Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor Exam Prep

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Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor exam at a glance

The Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor exam has 100 questions and a time limit of 4 hours. That works out to about 2.4 minutes per question. Figures are from the official candidate bulletin, checked October 8, 2026.

Questions100
Time4 hours

Confirm question count, time, open-book rules, and passing score on the live board bulletin before you sit. We do not guarantee a passing result. Source: PSI AZ combined general commercial outline, B-1x.pdf, revised 5/31/24, checked October 8, 2026. How we source exam facts

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What’s included

19,000+ word study guide

Worked calculations, code-section breakdowns, exam traps, a key-terms glossary and a 30/60/90-day plan.

4 full-length practice exams

Original questions weighted to match the topic mix of the real exam.

400 practice questions

Every one with a written explanation and the code section behind the answer.

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What this prep covers

  1. About the Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor license
  2. How Arizona licensing works
  3. How the building code and your reference books are organized
  4. Project management, scheduling, and estimating
  5. Sitework, foundations, and concrete
  6. Framing, structure, and the envelope
  7. Means of egress, fire and life safety, and accessibility
  8. Business, law, and safety
  9. Insurance, bonding, and financial management
  10. Worked calculations
  11. Sample exam questions, solved
  12. Common mistakes and exam traps
  13. Key references and tables to tab
  14. Glossary of must-know terms
  15. Your 30 / 60 / 90 day study plan
  16. Exam-day strategy

Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor licensing, explained

About the Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor license

Arizona licenses contractors through the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) under ARS Title 32, Chapter 10. The B-1 General Commercial Contractor authorizes commercial and certain industrial/heavy building work. A general contractor enters into the prime contract, pulls the building permit, and is responsible for the whole project — scheduling and coordinating the subcontractors and trades, means and methods, jobsite safety, and delivering work that passes inspection and meets the contract.

In Arizona a contractor license is required when the contract for labor and materials exceeds $1,000, or when a building permit is required regardless of the contract amount; small jobs at or under that handyman threshold (and not requiring a permit) are exempt. Your technical exam is built on building codes and standards as adopted by Arizona/local jurisdictions (the IBC governs commercial work; confirm the edition and the full reference list on the PSI bulletin). Know these scope facts cold: the license is held by the entity through a qualifying party; most work requires a permit and inspections at defined milestones (footing, foundation, framing, rough trades, insulation, final); you must work within the classification and monetary limits you hold; and unlicensed or out-of-scope contracting is a violation that can void contracts, forfeit the right to sue for or collect payment (ARS 32-1153), and carry penalties.

How Arizona licensing works

  • Experience: the qualifying party must document at least four years of trade experience (within the last ten years) running or supervising construction in the classification; technical training can substitute for part of it.
  • License bond: Arizona requires a contractor's license bond sized to your license class and estimated annual volume (commonly $5,000 up to $100,000 for commercial general classes, scaled to your anticipated annual gross volume — confirm current amounts with the ROC), plus general-liability and, if you have employees, workers' compensation insurance.
  • Recovery fund: Arizona's Residential Contractors' Recovery Fund (ARS 32-1132) protects only owner-occupants of residential property (up to $30,000 per residence); it does not cover commercial work, subcontractors, suppliers, or laborers — a frequently tested point.
  • Application: submit the application, fees, experience and qualifying-party documents, the bond, and entity documents before you are approved to test.
  • Exams: the trade exam is administered by PSI — for B-1 you may elect either the AZ ROC General Commercial exam or the NASCLA Accredited Commercial General Building exam. You must also pass the separate Statutes and Rules Exam (SRE), an online Arizona statutes-and-rules training course and exam administered through the ROC (not PSI). Passing score is 70 percent on each; the B-1 ROC trade exam is 100 questions / 240 minutes, open book — confirm current cut scores, counts, and time limits on the PSI bulletin.
  • Renewal: licenses renew on a biennial (two-year) cycle and require keeping the bond and insurance current.

This is the opening of the full study guide. The complete guide continues into code navigation, worked calculations and solved exam questions.

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Common questions about this exam

How many questions are on the Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor exam?

The Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor exam has 100 questions and a time limit of 4 hours, about 2.4 minutes per question. Check the current board bulletin before you book.

How much practice does this prep include?

It includes 4 full-length practice exams and 400 practice questions in total. Every question has a written explanation naming the code section the answer comes from.

How long is the study guide?

The Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor guide runs to roughly 19,124 words in 16 sections, starting with “About the Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor license” and ending with “Exam-day strategy”.

How long do I get access?

Choose 30, 60 or 90 days at checkout. Your days do not start at checkout: they begin the first time you open the course (or 14 days after purchase, whichever comes first). Access works on any device, and you can retake every practice exam as often as you like. Days remaining are shown in your dashboard and you can extend at any time.

Is this an official Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor exam?

No. This is independent preparation material. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any state licensing board or exam vendor, and it does not contain real exam questions. Always confirm current requirements with your licensing board.

About this prep

This prep is built specifically for the Arizona B-1 General Commercial Contractor examination and includes a 19,000+-word study guide written for this exam, 4 full-length practice exams and 400 practice questions, each with a written explanation.

How access works

You are paying for access length (30, 60, or 90 days). The study guide and four timed exams are the same on every term. Your days start the first time you open the course, not at checkout (or 14 days after purchase, whichever comes first), and access works on any device for that term.

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