E1 RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR TEST PAPER
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔20-ampere branch circuits for bathroom receptacle outlets - ✔✔A minimum of 2 shall
be provided.
✔✔Protection for direct buried conductors - ✔✔Shall be protected by schedule 80 PVC
rigid nonmetallic conduit or equivalent.
✔✔Underground service laterals identification - ✔✔Warning Ribbon, Tracer wire, Metal
tags, Not required
✔✔Receptacle installation distance - ✔✔No point along the floor line in any wall space
is more than 6 ft from an outlet.
✔✔Kitchen countertop receptacle distance - ✔✔No point along the wall line is more
than 24 in from a receptacle.
✔✔Outlet requirement in bathrooms - ✔✔At least one outlet is required to be within 36
in of each lavatory basin.
✔✔Nonmetallic boxes usage - ✔✔Shall be used only with entirely nonmetallic sheaths,
flexible cords and nonmetallic raceways.
✔✔Equipment grounding conductor usage - ✔✔Shall not be used as a grounding
electrode conductor.
✔✔Ceiling suspended paddle fans support - ✔✔Shall be supported independently of
outlet boxes when weighing over 50 lbs.
✔✔GFCI protection requirement - ✔✔Required in bathrooms.
✔✔Conductors in NM cable assemblies rating - ✔✔Shall be rated at 90 degrees
Celsius.
✔✔Box fill calculation for 12 AWG conductor - ✔✔Each 12 AWG conductor shall require
2 1/4 in free space within a box.
✔✔Thermal insulation installation above recessed luminaires - ✔✔Shall not be installed
within 3 in of the recessed luminaire's enclosure.
✔✔Branch circuit requirement for laundry area - ✔✔A minimum of one 20 ampere-rated
branch circuit shall be provided.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔20-ampere branch circuits for bathroom receptacle outlets - ✔✔A minimum of 2 shall
be provided.
✔✔Protection for direct buried conductors - ✔✔Shall be protected by schedule 80 PVC
rigid nonmetallic conduit or equivalent.
✔✔Underground service laterals identification - ✔✔Warning Ribbon, Tracer wire, Metal
tags, Not required
✔✔Receptacle installation distance - ✔✔No point along the floor line in any wall space
is more than 6 ft from an outlet.
✔✔Kitchen countertop receptacle distance - ✔✔No point along the wall line is more
than 24 in from a receptacle.
✔✔Outlet requirement in bathrooms - ✔✔At least one outlet is required to be within 36
in of each lavatory basin.
✔✔Nonmetallic boxes usage - ✔✔Shall be used only with entirely nonmetallic sheaths,
flexible cords and nonmetallic raceways.
✔✔Equipment grounding conductor usage - ✔✔Shall not be used as a grounding
electrode conductor.
✔✔Ceiling suspended paddle fans support - ✔✔Shall be supported independently of
outlet boxes when weighing over 50 lbs.
✔✔GFCI protection requirement - ✔✔Required in bathrooms.
✔✔Conductors in NM cable assemblies rating - ✔✔Shall be rated at 90 degrees
Celsius.
✔✔Box fill calculation for 12 AWG conductor - ✔✔Each 12 AWG conductor shall require
2 1/4 in free space within a box.
✔✔Thermal insulation installation above recessed luminaires - ✔✔Shall not be installed
within 3 in of the recessed luminaire's enclosure.
✔✔Branch circuit requirement for laundry area - ✔✔A minimum of one 20 ampere-rated
branch circuit shall be provided.
