Open-book exam, graded on speed under pressure. Generic NEC prep teaches the rules but ignores state amendments and codebook navigation reflex. We train both. First attempt or retake.
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Most candidates who fail the TDLR or California Electrician exam don’t fail because they don’t know the material. They fail because they ran out of time before they could prove it. Apprentices on their first attempt, retakers on their second, career-changers building knowledge from scratch. Every path ends at the same 4-hour clock with the same 800-page codebook in front of you.
Picture exam day. You walk into PSI with the NEC 2023 in one hand and 4 hours on the clock. Question 3 is a motor calculation that takes you 8 minutes because the Table 430.250 reference is unfamiliar. Now you have 12 fewer minutes for the back third of the exam. Question 64 is a 30-second lookup you would have nailed if you had time. You don’t.
That’s the trap. Whether you’re reviewing what you’ve learned or learning it for the first time, the test grades two skills on top of knowledge: codebook navigation reflex (find article 250.66 in under 6 seconds, with or without your tabs) and calculation muscle memory (run voltage drop without consulting the formula sheet). Generic NEC prep teaches the rules. We train the speed.
JourneymanIQ is built for working electricians prepping for their licensing exam: apprentices working toward their first license, retakers fixing what cost them last time, journeymen heading for master. Same engine, different content tuned to where you are. The rest of this page shows exactly what’s inside.
One real practice question, click-to-answer. Show the math when you’re ready. Same depth on every question in the bank.
Pick an answer. See if you got it. Read why.
The full Texas bank has 240+ questions, every one tagged to its NEC 2023 article. The California bank has 295 questions tagged to the 2025 CEC. Each question carries the controlling article, the wrong-answer reasoning, and a memory hook in plain English.
Each state has its own question bank, drill set, and prep plan. Same engine, different content tuned to the actual exam you’re sitting for.
NEC 2023 baseline with Texas amendments. Two separately-scored parts (NEC Knowledge + Calculations), 85 questions, 70% to pass each. Every question tagged to its TDLR domain weight.
2025 CEC and 2023 NEC baseline. 100 questions, 4.5 hours, 70% to pass. Built around the no-tabs PSI test-center reality.
15 questions across the actual exam domains. 90 seconds. No signup. You see your weak topics before you commit a dollar.
A 30-day adaptive plan tells you what to study tonight. The engine surfaces questions weighted toward your bottom-2 domains, not your strongest.
Practice questions, code-navigation drills, calculator walkthroughs, formula cards on spaced-repetition. 60-90 minutes a day. Mobile-first.
Wave Mock simulates the 5-pass exam strategy. Run it twice in the last 2 weeks. When your score crosses 80% in practice mode, you’re ready.
Most prep sites tell you the count. Here’s the count plus what each piece does for you on exam day.
No other platform tags every question to both NEC AND state-specific amendments. Generic NEC prep misses the Texas + California overlay.
Index keyword drills don’t exist anywhere else. Most prep tools assume you have your tabbed codebook in front of you. California test centers don’t.
Most calculators give you the answer. Ours show the work step-by-step with the NEC article citation, so you learn the method, not just the number.
The wave-pass method is the single biggest difference between candidates who finish the exam and candidates who run out of time. We built the simulator that trains it.
You decide if you’re ready. We just tell you the truth about where you stand.
We’re honest about where competitors are stronger. Use the right tool for your situation.
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Massive video library. Self-paced. Built for the multi-month learner.
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Adaptive practice for the focused 30 to 60-day window. Tells you what to study tonight, surfaces your weakest topics, simulates the 5-pass exam strategy.
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Calculation workbooks. The gold standard for hand-calc drilling.
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All six TDLR domains and four California domains, not just calculations. Mobile-first daily structure.
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Free but unstructured. 4,000 hours of content with no idea which 60 minutes you actually need.
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A daily plan that tells you what to study tonight. Adaptive surfacing of your weak topics. The 60 minutes that matter.
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Outdated NEC editions. Inaccurate at best, copyright violations at worst.
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Original questions, current NEC 2023 + 2025 CEC, every wrong answer reasoned, every article tagged.
Pass rates verified from TDLR Electrician Exam Statistics (FY2024) and DIR official 2022 data. See /exam-stats for the full breakdown.
Or $129 every three months ($43 per month) if you’re prepping over a longer window. Same access, lower per-month cost. Both plans auto-renew until you cancel. The diagnostic is always free and runs without a signup.
Cancel anytime. Pause whenever. Your progress and readiness score stay in your account.
YouTube has 4,000 hours of NEC content. None of it adapts to where you stand. You can spend a Saturday watching videos and end up with 6 hours of generic explanation across topics that don’t move your score, and zero structured drilling on the topics that will. JourneymanIQ tracks every question you answer and surfaces the topics you’re weakest on. The platform thinks like a foreman who knows where you’re bleeding points and points you at the right material every night.
No. Your account stays active. Your progress, your readiness score, your weak-spot data: all of it sits in your account. Cancel any month. The button lives in your account settings. No retention call. No ‘are you sure’ forms.
The exam is hard. Many candidates don’t pass on the first try. The platform doesn’t promise outcomes. It tracks where you stand and updates after every session. If your readiness score reads 58, that’s what it says. We won’t soften the number to keep you subscribed. If you do fail, your account stays active. Most guys who fail twice fail because nothing changed in their prep between attempts. The platform shows you what to change.
Yes. Every TDLR question is written to NEC 2023 plus Texas amendments. California questions use the 2025 CEC (NEC 2023 baseline plus California amendments). When NEC 2026 publishes and Texas adopts, the platform updates. Subscribers get updates as part of their subscription.
Yes. The app runs in any modern phone browser. Same questions, same calculators, same study guides. Most working electricians study during slow stretches at work or on the couch after dinner. Mobile-first means you don’t need to be at a desk to make progress.
Every practice question is original content, written and tagged against current NEC 2023 plus state amendments. Every wrong answer carries a reasoning trace and a memory hook so you understand the trap. Every readiness score is the truth. We don’t soften the number to keep you subscribed. Every NEC and CEC reference is paraphrased, never reproduced verbatim, because NFPA owns the copyright and we respect it.
JourneymanIQ is run by working tradespeople. The Texas bank shipped first because that’s where we knew people. California followed once we’d done the research on the 2025 CEC amendments and the no-tabs PSI rule. Every feature you see was built because a real candidate told us they needed it: index keyword drills for the no-tabs reality, the Wave Mock for time pressure, spaced-repetition formula cards because cramming doesn’t stick.
What we promise is concrete: we tell you which NEC sections to focus on, in priority order, based on what your diagnostic revealed. Adaptive practice surfaces your weak topics so your study window goes to the gaps, not the strengths. The work is yours to do. We just point you at the right material every night.
90 seconds. No signup. We’ll tell you which TDLR or California domains will lose you points if you walked into the exam this week.
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