NEC ILLUSTRATED GUIDE EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Summary chapter 2 - ANS • Conductors within junction boxes must be accessible without
damaging the construction or finish of the build- ing or structure.
Summary chapter 2 - ANS • Certain equipment, such as the service disconnecting means,
must be readily accessible.
Summary chapter 2 - ANS • The term appliance denotes more than just kitchen equipment.
Summary chapter 2 - ANS Branch circuits are divided into four categories: appliance, general
purpose, individual, and multiwire.
Summary chapter 2 - ANS General purpose branch circuits may feed lights and receptacles or
any combination thereof
Summary chapter 2 - ANS An individual branch circuit feeds only one piece of equipment
Summary chapter 2 - ANS The terms bonded and grounded are not interchangeable
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,Summary chapter 2 - ANS A multiwire branch circuit must have a means to simultaneously
disconnect all ungrounded (hot) conductors
Summary chapter 2 - ANS A load having the maximum level of current sustained for three
hours or more is a continuous load
Summary chapter 2 - ANS Equipment is a general term encompassing a wide variety of items
Summary chapter 2 - ANS A grounded conductor and a grounding conductor have different
functions
Summary chapter 2 - ANS A grounded conductor is not necessarily a neutral conductor
Summary chapter 2 - ANS One duplex receptacle is not defined as a single receptacle
Summary chapter 2 - ANS Special permission is the written consent of the AHJ
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Limitations apply to the size and number of conductors permitted
in boxes (junction, pull, etc) and conduit bodies
Summary chapter 3 - ANS One step (yoke) counts as two of the largest conductors connected
to the device
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Nonmetallic boxes may list the maximum number of conductors
permitted in the box, but that number must be reduced if switches, receptacles, etc are
installed in the box
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Plaster rings, raised covers, extension rings, etc can provide
additional cubic inch capacity to boxes
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, Summary chapter 3 - ANS Conduit bodies can contain splices, taps, or devices if the conduit
body is durably and legibly marked by the manufacturer with the volume
Summary chapter 3 - ANS The minimum length of free conductor is 6 inches is measured
from the point in the box where it emerges from its raceway or cable sheath
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Except as permitted in 250.112(1) all metal boxes shall be
grounded and bonded in accordance with parts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 of article 250 as applicable
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Boxes and conduit bodies must remain accessible
Summary chapter 3 - ANS In suspended ceilings, boxes can be secured by support wires that
are installed in addition to the ceiling grid support wires
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Where boxes enclose 4 AWG and larger conductors that are
required to be insulated, different calculations methods apply to straight pulls than to angle
pulls.
Summary chapter 3 - ANS There is a minimum distance required between raceways enclosing
the same conductors (4 awg and larger) within a pull or junction box
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Conduit bodies may not allow the same size and number of
conductors as is permitted in the conduit ( or tubing) that enters the conduit body
Summary chapter 4 - ANS When installed, cables must be protected from the possibility of
physical damage
Summary chapter 4 - ANS Conductors must be installed at least 1 1/4 inch from the nearest
edge of the framing member, unless a steel plate (at least 1/16 inch think) has been installed to
protect the conductors
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2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
Summary chapter 2 - ANS • Conductors within junction boxes must be accessible without
damaging the construction or finish of the build- ing or structure.
Summary chapter 2 - ANS • Certain equipment, such as the service disconnecting means,
must be readily accessible.
Summary chapter 2 - ANS • The term appliance denotes more than just kitchen equipment.
Summary chapter 2 - ANS Branch circuits are divided into four categories: appliance, general
purpose, individual, and multiwire.
Summary chapter 2 - ANS General purpose branch circuits may feed lights and receptacles or
any combination thereof
Summary chapter 2 - ANS An individual branch circuit feeds only one piece of equipment
Summary chapter 2 - ANS The terms bonded and grounded are not interchangeable
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Summary chapter 2 - ANS A multiwire branch circuit must have a means to simultaneously
disconnect all ungrounded (hot) conductors
Summary chapter 2 - ANS A load having the maximum level of current sustained for three
hours or more is a continuous load
Summary chapter 2 - ANS Equipment is a general term encompassing a wide variety of items
Summary chapter 2 - ANS A grounded conductor and a grounding conductor have different
functions
Summary chapter 2 - ANS A grounded conductor is not necessarily a neutral conductor
Summary chapter 2 - ANS One duplex receptacle is not defined as a single receptacle
Summary chapter 2 - ANS Special permission is the written consent of the AHJ
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Limitations apply to the size and number of conductors permitted
in boxes (junction, pull, etc) and conduit bodies
Summary chapter 3 - ANS One step (yoke) counts as two of the largest conductors connected
to the device
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Nonmetallic boxes may list the maximum number of conductors
permitted in the box, but that number must be reduced if switches, receptacles, etc are
installed in the box
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Plaster rings, raised covers, extension rings, etc can provide
additional cubic inch capacity to boxes
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Summary chapter 3 - ANS Conduit bodies can contain splices, taps, or devices if the conduit
body is durably and legibly marked by the manufacturer with the volume
Summary chapter 3 - ANS The minimum length of free conductor is 6 inches is measured
from the point in the box where it emerges from its raceway or cable sheath
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Except as permitted in 250.112(1) all metal boxes shall be
grounded and bonded in accordance with parts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 of article 250 as applicable
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Boxes and conduit bodies must remain accessible
Summary chapter 3 - ANS In suspended ceilings, boxes can be secured by support wires that
are installed in addition to the ceiling grid support wires
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Where boxes enclose 4 AWG and larger conductors that are
required to be insulated, different calculations methods apply to straight pulls than to angle
pulls.
Summary chapter 3 - ANS There is a minimum distance required between raceways enclosing
the same conductors (4 awg and larger) within a pull or junction box
Summary chapter 3 - ANS Conduit bodies may not allow the same size and number of
conductors as is permitted in the conduit ( or tubing) that enters the conduit body
Summary chapter 4 - ANS When installed, cables must be protected from the possibility of
physical damage
Summary chapter 4 - ANS Conductors must be installed at least 1 1/4 inch from the nearest
edge of the framing member, unless a steel plate (at least 1/16 inch think) has been installed to
protect the conductors
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
