Journeyman Electrician Exam
A journeyman electrician licence in the United States is issued by a state (or in some states a city or county) licensing board, and many boards require a written exam on the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) before the licence is granted. Licensing requirements, exam formats and NEC editions vary by jurisdiction. As one published example, the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board's PSI bulletin (effective 11 September 2026) sets the Unlimited Electrical Journeyman exam at 100 scored items in 240 minutes, 70% correct to pass, open book on the 2023 NEC (as revised and adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission) and 29 CFR Part 1926, over 13 content areas from services, feeders and branch circuits to grounding and bonding, motors and transformers and construction safety. Check your own board's candidate bulletin for the edition, the number of questions, the time and the reference books allowed.
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Journeyman Electrician Practice Test Questions 2026: Worked Examples
Two worked journeyman electrician practice questions on the 2023 NEC, a calculation and a code lookup, plus the formulas and code tables our questions use. Our own questions.
Journeyman Electrician Exam 2026: Format, Code Book and How to Pass
How a state journeyman electrician exam works, using a published PSI outline: 100 questions in 240 minutes, the 13 content areas, the open-book NEC rules and a study plan.
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- 21 min
Study: National Electrical Code (NFPA 70)
- 6 min
Review what you missed. Write down the reason behind each correction.
- 3 min
Close your notes and recall the main ideas in your own words.
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