WECA- General Electrician - Sample Certification Exam





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General Electrician - Sample Certification Exam

Instructions
Welcome! The sample exam you are about to take is designed for the experienced journeyman electrician with at least 8,000 field hours.

California’s General Electrician Certification Exam is 100 questions and you have 4 hours to complete it. This sample exam is only 10 questions, so we recommend you take only 2.4 minutes per question.

To try and simulate the State exam, allow yourself only 24 minutes to answer the following ten questions!

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1. Switches, or other equipment operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less, and serving only equipment within a transformer enclosure shall be permitted to be installed in the transformer enclosure if accessible to ____ only.
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A. access area

B. low-voltage equipment

C. authorized persons

D. qualified persons

2. Electrical nonmetallic tubing is not permitted in places of assembly, unless it is encased in at least _____ of concrete.
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A. 1 inch

B. 2 inches

C. 3 inches

D. 4 inches

3. For the purposes of determining the placement of receptacles in a dwelling-unit kitchen, a(n) _____ countertop is measured from the connecting edge.
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A. island

B. usable

C. peninsular

D. cooking

4. Flexible metal conduit shall be permitted for grounding if the length in any ground return path does not exceed 6 feet and an overcurrent protection device that does not exceed _____ ampere protects the circuit conductors.
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A. 15

B. 20

C. 30

D. 60

5. Flexible cords shall not be used as a substitute for _____ wiring.
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A. temporary

B. fixed

C. overhead

D. underground

6. A 14 AWG conductor counts as ___ cubic inch capacity within an outlet box when determining fill.
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A. 1.5

B. 2

C. 2.25

D. 2.5

7. "Overload" is the condition where current is greater than the equipment ampacity rating resulting in equipment damage due to dangerous overheating (Article 100). Overload protection devices, are intended to protect the _____ from dangerous overheating.
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A. motor

B. motor-control apparatus

C. branch circuit conductors

D. all of the above

8. A one horsepower, automatically started motor with a nameplate service factor (SF) rating of 1.15 or more must have a separate overload protection device sized at no more than ___ percent of the motor nameplate current rating.
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A. 100%

B. 115%

C. 125%

D. 135%

9. The 'take back' when measuring a 90 degree bend in 3/4" EMT is ____
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A. 4 Inches

B. 5 Inches

C. 6 Inches

D. 9 Inches

10. Where nonmetallic-sheathed cable is installed through punched or factory-made holes in metal studs or metal framing members, ___ must be installed before the cable is installed.
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A. grommets

B. bushings

C. plates

D. grommets OR bushings

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