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Tennessee Contractor License Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the Tennessee Contractor Licenseexam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.

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50questions
140 mintime limit
37 of 50 (73%)to pass
17content areas

Business Organization & Licensing

10% of the exam
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  • Sole Proprietorship and Partnership
  • Corporation and LLC — Limited Liability
  • Licensing and Operating Principles

Estimating & Bidding

14% of the exam
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  • Building an Estimate: Direct and Indirect Costs
  • Markup vs. Margin — Don't Confuse Them
  • Quantity Math and Unit Conversions
  • Types of Bids and Contracts

Contracts & Contract Law

14% of the exam
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  • Elements of a Valid Contract
  • Key Clauses: Scope, Price, Schedule, and Damages
  • Changes: Change Orders
  • Breach, Remedies, and Payment Security

Project Management & Scheduling

12% of the exam
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  • The Critical Path Method (CPM)
  • Float, Slack, and Resource Leveling
  • Gantt Charts and Progress Tracking
  • Coordination Documents: Submittals and RFIs

Financial Management & Accounting

12% of the exam
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  • Financial Statements and Key Ratios
  • Cash Flow and Retainage
  • Cash vs. Accrual and Revenue Recognition
  • Job Costing and Overhead Recovery

Safety & OSHA

14% of the exam
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  • The Employer's Duty and OSHA Basics
  • The Hierarchy of Controls
  • Fall Protection — the 6-Foot Rule
  • Excavations, PPE, and Hazard Communication

Employment & Labor Law

12% of the exam
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  • Employee vs. Independent Contractor
  • Wage and Hour Law (FLSA)
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Hiring Paperwork and Anti-Discrimination

Building Codes & Permits

12% of the exam
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  • Purpose and Source of Building Codes
  • Permits and the Inspection Process
  • Certificate of Occupancy
  • Codes vs. Zoning

Tennessee Estimating & Bidding

14% of the exam
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  • Markup versus margin
  • The bid-law disclosure
  • The quantity takeoff

Tennessee Business Organization & Financial Statements

14% of the exam
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  • The required financial statement
  • Net worth
  • Working capital

Tennessee Project Management, Liens & Retainage

12% of the exam
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  • The mechanics' and materialmen's lien
  • Retainage capped at 5% and held in escrow
  • Critical path and float

Tennessee Contracts & Documents

12% of the exam
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  • Change orders
  • The AIA general conditions

Tennessee Contractor Licensing & Monetary Limits

10% of the exam
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  • The Board and the licensing thresholds
  • The monetary limit
  • Classifications and the trade exam

Tennessee Taxes

10% of the exam
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  • No income tax on wages
  • Sales and use tax on materials

Tennessee Labor & Hiring

10% of the exam
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  • Workers' compensation in construction
  • Forms I-9 and W-4

Tennessee Jobsite Safety

10% of the exam
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  • TOSHA
  • Reporting serious incidents

Tennessee Risk Management, Bonds & Insurance

8% of the exam
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  • The payment bond
  • Builder's risk insurance

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