What's on the New Hampshire Master Electrician Exam (2020 NEC)

What's on the New Hampshire Master Electrician Exam (2020 NEC)

Prov's Master Electrician 2020 exam for New Hampshire has 126 questions in 300 minutes, open book, and you need 70%. The code areas match the journeyman exam almost exactly. The difference is the state law: 25 questions, about a fifth of the exam.

The outline

The references

Prov's master list, all open book:

• The 2020 NEC
• Ugly's Electrical References, 2020
• The American Electricians' Handbook, 17th edition
• RSA 319-C and the Board's rules Elec 100-400 (you may print your own copies)
• New Hampshire's AFCI amendment (HB 85)

The 25 Administrative questions

The law questions cover the whole of RSA 319-C and all four chapters of the Board's rules:

• RSA 319-C: definitions of master, journeyman and apprentice; who is exempt (RSA 319-C:3); apprentice supervision ratios (319-C:2-a); licensing qualifications (319-C:7); exams (319-C:8); corporations and partnerships (319-C:10); continuing education (319-C:6-c); violations and the homeowner exception (319-C:15).
• Elec 100-200: the Board's make-up, quorum, meetings, records, committees, and how to ask the Board to waive a rule. These are on the master list only.
• Elec 300: application and approval for each license type, qualifications (including the 2,000 journeyman hours a master needs), the exam rules and the 70% passing grade.
• Elec 400: two-year renewal, lapsed licenses and the coursework each lapse length requires, the 15-hour code-update course, change of name or responsible master, supervision, and discipline.
• AFCI: state law bars enforcing AFCI rules beyond the 2014 NEC (RSA 155-A:2, XI) and sets out when a repeatedly tripping AFCI may be replaced (RSA 155-A:3-c).

The code questions

Motors and Generators (19) plus Control Devices (5) put Article 430 at the center again, with Articles 440 and 445. Services draw on Articles 230 and 250, Feeders on 215, 220 and 225, and Wiring Methods on Chapter 3. New Hampshire amends some 2020 NEC rules; Prov's list names the national code, so our practice questions stay off those sections.

Practice

Our New Hampshire Master practice test follows this outline, with every answer cited to the 2020 NEC or the New Hampshire statute or rule. For test-day logistics, see New Hampshire Master exam day.