Prometric testing

[Shockedby277v]

Earlier I had posted asking about the Indiana test, the test is in Indiana but is for licencing in Iowa. The examination for my journeyman's is being given by Prometric. From what I gather it is going to be a test given on a computer. What I do know is it will be electronically corrected and I was given a PIN number.

Anyone taken this test or one given by Prometric??? Any pointers would be good on what to study. When I took Michigan's test I had studied all the wrong material. Looking for some direction.

Thnx in advance.

 

[480sparky]

Test as soon as possible. Iowa is going to state-wide licensing, and having your license in-hand as of Jan. 1 will prevent a lot of problems.

Iowa Licensing

I found Tom Henry's books great for this, back when it was called the Block test. I cannot vouch for Mike's study guides as I didn't use them.

Others may chime in on Mikes' stuff, though.

 

[Shockedby277v]

My test is this Saturday. I did go to their website and it showed me what to study and actually out of 3 books, Mike's book on theory was one the test has been made from.

 

[bphgravity]

A liittle late in the game to be studying?

Concentrate on the Definitions in Article 100, review the Examples in Annex D, and hope for the best. Don't forget to use your index and table of contents by picking out the key words and phrases of the questions.

Time management is your best friend when taking these exams.

 

[Shockedby277v]

There is 11 of us taking this test in our company. We were asked about 3 weeks ago and I was working in Florida at the time, so my study material was at home. Not so much late in the game but last minute. Luckily, I have this week off to concentrate on it. I'm pretty confident but that's how I felt when I took Michigan's test and afterwards I felt I failed but somehow pulled it off.
I been studying my Mike Holt material and hopefully I do well.

Do you guys know the test I'm talking about?? I am still trying to find out what the renewal fees are yearly. Any info on that would great too.

 

[480sparky]

Here's a couple 'tricks' they used when I took the test.

1. There will be 3-4 questions about a similar situation. Let's say they're concentrating on Rigid Metallic Conduit. You'll get several questions in a row about it.

What is the minimum bend radius of 2" Rigid Metallic Conduit?
Which of the following locations is Rigid Metallic Conduit not allowed?
Rigid Metallic Conduit shall beclearly and durably marked every ___ feet.
What is the maximum distance between supports for 1" Rigid Nonmetallic Conduit?

Now, if you weren't paying close attention, you would get that last question wrong. Go back a look closer if you didn't catch it.

2. I remember well the last two calculation questions. The first showed a diagram of a feeder with 3 motors tapped off it.... a 3-ph 5hp, a 3-ph 10hp, and a 3-ph 20hp motor. Calculate the minimum feeder size. (I don't remember the actual sizes, I'm just using these numbers for this example...)
The next page had the same diagram, but added 21kW of lighting to the feeder. So you think it's easy.... just add 25% to 21000, go back so far in your calculations, plug the number in and refigure, right? What you didn't see was the 3-ph motor on the second diagram is single-phase, not 3-phase. THAT is enough to change the wire size.....

And the one question that everyone got on their test when I took it is:
You are wiring a 5,000 sq. ft. custom home, and the owner wants to add 19 more receptacles throughout the house. What is the effect on the service? The answer is zero. Not 180va per recep, not 180va per strap, not 180va anything.

Other tricks:
If you cannot locate an answer in the codebook, move on.... don't spend too much time dwelling on one question. The clock is ticking. If you have time at the end, come back to it. If you are simply and totally stumped, it's multiple guess and you've got a 25% chance of getting it right. You may also stumble across the answer while searching for another question.

With calculation questions, look at the examples in the back.... sometimes you may get lucky and your question is identical to an example. It may be the same question, but the numbers are different. Punch in your numbers in the example, and you've saved a ton of time.

 

[mthead]

Prometric testing

Everything the others have mentioned applies.
You brought up the fact that it is being given on a computer.Don't let that bother you-it is still a multiple choice test.
Read the instructions on the screen before you start-your time doesn't begin until you say you're ready.
You will see that you have an option to mark questions that you aren't sure of so that you may come back and check them once you 've completed the entire test-
This is where moving along through the test and answering the questions you are sure of first is most important.
It is a statistical fact that odds are in your favor on a multiple choice test that your first answer will be correct-even if you aren't sure of it--so you go thru the test answering all the questions as reasonably as you can- you mark the ones you feel you weren't sure of or that may even have been a total guess for you and the computer will, upon completion bring up these marked questions for you to review and if you want to change your answer.
Very often thru the course of the test a later question and its answer may make an earlier question that was stumping you seem suddenly very simple.