Upcoming nec exam

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So I have my exam on Tuesday and I'm pretty excited and nervous. I wanted to see if anyone had any pointers out there. I have been taking many practice exams and have been doing pretty decent but I'm still very unsure. One problem I have is on many of the questions I know what chapter but I end up having to scan the articles to find exactly what I'm looking for. I work with people who don't really want others to succeed so I have had no help there.
 
At the beginning of many articles there is a diagram that explains what each section pertains to. For example, article 250 Part Vii is for Methods of equipment grounding. This is found in Figure 250.1. That will eliminate some of the looking around
 
Take a break on the hour, I use to last about 45 minutes myself, walk away from it.

Do not walk away from a problem that is not solved!

Don't think about anything electric, do something else for a time and come back to it.

Good Luck!

Eating nuts helps brain activity!
 
Welcome to the forum and good luck. I am not sure about California but here in NC Calculations and Grounding seem to be the one area that gets most people.
 
Dennis Alwon said:
Welcome to the forum and good luck. I am not sure about California but here in NC Calculations and Grounding seem to be the one area that gets most people.
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Wonder why ! Both Chapters are so simple and straight forward :D:D
 
If it is a timed test don't spend to much time on the hard ? Answer the easy ones first go back to the hard ones.
 
Trust yourself. If you are pretty sure of an answer right off it's probably right. Don't waste time looking up answers you know.

Like previously stated,the easy ones count just like the hard ones. Do them first and go back to the tough stuff.

I always used the NEC Handbook....pictures are great! And don't forget the examples in the back...may help with the math... (my weak spot)

Good luck!
 
Can you use your own codebook? If so IMO the spiral bound is the best for test taking because it will lay flat and stay open on whatever page you're looking at (binder version works well too). If permitted, highlighting and tabs help to speed you along if time is a factor.

As others have suggested go through the questions and answer the easy ones and the ones that may require only 15-20 seconds to look up, like from a table, first. For example if the question asked for a GEC size you should be able to find that very quickly and then that easy question is out of the way.

If they give you scratch paper note any questions that you weren't 100% sure of, this way if you still have time at the end you can revisit them, if you run out of time well at least you had already answered the question and you won't be leaving it blank.

Most of all relax and Good Luck! :cool:
 
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