A design-build proposal includes a fire sprinkler system classified as C-16 work. What must the Class B contractor do to contract for that work?
Correct Answer
D) Hold the C-16 specialty license or subcontract with an appropriately licensed C-16 contractor.
B&P Code Section 7057 requires the general building contractor to hold the C-16 specialty license or subcontract with the properly licensed specialty contractor for fire protection work.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
B&P Code Section 7057 requires the general building contractor to hold the C-16 specialty license or subcontract with the properly licensed specialty contractor for fire protection work.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Self-perform it under Class B authority because sprinklers are inside the building.
Self-perform it under Class B authority because sprinklers are inside the building. may relate to another site control, but it does not remove or guard the specialty work in class b contracts exposure being tested.
Option B: Let the owner buy the sprinkler materials and have labor install them informally.
Let the owner buy the sprinkler materials and have labor install them informally. may relate to another site control, but it does not remove or guard the specialty work in class b contracts exposure being tested.
Option C: Treat the work as allowed under the existing license where a design-build proposal includes a fire sprinkler system classified as C-16 work, without confirming the CSLB classification.
Treat the work as allowed under the existing license where a design-build proposal includes a fire sprinkler system classified as C-16 work, without confirming the CSLB classification. may relate to another site control, but it does not remove or guard the specialty work in class b contracts exposure being tested.
Memory Technique
Name the harm before the guard; self-perform, authority, sprinklers cannot stand in for Preparing Bid.
Reference Hint
Study anchor (closed-book): memorize Specialty work in Class B contracts from CSLB Class B classification; CSLB 2026 Law Book / Business and Professions Code Section 7057; Section 7026.12; know the rule or calculation trigger without relying on exam-room lookup.
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