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Electrician examination content outlines
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General journeyman electrician - examination content outline
| Content area | # of Questions |
| Principles | 8 |
| Installations | 8 |
| Fundamentals | 8 |
| Services, feeders and branch circuits |
9 |
| Grounding and Bonding | 8 |
| Conductors and Cables | 9 |
| Low-voltage circuits and communications | 4 |
| Special occupancies | 2 |
| Special equipment | 3 |
| Motors | 8 |
| Power and conditioning equipment | 6 |
| Testing/testing equipment | 5 |
| Lighting | 8 |
| Raceways and boxes | 8 |
| Emergency systems | 3 |
| Fire detection and alarm systems | 3 |
| Total questions | 100 |
Residential journeyman electrician - examination content
outline
| Content Area | # of Questions |
| Principles | 6 |
| Installations | 6 |
| Fundamentals | 6 |
| Services, feeders and branch circuits | 8 |
| Grounding and bonding | 8 |
| Conductors and cables | 6 |
| Low-voltage systems | 4 |
| Special occupancies | 4 |
| Special equipment | 4 |
| Motors | 3 |
| Power and conditioning equipment | 4 |
| Testing/test equipment | 4 |
| Lighting | 6 |
| Raceways and boxes | 6 |
| Total questions | 75 |
Fire/life safety technician - content outline
| Content Area | # of Questions |
| Principles | 7 |
| Testing and certification of systems | 7 |
| Fundamentals | 7 |
| Fire detection and alarm systems | 8 |
| Grounding and bonding applications | 7 |
| Conductors and cables | 7 |
| Low-voltage circuits and equipment | 7 |
| Total questions | 50 |
Voice, data, video technician - content outline
| Content Area | Area Value |
| Preparation | 25% |
| Installation | 15% |
| Termination | 15% |
| Testing | 10% |
| Telecommunications | 6% |
| Security & access control systems | 8% |
| Sound systems | 6% |
| Audiovisual systems | 6% |
| Safety | 9% |
| Total questions | 50 |
Non-residential lighting technician - content outline
| Content Area | Area Value |
| Fundamentals | 26% |
| Troubleshooting | 13% |
| Lighting control | 13% |
| Lighting retrofit | 20% |
| Safety | 28% |
| Total questions | 50 |
February 2007