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Flash Cards Practice

1. When conductors are installed under at least _______ in. of concrete beneath a building or other structure, they shall be considered outside of a building or other structure.

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2. What is the minimum watts (VA), other than name plate rating (whichever is larger) clothes dryers are to be calculated at when doing residential feeder and service calculations?

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3. Show window loads shall be computed at 200 volt-amperes per _______ of show window.

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4. Fixtures wires shall not be smaller than ________ AWG.

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5. What is the minimum vertical clearance from final grade for open overhead service conductors up to 1000 volts over public driveways?

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6. If a panel is straight rated 480v what type of rating(s) are the breakers required to have?

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7. Service -entrance cables shall be supported at intervals not exceeding _______ inches.

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8. In a PV system, a ________ is a device meant to change direct-current input to alternating-current output.

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9. Circuit breakers used as switches in 120 volt and 277 volt fluorescent lighting shall be marked.

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10. A grounding conductor is what color?

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11. What is the minimum length, in feet, for rod and pipe ground electrodes made of specific materials?

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12. Where a branch circuit supplies continuous loads or any combination of continuous and non- continuous loads, the minimum branch-circuit conductor size shall have an allowable ampacity not less than the non-continuous load plus ______ of the continuous load.

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13. Service - entrance cables shall be supported by straps or other approved means within _______ inches of every service head, goose-neck, or connection to a raceway or enclosure.

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14. True or false: It is permissible to use a metal pole supporting a sign cabinet or sign system to enclose the supply conductors.

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15. What is the minimum ampacity of the branch-circuit conductors used to supply a 7-1/2 hp, 240 volts, single-phase induction type, ca motor for continuous duty application?

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16. For installations to supply only limited loads of a single branch circuit, the branch circuit disconnecting means shall have a rating of not less than _________.

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17. How far must the separation be between any light, power, or Class 1 conductors or radio and television conductors, and underground antenna conductors for radio and television receiving equipment?

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18. If a warehouse area is 10,000 square feet for storage and uses high pressure sodium lighting, what is the maximum lighting load?

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19. Surface-mounted incandescent luminaries (fixtures) installed on the wall above the door or on the ceiling in clothes closets shall have a minimum clearance of ______inches between the luminaire and the nearest point of storage.

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20. Type MC cables containing four or fewer conductors, sized no larger than 10 AWG, shall be secured within ________ of every box, cabinet, fitting, or other cable termination.

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21. Tap conductors supplying a transformer not over 25' in length, the tap conductor shall have an ampacity rating of at least ________ the rating of the overcurrent protective device.

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22. In front of electric equipment, the working space width must be at least ______, or the width of the equipment, whichever is greater.

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23. What is the minimum size AWG for festoon lighting?

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24. Underground service entrance conductors are not permitted in _____.

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25. Live parts of electrical equipment operating at ________ nominal shall be guarded against accidental contact.

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