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You don't need to be some kind of whiz to pass the electrical exam. Nor do you need to put in 4 hours a day every day or suck down your vacations to study (though you can, as some people do). You do need to make it a project that you schedule and consistently work at.

In the video at right, some experts provide their personal insights. Mindconnection's founder provides his own tips, below.

When you buy these electrical exam prep products, you'll find Mike Holt's very own exam success tips laid out for you. So, there's really no mystery. You'll understand how to prepare for the test and then how to take it. Yes, the electrical exams are tough. But if you prepare properly, you will be tougher.

From Mindconnection's founder, Mark Lamendola:

I had only a minimal familiarity with the NEC or the calculations needed for passing the exam. My employer at the time needed a licensed Master Electrician to be onsite at a project that was coming up, and did a "Tag, you're it" on me. I wasn't even a Journeyman. But I was an electrical engineer. The exam, we all thought, should be a snap for me. It wasn't. I sweated through it and just barely missed passing it.

My boss was always coming up with solutions to problems. He identified this problem not as being that I was defective but that I was unprepared. His solution was to have the company buy me an electrical exam prep course. I set aside one hour each evening to learn what I could from that course.

So every night, I'd sit at my dining room table and work through a workbook or read the tutorials. I'd do this for about an hour, coming to a good stopping point before ending that session. If I finished a section and had only 10 minutes to go, I'd call it a night. If the hour hit and I was almost to the end of a section, I'd work until I got it done.

Following this process, I completed my exam preparation about two months before I needed to take the test. When I told my boss this, he said to go through the whole thing again, but this time start with the questions at the end of each chapter. Just change those around and make up my own quiz or test. Then, go through the material and take that quiz I'd made up. In rewriting the quizzes, I had to think about the principles involved and that was hugely beneficial.

My experience with the electrical exam was different from Mike Holt's. I wasn't the last guy out of there. I was the first guy out of there. The exam was easy for me, when I took it as a person who had prepared for it. I didn't have to guess on any questions, as the answers came easily to me because I had gone through similar questions forwards and backwards already.

As before, a large number of the people taking it failed. But this time, I had a very high score. They wouldn't tell me my score, but I asked if it was higher than 90% and got an enthusiastic, "Oh, yes."

• The verbal parts have True/False questions and multiple choice questions. These are intended to test your knowledge of electrical theory and the NEC, which, of course, you will know cold because you will have bought this library to prepare.
   
• The calculations tests cover specific areas of NEC application. You need to know how to size raceway, conductors, and overcurrent protection devices, among other things. You'll have to be able to calculate these in a variety of ways. This NEC Exam Library will prepare you for these exam calculations. It will prepare you by explaining how to calculate, then supplying practice problems. You'll understand the why, not just the how, and that will eliminate "formula confusion."

Wouldn't you like to go back to work saying you passed the exam? Buy this Electrical Exam Library today, so you can make that happen.
 

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The Mike Holt Exam prep products will save you time and money. Don't mess around with partial preparation to save a few bucks. If you're going to invest a day or two to sit for an exam, make it count. Pass your Journeyman Electrician Exam or Master Electrician Exam the first time, by preparing yourself with these outstanding study and preparation materials.

• If you watch the videos with the illustrated text(s), study the material, and work the practice questions--you'll have it made.
• Hundreds of electricians and electrical engineers have used these exam prep products over the years (updated at each Code cycle) to pass their electrical exam. You can, too.
• Mike takes you step by step through everything you need to know so that when you sit down to take that exam, you will do so knowing you have prepared the best way possible.
• Mike walks you through each NEC Article that you have to understand for the exam, and he teaches you the applicable concepts from each one.
• Mike shows you the Code rule, then explains the Code rule so you truly understand it and can apply it on the exam and in the field. In addition, you'll learn how to quickly and accurately do the Code calculations that the exam requires.

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