Ohio Contractor School Online® - The Premiere Contractor School To Help You Pass Your State License Exam!

With over 17 years of experience preparing candidates for the contractor exams for the trade and Business, Law and Management, Contractor School Online (CSO) is your primary resource to help you pass your state contractor license exam! We offer online practice tests, study materials, books, CD-ROMs, crash courses and more depending on the state and trade.

To become a certified contractor you must pass a Business and Law exam in many states and, depending on the classification you need, you may need to pass a trade exam as well. If you are unsure what your classification requires, please use our Information Request Form.

Contractor School Online (CSO) will assist you with their professional consultants and provide study materials, also practice tests for the Business, Law, and Management and your trade if available. If purchases are made elsewhere make sure the correct author, title and year are appropriate for the trade.

CSO Business and Law Practice Test coincides with the required State Contractor's Manual.

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Ohio State issues State Licenses to Commercial Contractors for the following trades: Electrical, HVAC, Hydronics, Plumbing, and Refrigeration. To receive a state license, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

· United States citizen or a legal alien-must provide proof of being a legal alien.

· Either have been a tradesperson in the type of licensed trade for which the application is filed for not less than five (5) years immediately prior to the date the application is filed, currently be a registered engineer in this state with three (3) years of business experience in the construction industry in the trade for which the engineer is applying to take the examination, or have other experience acceptable to the appropriate section of the board.

· Not have been convicted of or plead guilty to a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or of any felony.

General construction contractors may need to be licensed at the local level. Check with the city or county for licensing information and requirements.

All contractor license classifications must take the Business, Law and management exam in addition to any required trade-specific exam.

Eligibility for examination is determined by Ohio State. All applicants for contractor commercial licenses must take the Ohio Contractor’s Business and Law exam in addition to any required trade-specific examination. If you decide to become licensed in another trade at a later date, you only have to pass the Business and Law examination once every three years.

Your score will be given to you immediately following completion of the examination. The following summary describes the score reporting process:

On screen – your score will appear immediately on the computer screen. This will happen automatically at the end of the time allowed for the examination; - If you pass, you will immediately receive a successful notification. - If you do not pass, you will receive a diagnostic report indicating your strengths and weaknesses by examination type with the score report. On paper – an unofficial score report will be printed at the examination site.

2. Take notes on what you study. Putting information in writing helps you commit it to memory and it is also an excellent business practice. Discuss new terms or concepts as frequently as you can with colleagues. This will test your understanding and reinforce ideas.

3. Your studies will be most effective if you study frequently, for periods of about 45 to 60 minutes. Concentration tends to wander when you study for longer periods of time.

All contractor license classifications must take the Business, Law and Management exam in addition to any required trade-specific exam.

The reference material listed below was used to prepare the questions for this examination. The examination may also contain questions based on trade knowledge or general industry practices. Except for Code books, you can base your answers on later editions of references as they become available. For Code questions, the examinations will be based only on the edition of the Code book that is listed. This examination is OPEN BOOK.

Business, Law and Management Manual, Candidates are responsible for bringing their own references to the examination center. Reference materials may be highlighted, underlined, and/or indexed prior to the examination session. However, references may not be written in.

Electrical contractors must have the knowledge and skill to install, alter, add or change any electrical wires fixtures, appliances, apparatus, raceways, conduit or any part thereof that generates transmits, transforms or utilizes electrical energy in any form for light, heat, power or communications. Note: Effective 1/4/12 time allowed will be 4 hours.

The reference material listed below was used to prepare the questions for this examination. The examination may also contain questions based on trade knowledge or general industry practices. Except for Code books, you can base your answers on later editions of references as they become available. For Code questions, the examinations will be based only on the edition of the Code book that is listed. OPEN BOOK Exam.

3. Field Reference Book, National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry (January 1, 2002)

Candidates are responsible for bringing their own references to the examination center. Reference materials may be highlighted, underlined, and/or indexed prior to the examination session. However, references may not be written in.

Those who are qualified to install, maintain, repair, fabricate, alter or extend central air conditioning, heating and ventilating, including ductwork within a complete system and all appurtenances, apparatus. Piping vessels, ducts and insulation used in connection therewith.

Hydronics contractors must have the knowledge and skill to construct, install, alter, repair, maintain or service any steam and hot-water heating or chilled-water refrigeration systems.

The reference material listed below was used to prepare the questions for this examination. The examination may also contain questions based on trade knowledge or general industry practices. Except for Code books, you can base your answers on later editions of references as they become available. For Code questions, the examinations will be based only on the edition of the Code book that is listed. OPEN BOOK Exam.

The practice, materials and fixtures utilized in the installation, maintenance, extension and alteration of all piping, fixtures, plumbing appliances and plumbing appurtenances, within or adjacent to any structure, in connection with sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities; venting systems; and public or private water supply systems.

The reference material listed below was used to prepare the questions for this examination. The examination may also contain questions based on trade knowledge or general industry practices. Except for Code books, you can base your answers on later editions of references as they become available. For Code questions, the examinations will be based only on the edition of the Code book that is listed. This examination is OPEN BOOK.

Tests a candidate’s knowledge to install, maintain, repair or alter any system of refrigeration unlimited to tons or horsepower provided, however, that such refrigeration is intended to be used for the purpose of food and product preservation and is not to be used for comfort systems.

The reference material listed below was used to prepare the questions for this examination. The examination may also contain questions based on trade knowledge or general industry practices. Except for Code books, you can base your answers on later editions of references as they become available. For Code questions, the examinations will be based only on the edition of the Code book that is listed. Ohio State Examination is OPEN BOOK.