One Prov exam of 60 questions in 3 hours, open book, and you need 70%. General knowledge of the trade and calculations is the largest area at 9 questions, followed by services, feeders and overcurrent protection and by raceways and enclosures at 8 each.

The 2023 NEC. Prov's bulletin lists NFPA 70, 2023 edition, as the only reference for every Arkansas electrician exam. That is not the code Arkansas enforces: the Board's rules adopted the 2020 NEC before and now adopt the 2026 edition. Prov has not announced a date to move the exams, so every question here is keyed to the 2023 NEC.

Yes. The NEC is the only listed reference. Prov allows older and newer editions in the room, but the answers are keyed to 2023. Permanent tabs, highlighting and underlining are allowed; movable tabs, Post-its, handwritten notes, formula sheets and added indexes such as Tom Henry or Kelly are not.

No. None of the four Arkansas outlines has a law or rules area, and no statute or rule book is on the reference list. Every question is on the NEC, safety, theory or calculations.

Prov, at its test centers in Arkansas or anywhere in the US, or remotely through Examroom.ai. The exam fee is $80, and you need 70%. If you fail, you can retest after 2 days, with no limit on attempts during your 183-day approval. The Board may require a candidate who did not complete an apprenticeship to finish up to two years of one before retesting.

Every year: $25 for a journeyman or residential journeyman license, $50 for a master or residential master. You need 8 hours of Board-approved continuing education each NEC code cycle, completed in the first year of the cycle.

Either a completed four-year USDOL-approved electrical construction apprenticeship, or 8 years (16,000 hours) of electrical construction experience, counted at no more than 2,000 hours a year. You apply to the Board first; Prov schedules you once the Board approves you. The license fee is $25.

Arkansas has journeyman reciprocal agreements with 17 states: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming (Wyoming only for a USDOL apprenticeship with at least 576 classroom hours). Only an original license qualifies; a license you got by reciprocity cannot be reciprocated again.