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Mississippi Contractor Licensing Board
PO Box 320279
2679 Crane Ridge Drive, Suite C
Jackson, MS 39232
Phone: (601) 354-6161
Licensing Web Page

Exam Administrator

PSI Licensure : Certification
3210 E. Tropicana
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone: (800) 733-9267
Candidate Information Web Page

Exam Type

OPEN BOOK

Exam Content

Subject Areas	# of Questions
Paving - Asphalt	19
Piles	3
Excavation and Grading	11
Concrete Paving	7
Safety	5
Mississippi One Call	3
Traffic Control	2
Concrete	5
Metals	5

Total Number of Test Questions:	60
Time Allowed (hours):	2.0
Passing Percentage:	70%

The state of Mississippi also requires that you take and pass a written Law and Business Management exam for this trade.

Part of this exam requires knowledge of business management principles. We offer those study materials on a separate Mississippi Law and Business Management web page.

Books Allowed in the Exam

1.	Hot-Mix Asphalt Paving Handbook (MAPH-2), 2nd edition, 2000, AASHTO.
2.	Pipe and Excavation Contracting, 1987, Dave Roberts.
3.	Code of Federal Regulations, 29 CFR Part 1926, 2008 - OR - Selections by PSI, 2008, GPO.
4.	Mississippi Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 1990, Mississippi Department of Transportation.
5.	Mississippi Regulation of Excavation, Chapter 13 Regulation of Excavations Near Underground Utility Facilities.
6.	Placing Reinforcing Bars, Recommended Practices, 8th Edition, 2005, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute.
7.	Instructional Manual for Training and Certification of Steel Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning, April 1999, Post Tensioning Institute.
8.	Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 14th Edition, 2002, Steven H. Kosmatka, William C. Panarese.
9.	Formwork for Concrete (SP-4), 7th Edition, 2005, M.K. Hurd, American Concrete Institute.

Recommended Study Materials

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