MS General Contractor study plan

Build a one-page comparison grid of sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, and corporation covering liability, taxation, and licensing consequences for a general contractor

Draft a records-retention checklist listing payroll, subcontract, insurance certificate, and change-order files and where each is stored

Write a paragraph explaining how a qualifier or qualifying party relationship works and what a company must do when that individual leaves

Complete 30 practice questions on business organization and restate each missed rule in your own words in an error log

Map the flow-down of obligations from owner-contract to subcontract for scope, payment, indemnity, delay, and termination clauses

Build a timeline card showing each lien-related notice and filing deadline in order, with the triggering event written next to each step

Verify current Mississippi licensing thresholds and exemptions directly against the Board's statute and regulations, citing section numbers

Outline the dispute path from informal claim through notice, mediation or arbitration, and litigation, noting what documentation each stage requires

Answer 30 practice questions on contracts and lien law, tagging each miss as knowledge gap or misread

Draw a 15-activity CPM network by hand, compute early and late start and finish, calculate total and free float, and mark the critical path

Sequence the submittal, RFI, shop drawing, and inspection workflow for a sample project and identify who approves each step

Write a short supervisory scenario response covering a schedule slip, a defective work discovery, and a subcontractor manpower shortfall

Recite the project closeout sequence from punch list through final inspection, substantial completion, and warranty start

Work 30 scheduling and supervision questions, redrawing any network diagram you get wrong

Perform a quantity takeoff on a small plan set you own for excavation, concrete, framing, and finishes, and reconcile your totals against a second pass

Convert a takeoff into a bid using labor, material, equipment, overhead, and markup, then test how a 10% material increase moves the final price

Read a specification book and label the divisions that govern submittals, substitutions, warranties, and closeout documents

Compare lump-sum, unit-price, cost-plus, and design-build delivery and state which estimating risk shifts where

Complete 30 estimating and plan-reading questions and rewrite every miss as a short rule statement

Write a job hazard analysis for three high-risk tasks covering the hazard, control, responsible person, and verification step

Assemble a site safety plan outline addressing fall protection, excavation, electrical, and struck-by exposures with the inspection and training requirements for each

Explain the difference between general liability, workers compensation, builder's risk, and an umbrella policy, and state which loss each responds to

Distinguish surety bonds from insurance and describe what performance and payment bonds guarantee to an owner

Complete 30 safety and risk questions, then list the ten concepts you missed most often

Build a one-page formula sheet for markup, gross margin versus markup, retainage, break-even, and cash flow, and solve three problems with it

Read a sample balance sheet and income statement and compute current ratio, working capital, and gross profit margin

Outline payroll obligations including withholding, certified payroll, workers compensation classification, and employee versus subcontractor status

List the environmental permits and controls likely to apply to a site: stormwater, erosion and sediment, waste disposal, and hazardous material handling

Complete 30 financial, labor, and environmental questions and log every calculation error with the corrected formula

Rank your six domain scores from weakest to strongest and rebuild the two weakest domains from notes before touching new questions

Run three timed 25-question mixed sets and record pacing, flag count, and score for each

Rewrite every error-log entry from weeks 1 through 6 as a single testable rule on a flashcard set

Rehearse a calculation drill of 20 estimating and financial problems against the clock

Explain aloud, without notes, how a licensing requirement, a lien deadline, and a safety obligation can collide on one project

Sit two full-length timed practice exams under exam conditions and score them by domain

Re-teach your three lowest-scoring subareas on paper as if explaining to a new hire

Recheck all statute-driven facts, deadlines, and thresholds against primary sources one final time

Confirm exam-day logistics including identification, scheduling, and permitted reference materials

Run one final pass through every flashcard and retire only the cards you answer correctly twice