CA General Contractor study plan

Diagram the contract formation sequence (offer, acceptance, consideration, authority) and list five ways a bid can be revoked or rejected before award.

Write out, from memory, the distinction between a change order, a construction change directive, and a minor change in the work, including the notice requirement attached to each.

Draft a one-page decision tree for handling a differing site condition, from discovery through notice, documentation, and pricing.

Work 20 scenario-style practice items on contract performance and record the reasoning behind every wrong answer.

Build a deadline table covering preliminary notice, lien recording, lien enforcement, and stop notice timing.

Contrast mechanics liens, stop notices, and payment bond claims by filing party, recipient, and available remedy.

Explain the payment bond claim process on public works and how it differs from the private-works lien route.

Complete 25 practice items on lien and bond deadlines and re-drill every missed item until it is answered correctly twice.

Perform a quantity takeoff and complete a bid summary from a written scope description.

Calculate overhead, profit, contingency, and add-ons, then produce a final bid price from a stated markup.

State the order of precedence among contract documents and apply it to resolve five conflicting-clause scenarios.

Translate written plan and specification language into a 15-line scope-of-work checklist.

Compare public works bid, award, and protest procedures and note where they diverge from private work.

List prevailing wage, registration, and certified payroll obligations that attach to public works projects.

Outline bonding and payment bond claim requirements unique to public works.

Complete a 40-item timed mixed exam covering weeks 1 through 4 under test-day conditions.

Build job hazard analyses for four common tasks: excavation, work at height, scaffold use, and crane operations.

Identify core safety program requirements, including the written injury and illness prevention program, injury reporting, and citation exposure.

Compare general liability, builders risk, workers compensation, and additional insured endorsements by what each does and does not cover.

Decide, for five risk scenarios, whether to retain, transfer, or avoid the risk and justify each choice in one sentence.

Chart wage-and-hour rules: overtime triggers, prevailing wage treatment, and payroll recordkeeping duties.

Explain worker classification tests and the penalties that follow misclassification.

Summarize harassment, discrimination, leave, and termination basics an employer must get right.

Solve 20 labor-law scenarios and rewrite the holding for each in a single sentence.

Compute current ratio, working capital, and quick ratio from a sample contractor financial statement and judge whether the company clears a typical bonding threshold.

Explain licensing mechanics: qualifier requirements, entity licensing, continuing education, and disciplinary outcomes.

Contrast business entity forms by liability exposure, taxation, and licensing implications.

Answer 15 practice items combining financial management and licensing rules.

Sequence project administration from submittals and RFIs through pay applications, punch list, and final closeout.

Assemble a closeout document checklist covering as-builts, warranties, lien releases, and final payment.

Complete a 100-item timed practice exam and score 80% or better.

Re-drill the 20 most-missed concepts from earlier weeks' error logs until each is answered correctly twice in a row.