BUILDERS LICENSE ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Board members must meet annually (minimum)
Answer: two times
◉ Board members: 4 licensed as residential builders; 2 licensed as
maintenance and alterations contractors; 1 registered building
inspector; 2 general public
Answer: Nine
◉ To renew license without retaking builder's exam
Answer: 3 years
◉ Time allotted for department to acknowledge receipt of complaint
to complainant
Answer: 15 days
◉ Time allotted to respond to a formal complaint
Answer: 15 days
,◉ Time allotted to board to determine penalties after an
administrative hearing
Answer: 60 days
◉ Time allotted to a person to request that a limitation be removed
after they receive such notice
Answer: 30 days
◉ To submit financial records once the board notifies the licensed
person
Answer: 30 days
◉ To notify the department of change in name or address of licensed
person
Answer: 30 days
◉ Time allotted to licensed person notifying them of an investigative
conference
Answer: 10 days
◉ Time allotted for a residential builder to return sales person's
license and for sales person to return I.D. card by certified mail
,Answer: 5 days
◉ Penalties for engaging in the practice or residential building
without a license: First offense
Answer: Not less than $5,000.00 and not more than $25,000.000
and/or one year
◉ Penalties for engaging in the practice or residential building
without a license: Second offense
Answer: Not less than $5,000.00 and not more thar $25,000.00
and/or two years
◉ In case of death or serious injury: duration or renewed builders
license as of June 2008
Answer: 3 years
◉ In case of death or serious injury: To repay the construction lien
fund in order to avoid suspension of license
Answer: 90 days
◉ In case of death or serious injury: To file a complaint
Answer: 18 months
, ◉ In case of death or serious injury: To notify the department of a
change in control or direction of a business
Answer: 10 days
◉ board
Answer: in each article which deals with a specific occupation, the
agency created in that article composed principally of members of
the regulated occupation. In all other contexts, board means each
agency created under this act.
◉ "Director"
Answer: the director of the department of commerce or an
authorized representative of the director of the department of
commerce
◉ censure
Answer: an expression of disapproval of a licensee's or registrant's
professional conduct, which conduct is not necessarily a violation of
this act or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act.
◉ competence
Answer: a degree of expertise which enables a person to engage in
an occupation at a level which meets or exceeds minimal standards
of acceptable practice for the occupation.
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Board members must meet annually (minimum)
Answer: two times
◉ Board members: 4 licensed as residential builders; 2 licensed as
maintenance and alterations contractors; 1 registered building
inspector; 2 general public
Answer: Nine
◉ To renew license without retaking builder's exam
Answer: 3 years
◉ Time allotted for department to acknowledge receipt of complaint
to complainant
Answer: 15 days
◉ Time allotted to respond to a formal complaint
Answer: 15 days
,◉ Time allotted to board to determine penalties after an
administrative hearing
Answer: 60 days
◉ Time allotted to a person to request that a limitation be removed
after they receive such notice
Answer: 30 days
◉ To submit financial records once the board notifies the licensed
person
Answer: 30 days
◉ To notify the department of change in name or address of licensed
person
Answer: 30 days
◉ Time allotted to licensed person notifying them of an investigative
conference
Answer: 10 days
◉ Time allotted for a residential builder to return sales person's
license and for sales person to return I.D. card by certified mail
,Answer: 5 days
◉ Penalties for engaging in the practice or residential building
without a license: First offense
Answer: Not less than $5,000.00 and not more than $25,000.000
and/or one year
◉ Penalties for engaging in the practice or residential building
without a license: Second offense
Answer: Not less than $5,000.00 and not more thar $25,000.00
and/or two years
◉ In case of death or serious injury: duration or renewed builders
license as of June 2008
Answer: 3 years
◉ In case of death or serious injury: To repay the construction lien
fund in order to avoid suspension of license
Answer: 90 days
◉ In case of death or serious injury: To file a complaint
Answer: 18 months
, ◉ In case of death or serious injury: To notify the department of a
change in control or direction of a business
Answer: 10 days
◉ board
Answer: in each article which deals with a specific occupation, the
agency created in that article composed principally of members of
the regulated occupation. In all other contexts, board means each
agency created under this act.
◉ "Director"
Answer: the director of the department of commerce or an
authorized representative of the director of the department of
commerce
◉ censure
Answer: an expression of disapproval of a licensee's or registrant's
professional conduct, which conduct is not necessarily a violation of
this act or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act.
◉ competence
Answer: a degree of expertise which enables a person to engage in
an occupation at a level which meets or exceeds minimal standards
of acceptable practice for the occupation.
