North Carolina Highway Contractor Exam Prep

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North Carolina Highway Contractor exam at a glance

The North Carolina Highway Contractor exam has 90 questions and a time limit of 4 hours 25 minutes. That works out to about 2.9 minutes per question. This North Carolina license also requires the state’s separate Business & Law exam. Figures are from the official candidate bulletin.

Questions90
Time4 hours 25 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: PSI bulletin 454, copyright 2025, updated November 19, 2025; nclbgc.org. How we source exam facts

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What’s included

21,000+ 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.

360 practice questions

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

Same study guide and four exams on every term. You are choosing how long you can log in.

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What this prep covers

  1. What you may carry in, and what stays outside
  2. The license this classification hangs on
  3. Asphalt paving, the twelve-question block
  4. Concrete paving, three questions that are still arithmetic
  5. Excavation and grading, eight questions
  6. Piles, concrete, and the steel in it
  7. Safety and traffic control
  8. One Call, erosion, and the water that leaves the job
  9. Tunneling, eight questions without the tunnel monograph
  10. Railroad construction, eight questions
  11. Marine construction and the coast
  12. Sports fields and the other paved surfaces
  13. Bridges, culverts, guardrail, and the roadside
  14. Business, licensing, and the single lien question
  15. Equipment production, with the book that is actually allowed
  16. More paving and earthwork scenes the twelve and the eight will use
  17. How the blocks share a single job
  18. What to tab, and how to spend the 265 minutes
  19. Reading a pay item before you touch a calculator
  20. Base, subgrade, and the pavement that sits on them
  21. Structures you build beside the pavement
  22. Concrete details that are not the paving block
  23. Traffic control as a setup you could draw
  24. Airfield, sports, and the surfaces that are not a state road
  25. Railroad and marine, a second pass through the eight and the six
  26. The outline as a checklist the night before
  27. Ancillary utilities, signs, and the winter shutdown
  28. Acceptance, warranties, and the last measurement
  29. A last set of rehearsals that are not the cards
  30. Quantities a highway estimate actually measures
  31. Steel, piles, and the numbers the plan prints
  32. Density, station equations, and production
  33. Railroad, marine, sports fields, and the coast
  34. The day you sit, and the mistakes that are not arithmetic

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Common questions about this exam

How many questions are on the North Carolina Highway Contractor exam?

The North Carolina Highway Contractor exam has 90 questions and a time limit of 4 hours 25 minutes, about 2.9 minutes per question. Check the current board bulletin before you book.

Do I also need the Business & Law exam in North Carolina?

Yes. This North Carolina license also requires the state’s separate Business & Law exam. That exam has 40 questions, 1 hour 30 minutes. North Carolina Business & Law prep is 75% off when you add it to this classification for the same term.

How much practice does this prep include?

It includes 4 full-length practice exams and 360 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 North Carolina Highway Contractor guide runs to roughly 21,946 words in 34 sections, starting with “What you may carry in, and what stays outside” and ending with “The day you sit, and the mistakes that are not arithmetic”.

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 North Carolina Highway 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 North Carolina Highway Contractor examination and includes a 21,000+-word study guide written for this exam, 4 full-length practice exams and 360 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.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by any state licensing board or exam vendor. For exam-preparation purposes only.