to pass a technical exam. We offer exam prep courses for several technical exams accepted in North Carolina, including the Nationally Accredited NASCLA exam. Check out our North Carolina courses here!