Package Overview

Get ready for the Mississippi Highway Contractor exam at PSI with a study package built to help you learn the material, practice finding answers, and approach exam day with confidence. This online course + book set package brings together online exam preparation and the standard reference book set, along with our exam prep tab set.

Online Exam Prep Course

Online Exam Prep Course: Self-paced learning modules covering asphalt paving, piles, excavation and grading, concrete paving, safety, MS One-Call, traffic control, concrete, and metals.

Exam Simulator and Practice Quizzes: Practice exam-style questions under timed conditions and identify knowledge gaps.

Book Highlighting Instruction Videos: Learn how to tab, highlight, and navigate your approved references.

Book Set

Your 9-book reference set arrives in its standard format, untabbed and unhighlighted. Use the included exam prep tab set and course guidance to prepare your references yourself.

Mississippi Law and Business Management

Mississippi contractor applicants must also pass the separate Law and Business Management exam. That preparation is not included in this trade package.

Class Days & Times

This is an entirely online, self-paced course. Our online pre-recorded content is available 24/7 with unlimited access for 180 days after purchase.

If you require an extension after your initial 180 days of course access, contact our support team to request a course extension for $150.

Exam Overview

Exam administrator: PSI

Exam format: Open book

Licensing authority: Mississippi State Board of Contractors (MSBOC)

Trade examination: 60 questions; time allowed: 2 hours; passing score: 70%.

Law and Business Management: A separate exam required for commercial and residential license applicants. It is not included in this package.

Books

The exam is open book. The following references are included with this package:

  • Hot-Mix Asphalt Paving Handbook (MAPH-2)
  • Pipe and Excavation Contracting
  • Code of Federal Regulations - 29 CFR Part 1926 (OSHA), with latest available amendments
  • Mississippi Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, Mississippi Department of Transportation - Construction Division
  • State of Mississippi Regulation of Excavation, Chapter 13 Regulation of Excavations Near Underground Utility Facilities
  • Placing Reinforcing Bars, Recommended Practices
  • Training and Certification of Field Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning - Level 1 Field Fundamentals
  • Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures
  • Formwork for Concrete

References may be highlighted, underlined, and tabbed with permanent tabs only; they may not be written in.

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Access Period 6 Months

Unlimited access to all content