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Course Details

Description

 

Prepare for the Kansas Standard General Building Contractor A (ICC 550) Exam at Pearson VUE with our online exam prep course!

This exam prep course includes access to our online self-paced course with discussions of best practices for taking the exam, book highlighting instruction videos, practice quizzes, learning modules, and an exam simulator mirroring the features of the real exam.

Exam Overview

Exam Subject Areas

# of Questions Minimum Passing Score Time Allowed
90 68 (75%) 240 minutes

 

Content Area % of Total
Administration 8%
Building Planning 6%
Plan Reading 12%
Life Safety 12%
Roof Assemblies and Rooftop Structures 13%
Soils and Foundations 11%
Concrete 5%
Masonry 9%
Steel 5%
Wood 13%
Gypsum Board and Plaster 2%
Special Construction 2%
Energy Efficiency 2%
Total 100%

Applying for the Exam

Some licensing agencies may require you to apply through them prior to testing with ICC, while others may not. You should check with the licensing agency you are applying to for licensing requirements prior to registering for an examination.

You can find more information about the exam procedures at ICC's website. You can find the ICC Information Bulletin for the exam linked here.

Books Included

Books

The exam is open-book. You may use the following approved references when taking the exam:

  1. International Building Code, 2015 edition
  2. ICC Concrete Manual, 2015 edition

We offer these books in a bundle linked here. We also offer pre-tabbed and highlighted books, containing all our course curriculum highlights and permanent pre-printed tabs that save you hours of preparing the books for your exam.

Additional Materials

The exam, administered by Pearson VUE, is open-book. You may bring the approved references into the exam, and reference manuals may be tabbed and highlighted. Tabs must be permanent adhesive tabs - removable tabs such as post-its are not allowed in the examination center. Tabs for the books allowed inside the exam are available here.

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