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I think one other factor you have to consider is that most of the people like myself who took the test thus far in Dec or Jan have been studying for a long time waiting to take the exam with two exams being cancelled. A higher percentage of examinees were extremely prepared or even...

Sorry, that was supposed to be page 26. It’s essentially the same formula @Dothrackimentioned in the last post. 

The formula you actually want to use is the first formula of page 25 of the handbook, which has the “initial flux in lumens” as a variable.  Since they do not give you a LLF, that is 1.0. “# of Luminaires” and “lamps/luminaire” can be assumed as 1.0, since the problem does not give you any of...

Subtractive polarity 600-120=480. 

I passed!!!! The torturous wait is finally over after having the exam cancelled twice and finally getting the opportunity to take it again.  Thank you, everyone, for your help in studying!  Side note, I did not get an email yet, but I checked anyway and it says I passed!

Some of the info say to do so. At my location, the lady didn’t look at anyone’s copy. They have you on a list. It could be useful if there is an issue or if you are at a very large testing center, but they weren’t even used at my location.

It says “a”, so it would be incorrect grammar to be “loads”. I think it’s just a question mark.  The electronic trip units are used to adjust the time setting for selective coordination. Your LSI settings of electronic trip breakers allow you to adjust your Long-time pickup, Long-time...

@Byk is correct. 175A would be the next smaller standard size according to 240.6. 175A is allowable, but the maximum would be 200A.

I would instead refer you to the NCEES sample exam as it is representative of the exam. Refer to questions 102, 103, 109, 112, 113, 115, 124, 126, 128, 130, 134, 136, 505, 509, 516, 519, 520, 521, 527, 533, 534, 537, 538. I think you get a good feel for the types of qualitative questions from...

Not sure exactly what you mean, but I would say more like a PDF viewer. You have a section to the left side with two tabs. One for the search feature and search results and the other tab for an outline with bookmarks at each article. So for the NEC, the outline bookmark has each article of the...

Sure hope most of the questions I didn’t know were pretest questions... Not a fan of not getting credit for questions I know how to solve.  Also, why a scale out of 15? That seems like a ridiculous scale. We have a 10 base numerical system and a 12 base measurement system. I guess we now have a...

I concur with both @speakeelsy and @DuranDuran with having plenty of time. Without having resources to look through for qualitative questions, there was plenty of time. I did not hurry and still finished with 1-2 hours left in each session before going through and rechecking things and trying to...

Well, that wasn’t pleasant, but it’s done. Hopeful on passing, but we will see. I’ve got a few thoughts on the testing procedures and the test without giving anything away in terms of exam questions to keep in the good graces of NCEES, even though everyone will likely get a large majority of...

Taking it tomorrow, so I’ll be one of the first to get feel for how the references work. Not sure if they will have additional PDFs of each code or if it will be integrated into the handbook. 

Correct. The other answers are somewhat correct, but D is most correct. That is what I elaborated on in the first paragraph.

Not sure where an actual answer is in a book, but logically it is correct. When you size the overcurrent protection, you have to size the conductors to meet your load. The insulation has a temperature rating that determines how many amps the conductor is rated for. The overcurrent protection has...

Correct. Although, that would have actually been relevant to the question, since they listed that there were two motors. I would say that if that answer were also included, I would select that one as it would be most correct. That’s why I say it is a bad question. The answer isn’t really...

Those are the rules listed in 430.24. Notice the title “Several Motors or a Motor(s) and Other Load(s). I only have my 2014 version here at home, but those rules haven’t changed in the newer versions. 

The question is a bad question. The answer is not how you would actually size this load for a two motor circuit, as it does not indicate that there are any other loads on the circuit beyond those motors. Answer B is correct b/c it is the only one that would comply with the rules for sizing a...

Did the specify a maximum or minimum? If not, how would you know what value to use?