Mississippi Residential Electrician Exam Day: Scheduling, Books, Timing and Retakes

Mississippi Residential Electrician Exam Day: What to Expect

PSI gives the Mississippi State Board of Contractors' exams at its test centers. For the Residential Electrical classification you pass the Residential Electrician trade exam covered here and the separate Law and Business Management exam.

Scheduling

You can't book until the Board makes you eligible. PSI then emails you a confirmation. Check your spam folder.

• Register and schedule online at test-takers.psiexams.com/mscontlb, or by phone at (855) 557-0619 with a credit card.
• Each exam costs $120, or $240 for both exams together.
• PSI's Mississippi test center is in Jackson (2679 Crane Ridge Drive). You can also test at PSI centers in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport, Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile, or anywhere else PSI operates. No remote option is offered.
• To cancel or reschedule without losing the fee, reach PSI at least two days before your appointment, online or by phone. Voicemail does not count. PSI keeps a paid fee on file for a year.

What to bring

• Identification as PSI's bulletin specifies.
• Your reference books. The exam is open book on:
  • the 2020 NEC
  • the 2021 International Residential Code
  • Ugly's Electrical References (2017)
  • 29 CFR 1926 (or PSI's 1926 selections)

You may highlight, underline and index your books before the exam. Tabs must be permanent; Post-it notes must come out before the exam starts. You may not write in the books or bring loose or attached papers.

• A calculator that is silent, non-printing and non-programmable.

Arrive 30 minutes early to sign in. If you arrive late, you may be turned away and lose the fee.

During the exam

• 60 scored questions in 3 hours, on a computer.
• PSI may add a few unscored experimental questions (about 10%), and they count against your time.
• That is about 3 minutes a question, enough to look most answers up. Answer what you know first, then go back for the lookups.

Your score

You need 70%. Your score appears on screen as soon as you finish, and you can print the report from your PSI account.

Retakes

From the date the Board makes you eligible, you have 6 months to pass, with unlimited retakes, paying $120 each time. After 6 months, you reapply to the Board.

After you pass

When the Board has passing scores for both exams and a complete application, it reviews applications weekly on Fridays and issues approved licenses the following Wednesday. See Mississippi Residential Electrician requirements.

Get ready first

Start with our free Mississippi Residential Electrician practice test, then work the full 60-question practice exam under a 3-hour clock. What's on the exam lists every area.