What's on the Vermont Journeyman Electrician Exam (2023 NEC)
The nine content areas of Prov's Vermont Journeyman Electrician exam and how many of the 90 questions come from each, the references you can bring, Vermont's NEC amendments and the five Local Amendments questions.
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What's on the Vermont Journeyman Electrician Exam (2023 NEC)
Prov's Vermont Journeyman Electrician exam has 90 questions in 240 minutes, open book, and you need 70% (63 correct). Prov publishes the number of questions in each area, so you know where the points are.
The outline
| Content area | Questions |
|---|---|
| Wiring and Protection | 30 |
| Wiring Methods and Materials | 20 |
| Equipment for General Use | 15 |
| General Electrical Theory and Principles | 7 |
| Local Amendments (Vermont rules and statute) | 5 |
| Special Occupancies | 4 |
| Motors and Controls | 3 |
| Special Equipment | 3 |
| Special Conditions | 3 |
| Total | 90 |
Wiring and Protection is a third of the exam. That is NEC Chapter 2: branch circuits, feeders, load calculations, services, overcurrent protection, and grounding and bonding. Add Wiring Methods and Materials (Chapter 3) and more than half the exam sits in two chapters of the code.
The references
Prov's journeyman list:
- The 2023 NEC (open book)
- Ugly's Electrical References, 2020 (open book)
- The 2025 Vermont Electrical Safety Rules (open book; free from the Division of Fire Safety)
- 26 V.S.A. chapter 15, the electrician statute (study only, not allowed in the room)
- "NEC Notes, 2023, Hand Written Notes" (listed as open book; Prov's general rules bar handwritten notes in a book, so ask Prov what form is allowed)
Where the code questions come from
- Wiring and Protection: Articles 210, 215, 220, 225, 230, 240 and 250.
- Wiring Methods and Materials: Chapter 3: Article 300 general rules, conductors in Article 310, boxes in Article 314, and the raceway and cable articles.
- Equipment for General Use: Chapter 4: cords, receptacles and switches, panelboards, luminaires, appliances, heating and transformers.
- Motors and Controls: Articles 430 and 440, three questions.
- Theory: Ohm's law, power, voltage drop and similar calculations, with Ugly's as the formula book and NEC Chapter 9 tables.
- Special Occupancies, Equipment and Conditions: Chapters 5, 6 and 7, three or four questions each.
The Local Amendments questions
The five Local Amendments questions come from the 2025 Vermont Electrical Safety Rules and 26 V.S.A. chapter 15. Expect Vermont's changes to the NEC, what a journeyman may do and supervise, the exam and renewal rules, and when an Electrical Work Notice, an inspection or an energizing permit is needed. The rules are short and open book, so tab them.
Vermont's NEC amendments
Section 5 of the rules changes a handful of 2023 NEC provisions:
- Laundry GFCI: only receptacles within 6 feet of a washing machine or sink (210.8(A)(11)).
- Outdoor outlets: wells, sewer discharge pumps and hardwired EV chargers with integral GFCI are exempt (210.8(F)).
- AFCI: not required when existing conductors are extended only to hardwire smoke or CO alarms in an existing dwelling.
- Service disconnect: inside a building, no more than 10 feet of conductor from the point of entrance (230.70(A)(1)).
- NM cable: an exception to the 15-minute finish rating (334.10(3)) and the dropped-ceiling prohibition (334.12(A)(2)) deleted.
- Assembly occupancies: egress lighting added to 518.6.
Our code questions follow Vermont's version where it differs and stay off the national text of these rules.
Practice
Our Vermont Journeyman practice test follows this outline, and every answer cites the 2023 NEC section, Ugly's, or the Vermont rule or statute. For test-day logistics, see Vermont Journeyman exam day.
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