JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Where exceptions are not to be considered, service conductors installed as open
conductors shall have a clearance of NOT less than _____ from windows that are
designed to be opened, porches, doors or balconies. - ✔✔3 feet
✔✔When terminating conductor sizes 14 AWG through 1 AWG on circuit breakers, the
conductors shall be considered to have a temperature rating of ______, unless the
circuit breakers are listed and marked otherwise. - ✔✔60C
✔✔Standard trade size 2 in. rigid Schedule 40 polyvinyl chloride conduit (PVC), shall be
supported at LEAST every _____. - ✔✔5 feet
✔✔For an ac system operating at less than 1000 volts, a main bonding jumper shall
connect the grounded conductor(s) to _____. - ✔✔each service disconnecting means
enclosure
✔✔In industrial establishments, where sizes 1/0 AWG through 4/0 AWG single
conductor cables are installed in ladder type cable tray, the MAXIMUM allowable rung
spacing for the cable tray shall be _____ . - ✔✔9 inches
✔✔A single-gang, 1 in. deep, Type FS box is permitted to house no more than _____
size 12 AWG conductors. - ✔✔six
✔✔In general, which of the following receptacle outlets in a commercial kitchen are
required by the NEC® to be GFCI protected? - ✔✔All 125-volt, 15- or 20-ampere
receptacles.
, ✔✔What is the MINIMUM size copper SE cable with type THHW insulation that may be
used as ungrounded (phase) service-entrance conductors for a 150-ampere rated,
120/240-volt, single-phase residential service? - ✔✔1 AWG
✔✔Branch-circuit conductors supplying more than one motor shall have an ampacity of
at LEAST_____ of the full-load current rating of the highest rated motor in the group,
and 100 percent of the full-load current rating of the other motor(s) in the group. -
✔✔125 percent
✔✔What is the MINIMUM size equipment grounding conductor required for a 5 hp, 3-
phase, 208-volt motor having 20-ampere rated overload protection and branch-circuit,
short-circuit and ground-fault protection rated 30-amperes? - ✔✔10 AWG
✔✔Where a circuit breaker serves as the controller for a motor, and the motor is not in
sight of the breaker, the NEC® requires which of the following? - ✔✔The circuit breaker
is to be capable of being locked in the open position.
✔✔Where a single-phase, 240-volt air-conditioning unit has a full-load current rating of
35 amperes marked on the nameplate, what is the MINIMUM size 75C copper
conductors required to supply the air-conditioning unit? - ✔✔8 AWG
✔✔Where an ac electrical service is supplied with four (4) parallel sets of size 500 kcmil
aluminum ungrounded conductors, what is the MINIMUM size copper grounding
electrode conductor required when connected to the concrete encased reinforcing
building steel? - ✔✔3/0 AWG
✔✔Where exposed Type NM cable passes through a floor, the cable shall be enclosed
in an approved conduit extending at LEAST _____ above the floor. - ✔✔6 inches
✔✔When installing wiring for sensitive electronic equipment, the MAXIMUM voltage to
ground is required to be _____ . - ✔✔60 volts
✔✔In a health care facility, a patient bed location in a critical care area is required to
have which of the following? - ✔✔Fourteen single receptacles or seven duplex
receptacles.
✔✔When intermediate metal conduit (IMC) is threaded in the field, a standard cutting
die with a _____ taper per foot shall be used. - ✔✔3/4 in.
✔✔Electrically heated floors in bathrooms, kitchens, and in hydromassage bathtub
locations shall be _____. - ✔✔GFCI protected
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Where exceptions are not to be considered, service conductors installed as open
conductors shall have a clearance of NOT less than _____ from windows that are
designed to be opened, porches, doors or balconies. - ✔✔3 feet
✔✔When terminating conductor sizes 14 AWG through 1 AWG on circuit breakers, the
conductors shall be considered to have a temperature rating of ______, unless the
circuit breakers are listed and marked otherwise. - ✔✔60C
✔✔Standard trade size 2 in. rigid Schedule 40 polyvinyl chloride conduit (PVC), shall be
supported at LEAST every _____. - ✔✔5 feet
✔✔For an ac system operating at less than 1000 volts, a main bonding jumper shall
connect the grounded conductor(s) to _____. - ✔✔each service disconnecting means
enclosure
✔✔In industrial establishments, where sizes 1/0 AWG through 4/0 AWG single
conductor cables are installed in ladder type cable tray, the MAXIMUM allowable rung
spacing for the cable tray shall be _____ . - ✔✔9 inches
✔✔A single-gang, 1 in. deep, Type FS box is permitted to house no more than _____
size 12 AWG conductors. - ✔✔six
✔✔In general, which of the following receptacle outlets in a commercial kitchen are
required by the NEC® to be GFCI protected? - ✔✔All 125-volt, 15- or 20-ampere
receptacles.
, ✔✔What is the MINIMUM size copper SE cable with type THHW insulation that may be
used as ungrounded (phase) service-entrance conductors for a 150-ampere rated,
120/240-volt, single-phase residential service? - ✔✔1 AWG
✔✔Branch-circuit conductors supplying more than one motor shall have an ampacity of
at LEAST_____ of the full-load current rating of the highest rated motor in the group,
and 100 percent of the full-load current rating of the other motor(s) in the group. -
✔✔125 percent
✔✔What is the MINIMUM size equipment grounding conductor required for a 5 hp, 3-
phase, 208-volt motor having 20-ampere rated overload protection and branch-circuit,
short-circuit and ground-fault protection rated 30-amperes? - ✔✔10 AWG
✔✔Where a circuit breaker serves as the controller for a motor, and the motor is not in
sight of the breaker, the NEC® requires which of the following? - ✔✔The circuit breaker
is to be capable of being locked in the open position.
✔✔Where a single-phase, 240-volt air-conditioning unit has a full-load current rating of
35 amperes marked on the nameplate, what is the MINIMUM size 75C copper
conductors required to supply the air-conditioning unit? - ✔✔8 AWG
✔✔Where an ac electrical service is supplied with four (4) parallel sets of size 500 kcmil
aluminum ungrounded conductors, what is the MINIMUM size copper grounding
electrode conductor required when connected to the concrete encased reinforcing
building steel? - ✔✔3/0 AWG
✔✔Where exposed Type NM cable passes through a floor, the cable shall be enclosed
in an approved conduit extending at LEAST _____ above the floor. - ✔✔6 inches
✔✔When installing wiring for sensitive electronic equipment, the MAXIMUM voltage to
ground is required to be _____ . - ✔✔60 volts
✔✔In a health care facility, a patient bed location in a critical care area is required to
have which of the following? - ✔✔Fourteen single receptacles or seven duplex
receptacles.
✔✔When intermediate metal conduit (IMC) is threaded in the field, a standard cutting
die with a _____ taper per foot shall be used. - ✔✔3/4 in.
✔✔Electrically heated floors in bathrooms, kitchens, and in hydromassage bathtub
locations shall be _____. - ✔✔GFCI protected
