Journeyman electrician practice test: free electrician exam questions

Practise for a US journeyman electrician license exam with original questions on the principles every state tests: electrical theory and Ohm's law, voltage drop, power and transformer calculations, grounding and bonding, GFCI and AFCI, conductors and raceways, motors and transformers, electrical safety and how the NEC is organised. Start with 5 free questions, then take two timed tests of 60 questions at the pace of Minnesota's exam, with an explanation for every answer and your score per area. Code look-ups in the NEC tables and your state's own rules are not included.

• 5 free questions
• 2 timed tests, 120 questions
• Every calculation explained
• Score in 7 areas
• Practice certificate PDF

How many questions are on the journeyman electrician exam?

There is no single national journeyman electrician exam. Each state (and in some states the city) sets its own license exam, often through a testing vendor such as PSI or Prometric, so the number of questions, the time, the parts and the NEC edition depend on where you apply. Three examples from official sources:

Texas lists the number of questions, the time and the fee for each portion in the PSI candidate bulletin linked from the TDLR exam page.

Sources: Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, electrical license examination guide; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, electrician examination page; Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electricians, candidate information bulletin effective 2/1/2024. Checked 28 October 2026. Always read the bulletin of your own state before you book.

Is the journeyman electrician test open book?

In the three states above, yes: Texas and Massachusetts call their exams open book, and Minnesota provides the NEC during the exam. Minnesota's guide adds that most questions are meant to be answered without looking anything up, and Minnesota provides the code book itself, while in Texas you bring your own soft-bound copy (no loose-leaf, spiral or ring binding). The code book helps with tables and exact rules, but you lose time on every look-up, so the theory, the math and the structure of the code need to be quick from memory.

That is what MyLevel trains. Each 60-question test is split into seven areas:

This split is MyLevel's own, not an official weighting.

What you practise on MyLevel

Every MyLevel question is an original practice question with one correct answer, three wrong ones and a short explanation of why. All calculations (Ohm's law, series and parallel resistance, voltage drop, three-phase power, kVA to amperes, transformer ratios, synchronous speed, efficiency) were re-solved by script. The questions test principles; they do not ask you to look up NEC table values, so they apply whichever code edition your state uses. The two full tests have 60 questions in 4 hours 7 minutes each: MyLevel's own length at the pace of Minnesota's exam (80 questions in 5.5 hours, about 4 minutes per question). After each test you see your score per area, so you know what to study next.

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How to pass the journeyman electrician exam

• Find your exam first: the vendor, the number of questions, the time, the parts, the NEC edition and which books you may bring are in your state's candidate bulletin. Experience hours and other requirements are set by the state board.
• Get fast at the formulas: E = I x R, P = E x I, three-phase power with 1.732, kVA to amperes, percent voltage drop. On a timed exam the math should not need thinking time.
• Know the definitions apart: grounding versus bonding, grounded conductor versus equipment grounding conductor, overload versus short circuit, GFCI versus AFCI, raceway versus cable.
• Learn the layout of the code: Chapters 1 to 4 apply generally, 5 to 7 cover special occupancies, equipment and conditions, Chapter 9 holds tables, and the index gets you to the right section fastest.
• Train under time: take a full MyLevel test, read the explanation of every miss, study your weakest area and retake. Aim for 70% or more in every area, and 80% for a safe margin.

MyLevel is independent and not affiliated with, or endorsed by, NFPA (publisher of the NEC, NFPA 70 and NFPA 70E), PSI, Prometric, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, the Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electricians or any other state licensing board. All questions are original practice questions written by MyLevel on general electrical principles, not real exam questions, and do not cover NEC table look-ups or state rules. A practice score is not a state exam result or a license.

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