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RBQ administration exam

The administration exam covers financial management, management, the construction labour-relations regime and legislation. It lasts 3 hours and the pass mark is 60%.

Updated September 27, 2026

Official name: Examination of knowledge in administration

Official duration
3 h
From the RBQ’s information sheet.
Pass mark
60%
RBQ sheets and instructions page.
RBQ fee per attempt
$105.27
2026 fee, not refundable.
RBQexam practice form
56 questions
Our practice format. The RBQ does not publish a question count.
Competency profile
4 modules, 24 elements
Profile dated May 16, 2025.
Language
French or English
For English: English titles on the convocation notice, or tell the RBQ 7 days before.

Who must take this exam

  • General contractor: must pass it.
  • Specialized contractor: must pass it.
  • General owner-builder: does not take it.
  • Specialized owner-builder: does not take it.
  • Possible exemption (s. 20): you completed a recognized training program in this field, or you acted as guarantor in this field in the previous 5 years.

Good to know about this exam

  • According to the March 2025 sheet, these are handed out: the Building Act, the R-20 Act, regulation B-1.1, r. 9 (printed under its old number, r. 1.01) and regulations R-20, r. 8 and R-20, r. 5.
  • The Civil Code, the Act respecting labour standards, the Québec sales tax Act and the LMRSST are recommended only: you will not have them in the room.
  • Module 3 covers the R-20 Act, its regulations and the sector collective agreements. Regulations R-20, r. 6.1 and R-20, r. 11 are recommended only.

Modules and elements

The elements of the RBQ competency profile, grouped by module. "Documents provided" means the texts the element relies on are handed out in the exam room.

Module 1: Financial management

  1. 1.Read a company's financial statements
  2. 2.Bookkeeping basics and forecast budgets
  3. 3.Receivables, payables, credit and sales-tax remittances
  4. 4.Payroll, deductions, expense allowances and representation costs
  5. 5.File reports and remittances with control bodies
  6. 6.Compare forecast budgets with actual results
  7. 7.Judge financial health with profitability, solvency, management ratios

Module 2: Management

  1. 8.Management principles, PODC cycle and business environment
  2. 9.Business plan contents, users and use as indicators
  3. 10.Plan structure and activities for each business function
  4. 11.Organize people, money and equipment toward objectives
  5. 12.Lead staff and work to meet schedules
  6. 13.Monitor resources and activities, then adjust

Module 3: Construction labour-relations regime

  1. 14.Construction labour-relations Act and the CCQ's roleDocuments provided
  2. 15.Training rules: apprentice ratios and trade task scopesDocuments provided
  3. 16.Competency certificate classes and issuing rulesDocuments provided
  4. 17.Hiring priority, worker mobility and CCQ referral service
  5. 18.Employer register, monthly reports and inspection duties
  6. 19.Apply sector collective agreement rules on work and pay

Module 4: Legislation and regulation

  1. 20.Three legal business forms and their consequences
  2. 21.Building Act, licence types and licence updatesDocuments provided
  3. 22.Civil Code rules for construction contracts and liability
  4. 23.Licence limits and effect of convictions on the licence
  5. 24.Employer duty to keep a healthy, inclusive workplace

Element titles are our own paraphrases, not the wording of the RBQ profile.

Documents provided and recommended

According to the RBQ information sheet (Mise à jour mars 2025). Personal notes are not allowed in the exam room.

Handed out in the exam room

Recommended only (not handed out)

RBQ information sheet (Mise à jour mars 2025), PDF in French (opens in a new tab)

Fees, retakes and validity

  • Each attempt costs $105.27 per person (2026 fee). Exam fees are not refunded.
  • After a failure, you get one retake, requested within 30 days of the notice you receive, with payment. Since March 1, 2026, failing or missing the retake means a 4-month wait.
  • Missing the exam counts as failing it. No postponement is accepted except for a serious reason.
  • A passed exam stays valid for 5 years (s. 17).

What a corrected question looks like

An original question, corrected the way our practice exams are. This example is from the Safety management exam.

Safety management · Prevention program

Open book
Question 7 of 20

You are the principal contractor on a site where 12 construction workers will be present at the same time. What must you do before work starts?

  • Nothing: there is no obligation below 20 workers
  • Send a prevention program to the CNESSTYour answer
  • Have a site-specific prevention program drawn up, jointly with the employersCorrect answer
  • Apply the Regulation respecting the prevention program (S-2.1, r. 10)

Explanation

From 10 workers expected at the same time, section 198 requires a site-specific prevention program, drawn up jointly with the employers. Sending it to the Commission (s. 200) applies only from 20 workers. S-2.1, r. 10 was repealed on October 1, 2025.

Source: LSST, ss. 198 and 200

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Sample questions for the Administration exam

Prepare for the Administration exam

Start with the free diagnostic: it shows your weak spots, module by module. Module 1 is part of the free level.

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