LOL- The test changes every 6 months; I think they must average the tests to come up with those numbers. The practice exam I took had 5 questions that specifically referenced the NEC and 3 others where you pretty much needed NEC tables to answer it- I thus studied it VERY heavily (and was pretty active on this forum as part of my studying!). The PE exam afternoon session I took (Oct 06) only had 2 questions that directly referenced the NEC (easy relative to the rest of the test!) and one NESC question that I was absolutely clueless on and just had to guess- it was far more heavily slanted towards poco type power engineering [Linked Image] No IEEE or ANSI questions on that test, either. I did use the NEC voltage drop equation and tables for several other questions, though.

40 questions isn't going to cover every possible nuance of power engineering- the questions they choose are representative. I mean, if you can delve through some of the more arcane aspects of 430 and pull out the right answer, you're probably going to find the derating tables without much effort [Linked Image]


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