What's on the New Hampshire Journeyman Electrician Exam (2020 NEC)
The 12 content areas of Prov's New Hampshire Journeyman Electrician 2020 exam and how many of the 110 questions come from each, the references you can bring, and how to study the 9 state-law questions.
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What's on the New Hampshire Journeyman Electrician Exam (2020 NEC)
Prov's Journeyman Electrician 2020 exam for New Hampshire has 110 questions in 270 minutes, open book, and you need 70%. Prov publishes the number of questions in each area, so you know exactly where the points are.
The outline
| Content area | Questions |
|---|---|
| General Electrical Knowledge | 22 |
| Motors and Generators | 19 |
| Wiring Methods and Materials | 14 |
| Services and Service Equipment | 12 |
| Equipment for General Use | 9 |
| Administrative (New Hampshire laws and rules) | 9 |
| Feeders | 8 |
| Branch Circuits and Conductors | 6 |
| Control Devices | 5 |
| Special Conditions | 2 |
| Special Equipment | 2 |
| Special Occupancies | 2 |
| Total | 110 |
Two areas stand out. Motors and Generators (19) plus Control Devices (5) put almost a quarter of the exam on NEC Articles 430, 440 and 445. General Electrical Knowledge (22) leans on practical installation work and theory: the Board's own rule describes half of the exam as questions on practical electrical installations, drawn from the American Electricians' Handbook (Elec 305.01).
The references
Everything on Prov's journeyman list is open book:
- The 2020 NEC, with the 2023 NEC also listed
- Ugly's Electrical References, 2020
- The American Electricians' Handbook, 17th edition
- RSA 319-C and the Board's rules Elec 300-400 (you may print your own copies)
- New Hampshire's AFCI amendment documents
Where the code questions come from
- Motors and Generators / Control Devices: Article 430 (motor full-load current tables, branch-circuit and feeder protection, overloads, controllers and disconnects), Article 440 for air conditioning and Article 445 for generators.
- Services: Article 230 and grounding and bonding in Article 250.
- Feeders and branch circuits: Articles 210, 215, 220, 225, 240 and 310.
- Wiring Methods and Materials: Chapter 3: raceways, cables, boxes and conduit fill.
- Equipment for General Use: the rest of Chapter 4: cords, switches, receptacles, panelboards, luminaires, appliances, heating and transformers.
- Special Occupancies, Equipment and Conditions: Chapters 5, 6 and 7, two questions each.
The Administrative questions
The nine Administrative questions come from RSA 319-C and Elec 300-400: who must be licensed and who is exempt, apprentice supervision ratios, the hours and schooling for each license, renewal and lapsed licenses, the 15-hour code-update course, change-of-address and supervision duties, and discipline. These are short documents, and nine questions is more than most single NEC areas, so they are worth an evening.
A note on New Hampshire's amendments
New Hampshire amends some 2020 NEC rules (GFCI locations, surge protection, AFCI and a few others). Prov's list names the national code, so our practice questions stay off the amended sections rather than guess which version a question wants.
Practice
Our New Hampshire Journeyman practice test follows this outline, and every answer cites the 2020 NEC section or the New Hampshire statute or rule. For test-day logistics, see New Hampshire Journeyman exam day.
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