VA CONTRACTOR 2026 EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What two things are required for class B license renewal? - ✔✔Renewal application
and $225
✔✔What happens is the renewal application is received within 30 days of license
expiration? - ✔✔The licensee shall be required to reinstate the license
✔✔What two things are needed for a class B license reinstatement? -
✔✔Reinstatement application and $460
✔✔Licenses are issued to firms as defined in this chapter and are not what? -
✔✔Transferable
✔✔What happens to the original license if the business is dissolved or altered to form a
new business? - ✔✔License becomes void and must be returned to the board within 30
days
✔✔How many days do you have to report changes in the officers of a corporation,
managers of an LLC or officers/directors of an association? - ✔✔Within 120 days of the
change
✔✔Any change of a designated employee shall be reported on a form provided by the
board within how many days? - ✔✔45
✔✔Any change of a qualified individual shall be reported on a form provided by the
board within how many days? - ✔✔45
✔✔A licensee must operate under the "blank" in which the license is issued - ✔✔Name
✔✔How many days do you have to report a name change in writing to the board? -
✔✔30
✔✔The board shall not be what for the licensees failure to receive notices or
correspondence due to the licensee not having reported a change of address? -
✔✔Responsible
✔✔All complaints against contractors and residential building energy analyst firms may
be filed with who and when? - ✔✔DPOR at any time during normal business hours
✔✔What is "failure in any material way to comply with provisions of chapter 1 or chapter
11 of title 54.1" considered? - ✔✔Prohibited act
,✔✔What is "a finding of improper or dishonest conduct in the practice of contracting by
a court of competent jurisdiction or by the board" considered? - ✔✔Prohibited act
✔✔Failure of a contractor to maintain for a period of 5 years from the date of contract a
complete and legible copy of all documents pertaining to the contract is also a.. -
✔✔Prohibited act
✔✔Abandonment defined as the unjustified cessation of work under the contract for a
period of 30 days or more is considered a.. - ✔✔Prohibited act
✔✔Acting as or being an ostensible licensee for undisclosed persons who do or will
control/direct work directly or indirectly the operations of the licensees business is
considered a - ✔✔Prohibited act
✔✔IAW the Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act, how many days do you have to cancel
a contract which you have negotiated in your home? - ✔✔3 days
✔✔One story detached structures used as tool/storage sheds, playhouses or similar
uses provided it does not exceed 256 square feet and are not classified as a group F-1
or H occupancy are exempt from what? - ✔✔Application for permit
✔✔Installation of wiring and equipment that operates at less than how many volts are
exempt from application for permit? - ✔✔50 volts
✔✔What are the two exceptions to the exemption for permit application pertaining to
wiring that operates as less than 50 volts? - ✔✔Fire alarm system and fire detection
system
✔✔Wiring and equipment that operate at less than 50 volts are exempt from permit
application unless it's what? - ✔✔Fire suppression equipment and any such installations
located in a plenum, fire rated penetration or smoke protected construction.
✔✔Who determines how many sets of construction documents shall be submitted ? -
✔✔Locality
✔✔Construction document do not need to be submitted when the building official
determines what? - ✔✔The proposed work is minor in nature
✔✔The approval of construction documents shall be limited to only those items within
what? - ✔✔The scope of the USBC
, ✔✔What will be stamped on all required sets of construction documents? -
✔✔"Approved" or another equivalent endorsement in writing
✔✔The local building department shall not issue a building permit allowing a building to
be renovated or demolished if constructed before what date? - ✔✔January 1, 1985
✔✔Why was the contractor transaction recovery fund created? - ✔✔To provide some
sort of monetary assistance to homeowners that have suffered a reimbursable loss
resulting from dishonest or incompetent conduct of a licensed general contractor
✔✔Who is the contractor transaction recovery fund administered by? - ✔✔Virginia
board for contractors
✔✔How much are recovery amounts per claimant? - ✔✔$20,000
✔✔How much is the total payout from the fund per contractor? - ✔✔$40,000
✔✔Minimum balance for the contractor transaction recovery fund? - ✔✔$400,000
✔✔How much is incorporated into the fund from contractors? - ✔✔$25
✔✔Pertaining to the soil and sediment control regulations, what are the civil penalties
for one violation? - ✔✔Not less than $100 nor more than $1000. Each day the violation
is found to have existed shall constitute a separate offense
✔✔What is a partnership? - ✔✔A partnership is a relationship between two or more
persons who join to carry on a trade or business
✔✔What are 4 key characteristics of partnerships - ✔✔Existence, financial
management, liability and taxes
✔✔Advantages of General Partnership - ✔✔-ease of formation
-direct profit rewards
-larger management base than that of a sole proprietorship
✔✔Disadvantages of Partnership - ✔✔Unlimited personal liability, multiple decision
makers, limited life of the business, changes of partners, dissolves after a death.
✔✔While not mandatory, partnerships statements may be filed with the SCC by
completing what form? - ✔✔Partnership authority form (UPA-93)
✔✔What form must you file for a Va limited partnership? - ✔✔Certificate of limited
partnership form (LPA 73-11)
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What two things are required for class B license renewal? - ✔✔Renewal application
and $225
✔✔What happens is the renewal application is received within 30 days of license
expiration? - ✔✔The licensee shall be required to reinstate the license
✔✔What two things are needed for a class B license reinstatement? -
✔✔Reinstatement application and $460
✔✔Licenses are issued to firms as defined in this chapter and are not what? -
✔✔Transferable
✔✔What happens to the original license if the business is dissolved or altered to form a
new business? - ✔✔License becomes void and must be returned to the board within 30
days
✔✔How many days do you have to report changes in the officers of a corporation,
managers of an LLC or officers/directors of an association? - ✔✔Within 120 days of the
change
✔✔Any change of a designated employee shall be reported on a form provided by the
board within how many days? - ✔✔45
✔✔Any change of a qualified individual shall be reported on a form provided by the
board within how many days? - ✔✔45
✔✔A licensee must operate under the "blank" in which the license is issued - ✔✔Name
✔✔How many days do you have to report a name change in writing to the board? -
✔✔30
✔✔The board shall not be what for the licensees failure to receive notices or
correspondence due to the licensee not having reported a change of address? -
✔✔Responsible
✔✔All complaints against contractors and residential building energy analyst firms may
be filed with who and when? - ✔✔DPOR at any time during normal business hours
✔✔What is "failure in any material way to comply with provisions of chapter 1 or chapter
11 of title 54.1" considered? - ✔✔Prohibited act
,✔✔What is "a finding of improper or dishonest conduct in the practice of contracting by
a court of competent jurisdiction or by the board" considered? - ✔✔Prohibited act
✔✔Failure of a contractor to maintain for a period of 5 years from the date of contract a
complete and legible copy of all documents pertaining to the contract is also a.. -
✔✔Prohibited act
✔✔Abandonment defined as the unjustified cessation of work under the contract for a
period of 30 days or more is considered a.. - ✔✔Prohibited act
✔✔Acting as or being an ostensible licensee for undisclosed persons who do or will
control/direct work directly or indirectly the operations of the licensees business is
considered a - ✔✔Prohibited act
✔✔IAW the Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act, how many days do you have to cancel
a contract which you have negotiated in your home? - ✔✔3 days
✔✔One story detached structures used as tool/storage sheds, playhouses or similar
uses provided it does not exceed 256 square feet and are not classified as a group F-1
or H occupancy are exempt from what? - ✔✔Application for permit
✔✔Installation of wiring and equipment that operates at less than how many volts are
exempt from application for permit? - ✔✔50 volts
✔✔What are the two exceptions to the exemption for permit application pertaining to
wiring that operates as less than 50 volts? - ✔✔Fire alarm system and fire detection
system
✔✔Wiring and equipment that operate at less than 50 volts are exempt from permit
application unless it's what? - ✔✔Fire suppression equipment and any such installations
located in a plenum, fire rated penetration or smoke protected construction.
✔✔Who determines how many sets of construction documents shall be submitted ? -
✔✔Locality
✔✔Construction document do not need to be submitted when the building official
determines what? - ✔✔The proposed work is minor in nature
✔✔The approval of construction documents shall be limited to only those items within
what? - ✔✔The scope of the USBC
, ✔✔What will be stamped on all required sets of construction documents? -
✔✔"Approved" or another equivalent endorsement in writing
✔✔The local building department shall not issue a building permit allowing a building to
be renovated or demolished if constructed before what date? - ✔✔January 1, 1985
✔✔Why was the contractor transaction recovery fund created? - ✔✔To provide some
sort of monetary assistance to homeowners that have suffered a reimbursable loss
resulting from dishonest or incompetent conduct of a licensed general contractor
✔✔Who is the contractor transaction recovery fund administered by? - ✔✔Virginia
board for contractors
✔✔How much are recovery amounts per claimant? - ✔✔$20,000
✔✔How much is the total payout from the fund per contractor? - ✔✔$40,000
✔✔Minimum balance for the contractor transaction recovery fund? - ✔✔$400,000
✔✔How much is incorporated into the fund from contractors? - ✔✔$25
✔✔Pertaining to the soil and sediment control regulations, what are the civil penalties
for one violation? - ✔✔Not less than $100 nor more than $1000. Each day the violation
is found to have existed shall constitute a separate offense
✔✔What is a partnership? - ✔✔A partnership is a relationship between two or more
persons who join to carry on a trade or business
✔✔What are 4 key characteristics of partnerships - ✔✔Existence, financial
management, liability and taxes
✔✔Advantages of General Partnership - ✔✔-ease of formation
-direct profit rewards
-larger management base than that of a sole proprietorship
✔✔Disadvantages of Partnership - ✔✔Unlimited personal liability, multiple decision
makers, limited life of the business, changes of partners, dissolves after a death.
✔✔While not mandatory, partnerships statements may be filed with the SCC by
completing what form? - ✔✔Partnership authority form (UPA-93)
✔✔What form must you file for a Va limited partnership? - ✔✔Certificate of limited
partnership form (LPA 73-11)
