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TEXAS MASTER SIGN ELECTRICIAN EXAMINATION
COMPLETE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR||NEWEST
EXAM!!
for over 1,000 volts, what shall be installed where a
building or structure has a combination of feeders, branch
circuits, or services passing - Answer-permanent plaque
When sizing a feeder, the appliance loads in dwelling units
can apply a demand factor of 75% of nameplate rating for
- Answer-four or more appliances fastened in place on the
same feeder
what is the maximum size overcurrent protection, in
amperes, allowed for a feeder installed in a 4-foot piece of
1-inch, liquid tight flexible material, where used as an
equipment grounding conductor? - Answer-60
what is the minimum size equipment grounding
conductors for a feeder with a 50 ampere overcurrent
protection device? - Answer-10 awg
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an individual who has skills and knowledge related to the
construction and operation of electrical equipment and
installations is a - Answer-qualified person
an electrical heater has a resistance of 20 ohms and
draws 6 amps. what is the circuit voltage? - Answer-120
the service conductors between the terminals of the
service equipment and a point usually outside the building,
clear of building walls, where service drop are called -
Answer-service entrance conductors
The load of a 1/2 hp motor in a rotating sign shall be
calculated at - Answer-125%
Short circuit protection and ground fault protection for
motors is based on (i.e. Breaker/fuses) - Answer-the table
ampacity
Branch circuit conductors(wire) that supply a single motor
used in a continuous duty application shall have an
ampacity of NOT less than what percentage full-load
current rating? FLC=Tables - Answer-125%
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What is the minimum cover requirement for a 15-amp 120
volt GFCI protected circuit being installed in direct burial
cable under the driveway (residential dwelling) - Answer-
12 inches
Where the switch or circuit breaker is NOT within sight of
an appliance rated over 300 volts amps, the disconnecting
means shall be capable of being - Answer-lockable
The equipment requires a single phase, 240 volt circuit
breaker installed in series with the underground
conductors is under protection. The circuit breaker shall
have either an identified handle tie or must be - Answer-2
pole breaker
Photovoltaic source branch circuit overcurrent devices
shall be accessible but NOT required to be - Answer-
readily accessible 690.9(d)pg627
Provided all applicable conditions are met, a single 16awg
conductor can be used on continuous loads that do NOT
exceed - Answer-8 amperes (240.4(D)(2)pg 95)
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An enclosure or device constructed so that moisture will
NOT enter the enclosure or device under specified test
conditions referred to as - Answer-watertight (see Art 100
def pg 35)
That portion of a wiring system extending beyond the final
overcurrent device is called the: - Answer-branch circuit
The final sum of the computed loads, based on the
minimum code requirements, is the - Answer-Calculated
load
As compared to #10, a #8 wire of the same Iength has
less: - Answer-Resistance
One circular mil is the area of a circle whose diameter is: -
Answer-0.001 inch
A round bus-bar one inch in diameter, has a circular mil
area of: - Answer-1,000,000 cm
A copper wire with twice the diameter of another wire has
a current carrying capacity: - Answer-four times as great
TEXAS MASTER SIGN ELECTRICIAN EXAMINATION
COMPLETE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR||NEWEST
EXAM!!
for over 1,000 volts, what shall be installed where a
building or structure has a combination of feeders, branch
circuits, or services passing - Answer-permanent plaque
When sizing a feeder, the appliance loads in dwelling units
can apply a demand factor of 75% of nameplate rating for
- Answer-four or more appliances fastened in place on the
same feeder
what is the maximum size overcurrent protection, in
amperes, allowed for a feeder installed in a 4-foot piece of
1-inch, liquid tight flexible material, where used as an
equipment grounding conductor? - Answer-60
what is the minimum size equipment grounding
conductors for a feeder with a 50 ampere overcurrent
protection device? - Answer-10 awg
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an individual who has skills and knowledge related to the
construction and operation of electrical equipment and
installations is a - Answer-qualified person
an electrical heater has a resistance of 20 ohms and
draws 6 amps. what is the circuit voltage? - Answer-120
the service conductors between the terminals of the
service equipment and a point usually outside the building,
clear of building walls, where service drop are called -
Answer-service entrance conductors
The load of a 1/2 hp motor in a rotating sign shall be
calculated at - Answer-125%
Short circuit protection and ground fault protection for
motors is based on (i.e. Breaker/fuses) - Answer-the table
ampacity
Branch circuit conductors(wire) that supply a single motor
used in a continuous duty application shall have an
ampacity of NOT less than what percentage full-load
current rating? FLC=Tables - Answer-125%
,3|Page
What is the minimum cover requirement for a 15-amp 120
volt GFCI protected circuit being installed in direct burial
cable under the driveway (residential dwelling) - Answer-
12 inches
Where the switch or circuit breaker is NOT within sight of
an appliance rated over 300 volts amps, the disconnecting
means shall be capable of being - Answer-lockable
The equipment requires a single phase, 240 volt circuit
breaker installed in series with the underground
conductors is under protection. The circuit breaker shall
have either an identified handle tie or must be - Answer-2
pole breaker
Photovoltaic source branch circuit overcurrent devices
shall be accessible but NOT required to be - Answer-
readily accessible 690.9(d)pg627
Provided all applicable conditions are met, a single 16awg
conductor can be used on continuous loads that do NOT
exceed - Answer-8 amperes (240.4(D)(2)pg 95)
, 4|Page
An enclosure or device constructed so that moisture will
NOT enter the enclosure or device under specified test
conditions referred to as - Answer-watertight (see Art 100
def pg 35)
That portion of a wiring system extending beyond the final
overcurrent device is called the: - Answer-branch circuit
The final sum of the computed loads, based on the
minimum code requirements, is the - Answer-Calculated
load
As compared to #10, a #8 wire of the same Iength has
less: - Answer-Resistance
One circular mil is the area of a circle whose diameter is: -
Answer-0.001 inch
A round bus-bar one inch in diameter, has a circular mil
area of: - Answer-1,000,000 cm
A copper wire with twice the diameter of another wire has
a current carrying capacity: - Answer-four times as great
