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Journeyman Electrician Exam Prep

The journeyman exam is an open-book navigation race over theory you must already own. This path builds in exam order: the theory the questions assume, then grounding and bonding, then the calculations that carry the marks, then code navigation, and finally the exam itself: what it tests, how to book it, and what your state requires.

73 steps

Goal credential: Journeyman Electrician License

The theory the exam assumes

  1. 1Voltage
  2. 2Current
  3. 3Resistance
  4. 4How Ohm's Law Works
  5. 5Electrical Power
  6. 6Series Circuits
  7. 7Parallel Circuits

Grounding and bonding, the exam's favorite subject

  1. 8Grounding vs Bonding
  2. 9What Earth Ground Actually Does
  3. 10The Effective Fault-Current Path
  4. 11Equipment Grounding
  5. 12System Grounding
  6. 13Equipment Grounding Conductors
  7. 14The Grounding Electrode System
  8. 15Grounding Electrode Conductor Sizing
  9. 16Main Bonding Jumper
  10. 17Bonding at Service Equipment
  11. 18Separately Derived Systems

Calculations, where the marks live

  1. 19Ampacity
  2. 20Conductor Sizing
  3. 21Voltage Drop Calculations
  4. 22Derating and Adjustment Factors
  5. 23Box Fill Calculations
  6. 24Conduit Fill Calculations
  7. 25Branch Circuit Calculations
  8. 26Demand Factors
  9. 27Residential Load Calculations

Wiring methods the exam pulls from

  1. 28Conductor Types and Insulation
  2. 29NM Cable
  3. 30MC and AC Cable
  4. 31Service-Entrance Cable
  5. 32EMT
  6. 33Rigid Metal Conduit and IMC
  7. 34PVC Conduit
  8. 35Flexible Raceways
  9. 36Raceway Supports and Securing
  10. 37Pull and Junction Box Sizing
  11. 38Boxes and Enclosures
  12. 39Receptacles
  13. 40Switches and Switching Circuits
  14. 41Terminations and Splices
  15. 42GFCI Protection
  16. 43AFCI Protection

Services and overcurrent protection

  1. 44Service Entrances
  2. 45Meters and Metering Equipment
  3. 46Panelboards and Load Centers
  4. 47Feeders
  5. 48Subpanels
  6. 49Overcurrent Protection Fundamentals
  7. 50Fuses
  8. 51Circuit Breakers
  9. 52Short-Circuit Current and AIC Ratings
  10. 53Selective Coordination
  11. 54Surge Protection

Motor circuits

  1. 55How Motors Work
  2. 56Single-Phase Motors
  3. 57How a Three-Phase Motor Works
  4. 58Motor Starting Methods
  5. 59Motor Current Calculations
  6. 60Motor OCPD and Conductor Sizing
  7. 61Motor Protection
  8. 62Motor Troubleshooting

Navigating the code book fast

  1. 63How the NEC Is Organized
  2. 64NEC Definitions That Decide Answers
  3. 65Reading NEC Tables
  4. 66Navigating the Ampacity Tables
  5. 67Code Cycles and State Adoption
  6. 68Finding Code Answers Fast

The exam itself

  1. 69The Journeyman Electrician License
  2. 70The Journeyman Exam: What It Tests and How
  3. 71Journeyman Requirements by State
  4. 72Texas Journeyman Electrician License
  5. 73Where to Take the Journeyman Exam