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General Contractor Exam: Frequently Asked Questions and Subjects

Below we have prepared a small sample of different topics that are related to the general contractor exam. Useful things every contractor should know before their exam.

Foundations

Piles

Concrete

Drywall and Finishes

  • Alternative interior finishes
  • Installation of drywall
  • Fundamentals of interior finish design
  • Exterior finish design fundamentals
  • Construction and installation of industrial finishes

Wood (Framing)

  • Design and construction of wooden subfloors
  • Plywood structural sections
  • Parallel strand lumber fundamentals and specifications
  • Design of laminated wood beams and arches and their connections
  • Glued laminated wood
  • Design and construction of wooden floors and decks
  • Construction and specifications of wooden beams
  • Construction and specifications of wooden columns
  • Connectors and accessories for joining wooden frames

Steel

  • Calculations for the specification and determination of structural steel
  • Characteristics of steel frames
  • Planning for the structural steel frame
  • Properties and forms of structural steel

Excavations

  • Choice of excavation equipment and its performance
  • Estimation of material to be removed in an excavation
  • Removal of solid rocks in excavations
  • Reinforcement of the walls of an excavation
  • Protective measures for excavations
  • Determinación de tipo de maquinaria para una excavación
  • Excavated material hauling units
  • Use of machinery in excavations
  • Estimation of the amount of material to be removed in excavations
  • General and special excavations
  • Removal of water present in excavations
  • Movement of material, excavations and equipment

Roofing

  • Design of alternatives for framing ceilings
  • Structural components of roof decks
  • Construction of roof trusses and frames
  • Innovative roof structure systems
  • Roof structural frame design
  • Fundamental principles of roof and deck design

Basic Construction Concepts

  • Construction planning
  • Basic elements of construction
  • General factors of temperature and heat insulation in constructions
  • Identification of construction projects
  • The practice of commercial construction
  • Loading and unloading travel times for vehicles immersed in works
  • General basics of wall tile
  • Basic components of plastering
  • Moisture penetration into building assemblies
  • Structures and glass panels in curtain walls
  • Isolation (Soundproofing) and control of sound waves
  • Protection of structures against fire
  • Thermal insulation (Insulation) and its types
  • Construction and components of a lightweight curtain type wall
  • Fundamentals of stone panels as curtain walls
  • Composition of structural masonry curtain walls
  • Fundamentals and properties of cranes and towers in construction projects
  • Construction of the structural framework
  • The inclined construction
  • Constructions with stone
  • Design and construction of clay bricks
  • Protected buildings
  • Design and delimitation of the land
  • Mandatory requirements for the construction site
  • Market study for a new construction
  • Surface verification tests
  • Samples and preliminary tests at the construction site
  • Soil nature reactions
  • Deep investigations at the construction site
  • Determination and evaluation of the construction project site
  • Testing of construction components
  • Codes and standards required to start a construction project
  • Plans and specifications for the construction of a project
  • Generalities and elements of a contract for the start of construction
  • Process of entering into a contract for a construction project
  • Conditions for delivery of a construction project
  • Cranes at construction sites
  • Loading and unloading travel times for vehicles immersed in works

Masonry

  • Masonry work in cold climates
  • Concrete Structural Blocks
  • Precast block panels built in concrete

Re-bar

  • Steel bars as reinforcement for concrete
  • Components of architectural structural concrete
  • Characteristics of reinforced concrete

Formwork

  • Construction joints in formwork
  • Construction of formwork walls
  • Formwork design and construction
  • Concrete pressure in the formwork
  • Fundamental bases of formwork
  • Materials used as formwork
  • Control joints in formwork
  • Footing shapes
  • Caracteristicas del sistema de alumbrado público y paisajismo
  • Storm Drains and Sanitary Sewers
  • Basic fundamentals for the construction of parking areas
  • Construction of curbs and sidewalks on roads
  • Design and structuring of a pavement
  • Foundation structure design

Basic Construction Mathematics

  • Partial volumes in different forms
  • Development of volumes of shaped segments
  • Volume for spherical shapes
  • Volume for cylindrical shapes
  • Rectangular solids
  • Calculation and development of apparent volume and real volume
  • Calculations of concrete placement rates in formwork
  • Square root as a mathematical function
  • Formulas and equations in solving mathematical problems
  • Mathematical Measurement Conversion
  • Formulas and mathematical knowledge

Plumbing, Pipes and Fluids

  • Principles of ventilation
  • Sistemas de flujo en tuberías
  • Radiation sizing for heat loss
  • Heat loss versus radiator size
  • Fundamental properties of gases
  • Special foundations of states of matter
  • Special foundations of states of matter
  • Sizing of pipes and their flow units
  • Pipe carrying capacity
  • Water pressure, head and force
  • Volumes and measurements of water
  • Slope and inclinations on roofs
  • Cylindrical stretches or lead pipes
  • Rectangular tank liner
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  • Shower tray made of lead sheets
  • Miter cut welded pipe
  • Cast iron flanged fittings
  • Pipe design and length
  • Development of combined pipe displacements
  • Continuous movements for a large part of the pipes
  • Special cases of pipes with 45 degree angles
  • Pipe offset 45 degrees in parallel
  • Regular bridge offsets
  • Elevations of a plan view piping diagram
  • Elevation and slope development
  • Degree, percentage degree, drop and route in pipe assembly
  • Ventilation loop solution for single loop
  • Pipe assemblies with cast iron and Tee-Y
  • Moving Pipe Curves
  • Cast iron pipe sets with multiple bends
  • Cast Iron Pipe Solution
  • Pipe bending
  • Angles in piping diagrams
  • Constant 0.707 in 45 degree pipe assemblies
  • Wye and Tee-Wye pipe assemblies
  • Type Y connections for pipe assemblies at any degree of inclination
  • Diagrams of three tubes with 45 degree displacement
  • 45 degree diagonals in pipes
  • Development and construction of constant 45 degree angles
  • Offset, height, diagonal and route in pipe sets
  • Construction of angles in plumbing
  • Equally spaced pipes
  • Mathematical guidelines
  • Tolerance of welded pipe fittings
  • Welding on steel pipes
  • Tolerance for plastic accessories
  • PVC Polyvinyl Chloride Pipe
  • Copper pipe fittings
  • Copper pipe performance
  • Threaded pipes and their accessories
  • Standard weight pipes
  • Angle measurements in pipes
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