Wyoming Low-Voltage Alarm Technician Exam Day: ICC at Pearson VUE, Your Books, and Pacing 90 Minutes

Wyoming Low-Voltage Alarm Technician Exam Day: What to Expect

ICC gives the Wyoming Low-Voltage Alarm Technician exam (235) at Pearson VUE test centers. The fee is $115. Here is what the day looks like.

Before you go

• Read ICC's Wyoming candidate bulletin for the current ID, arrival and rescheduling rules before you book.
• Use the 2023 NEC. It is the edition the exam is written on. If you studied on a 2020 or earlier book, Class 1, 2 and 3 circuits were all in Article 725; the 2023 NEC split them across Articles 722, 724 and 725. See what is on the exam.

Open book: your references

The exam is open book with:

• NFPA 70, 2023 edition (the NEC),
• Ugly's Electrical Reference,
• Ferm's Fast Finder Index,
• Tom Henry's Key Word Index, and
• the NEC Handbook.

Being allowed the books does not mean you have time to read them. Know where Articles 722, 724, 725 and 760 sit in the NEC, and use an index to get there faster, not to learn the layout on the day.

The questions

There are 30 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour 30 minutes.

Pacing

That is 3 minutes per question.

• Answer the ones you know quickly and bank the time for lookups.
• Do not let one long lookup eat ten minutes. Make your best choice and move on.
• Answer every question.
• Check the clock at the halfway mark: about 15 done at 45 minutes.

Scoring and after

You need 70% to pass. If you do not pass, you must wait 10 days before you can retest.

Before you go

Sit a full-length practice exam first. Our free practice test gives you 10 questions on the 2023 NEC, and the full exam prep has a timed 30-question practice exam weighted like the ICC outline, with every answer citing its NEC section. For eligibility and the NICET route, see Wyoming Low-Voltage Alarm Technician requirements.