A Class B contractor subcontracts electrical work to a properly licensed C-10 subcontractor as part of a multi-trade building project. What is the licensing result?
Correct Answer
D) Using a properly licensed C-10 subcontractor is an appropriate way to cover that specialty scope.
A Class B contractor can include specialty work in an appropriate project by using properly licensed specialty subcontractors.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
A Class B contractor can include specialty work in an appropriate project by using properly licensed specialty subcontractors.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: The prime must also hold C-10 to subcontract any electrical work.
The prime must also hold C-10 to subcontract any electrical work. may relate to another site control, but it does not remove or guard the subcontractor licensing exposure being tested.
Option B: The electrical subcontract is barred because Class B projects cannot include electrical work, even though the specialty work is handled by a licensed C-10 subcontractor.
The electrical subcontract is barred because Class B projects cannot include electrical work, even though the specialty work is handled by a licensed C-10 subcontractor. may relate to another site control, but it does not remove or guard the subcontractor licensing exposure being tested.
Option C: The owner must apply for the C-10 license instead.
The owner must apply for the C-10 license instead. may relate to another site control, but it does not remove or guard the subcontractor licensing exposure being tested.
Memory Technique
Name the harm before the guard; prime, also, hold cannot stand in for Assembling Subcontract.
Reference Hint
Study anchor (closed-book): memorize Subcontractor licensing from CSLB 2026 Law Book; California Business and Professions Code; CSLB. / Business and Professions Code Section 7057; specialty subcontracting; know the rule or calculation trigger without relying on exam-room lookup.
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