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Journeyman Electrician Exam (NEC-based)

Minnesota: licenses: practice questions

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Question 1 · Minnesota

When may a Minnesota license applicant take an oral exam instead of a written one?

  1. When a trained professional certifies a reading disability
  2. When the applicant is licensed in another state
  3. Whenever the applicant requests it
  4. When the applicant has failed the written exam twice
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A. When a trained professional certifies a reading disability — 326B.33 subd. 18.

Question 2 · Minnesota

How much experience does a Minnesota Class A journeyworker electrician applicant need?

  1. Four years of experience acceptable to the commissioner
  2. Eight thousand hours plus a master's sign-off
  3. Two years of experience and an associate degree
  4. Six years, with no school credit allowed
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A. Four years of experience acceptable to the commissioner — 326B.33 subd. 2(b); up to one year may be credited for a two-year electrical course.

Question 3 · Minnesota

What work does a retained Minnesota Class B electrician license cover?

  1. Only utility transmission lines
  2. Three-phase industrial work up to 600 volts
  3. Any work in cities over 100,000 people
  4. Single-phase systems up to 200 amperes on farmsteads and houses in towns under 2,500 people
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D. Single-phase systems up to 200 amperes on farmsteads and houses in towns under 2,500 people — 326B.33 subd. 1(2).

Question 4 · Minnesota

How much experience does a Minnesota lineman license applicant need?

  1. 12 months plus a CDL
  2. 24 months with any contractor
  3. 48 months with an electrical utility
  4. 60 months as a journeyworker
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C. 48 months with an electrical utility — 326B.33 subd. 9(b).

Question 5 · Minnesota

Without a journeyworker license or electrical degree, how many years of planning, layout and installation experience lets someone sit the Minnesota master electrician exam?

  1. Five years
  2. Ten years
  3. Three years
  4. Two years
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A. Five years — 326B.33 subd. 1(1)(c).

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