PEC 1

Service overhead conductors to a building or other structure ( such as a pole ) on which a meter of disconnecting means is installed shall be considered as a _______ and installed accordingly.

• Temporary service

• Service lateral

• Service drop

• Service point

Underfloor flat-top raceways over 4 inches but not over 8 inches wide with a minimum of 1 inch spacing between raceways shall be covered with concrete to a depth of not less than ______.

• 3/4"1'

• 1"

• 1 1/2"

• 2"

Lighting fixtures located in the same room and not directly associated with a hydro massage bathtub, shall be installed in accordance with the requirements covering the installation of that equipment in ______.

• swimming pool area

• kitchen

• exercise room

• bathroom

The allowable fill for an 1 ¼ inch rigid schedule 40 PVC with more than 2 conductors is ______ sq. inch.

• 0.794

• 0.333

• 0.495

• 0.581

Induction coils shall be prevented from inducting circulating currents in surrounding metallic equipment, supports, or structures by ______.

I. isolation

II. Shielding

III. insulation of the current paths

• I only

• II only

• I, II & III

• I &II only

At least one receptacle shall be located a minimum of 5 feet from and not more than _____feet from the inside wall of a spa or hot tub installed indoors.

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 20

An electronically actuated fuse generally consists of all of the following EXCEPT ______?

• a control module that provides current sensing

• electronically derived time-current characteristics

• an interrupting module that interrupts current when an overcurrent through it

• a thermally sensitive part that is heated and severed by passage of overcurrent through it.

An underground pull box used for circuits of over 600 volts shall have the cover locked, bolted or screwed on, or the cover is required to weigh over ______pounds.

• 25

• 50

• 75

• 100

Given: On a circuit where a grounding means does not exist, a nongrounding-type receptacle is replaced with a ground-fault circuit-interrupter-type receptacle which supplies no other receptacles. This new GFCI receptacle shall be marked _____.

• "not grounded"

• "GFCI protected"

• "no equipment grounded"

• "no grounded conductor"

Ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) protection is required in all of the following locations EXCEPT ______.

• kitchen receptacles in an office building lunchroom installed within 6' of the sink

• kitchen receptacles in a dwelling installed to serve counter top surfaces 10’ away from the sink

• receptacles in an office building restroom which has only a basin and toilet

• receptacle provided for servicing a rooftop air conditioning unit on the roof of a warehouse