Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor Exam Prep

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Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor exam at a glance

The Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor exam has 130 questions and a time limit of 7 hours 30 minutes. That works out to about 3.5 minutes per question. Figures are from the official candidate bulletin, checked October 8, 2026.

Questions130
Time7 hours 30 minutes

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: myfloridalicense.com, checked October 8, 2026. How we source exam facts

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What’s included

18,000+ 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.

520 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 Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor license
  2. How Florida licensing works
  3. HVAC fundamentals the exam assumes
  4. The refrigeration cycle
  5. Load calculations (Manual J and the code)
  6. Duct design (Manual D) and air distribution
  7. Combustion, venting, and combustion air
  8. Gas piping and oil
  9. Refrigerant handling and EPA Section 608
  10. Ventilation, IAQ, and controls
  11. Energy code, efficiency, and commissioning
  12. Worked calculations
  13. Sample exam questions, solved
  14. Common mistakes and exam traps
  15. Key codes and tables to tab
  16. Glossary of must-know terms
  17. Your 30 / 60 / 90 day study plan
  18. Exam-day strategy
  19. 3 SEER2 Minimum (Southeast Region)

Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor licensing, explained

About the Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor license

Florida licenses mechanical (HVAC/R) tradespeople through the Department of Business and Professional Regulation's Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB). The Certified Air Conditioning Contractor license authorizes you to contract for heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration work statewide. You earn it by meeting the statutory experience-and-education requirement and passing the trade and business exams.

The code books this Air A list lets you carry are the Florida Building Code, Mechanical, 2023, and the Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, 2023. The Mechanical volume is Florida’s ICC-based book, not the Uniform Mechanical Code. The Florida Building Code, Fuel Gas, is not on this reference list. Do not plan to look up a fuel-gas table in the room. EPA Section 608 is still tested as refrigerant law. It is not a seventh code book on the desk.

Know these scope facts cold: the license is held by the individual; most work requires a permit and inspection (rough-in and final); you must work within the classification you hold; and unlicensed or out-of-scope work is a violation that can cost the license and carry penalties. The mechanical code exists to deliver safe combustion and venting, adequate ventilation, and safe refrigeration — the exam keeps returning to those safety purposes.

How Florida licensing works

  • Experience and education (F.S. 489.111): at least four years of active, verifiable experience in the trade at the level of a skilled worker or foreman — or a combination of at least one year of foreman-level experience plus up to three years of credit for accredited college-level coursework.
  • Certified vs. registered: this course is the state-certified Class A trade exam. Class B is a different paper. Section 489.105 limits Class B to 25 tons of cooling and 500,000 Btu of heating in any one system. A registered license is local and is not this exam.
  • EPA certification: handling refrigerant requires federal EPA Section 608 certification (Type I, II, III, or Universal) — separate from the state license but required before you can legally open a refrigerant circuit.
  • Financial responsibility and insurance: the application requires a satisfactory personal credit report, proof of general liability insurance, and a criminal background check.
  • Application: submit the application, fees, and proof of experience to the DBPR through its testing administrator, Professional Testing, Inc., before you are approved to sit.
  • Exam: administered by Pearson VUE as an open-book, computer-based test. You must pass Business and Finance (120 scored questions, 6.5 hours) and this Class A trade exam (130 scored questions, 7.5 hours). Class B trade is the other line: 80 scored questions, 5 hours. The July 2024 booklet sets the construction passing score at 70 percent, and it does not round the percentage up.
  • Renewal: certified licenses renew every two years (expiring August 31 of even-numbered years) and require 14 hours of continuing education per cycle (16 hours in Miami-Dade County), including required hours on Florida Building Code updates, workers' compensation, and business practices.

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Common questions about this exam

How many questions are on the Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor exam?

The Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor exam has 130 questions and a time limit of 7 hours 30 minutes, about 3.5 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 520 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 Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor guide runs to roughly 18,707 words in 19 sections, starting with “About the Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor license” and ending with “3 SEER2 Minimum (Southeast Region)”.

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 Florida Certified Air Conditioning 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 Florida Certified Air Conditioning Contractor examination and includes a 18,000+-word study guide written for this exam, 4 full-length practice exams and 520 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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