California General Electrician Exam Simulator
A simulator is not there to make you feel good. It is there to show whether your timing, rule selection, and calculation setup hold up for the full test.
Last reviewed June 2026
Questions
100
Time
4 hours 30 minutes
Score
70%
References
Provided at center
See exactly where you stand on the California exam.
15 questions, about 15 minutes, no signup. You get a domain-by-domain weakness map for the DIR General Electrician exam, so you study the gaps instead of everything.
Take the free diagnosticThe simulator should follow the outline
If a simulator gives every topic the same weight, it is not rehearsing the California test. Installation carries most of the load. Calculations carry enough weight to decide the day.
- Installation: about 66%.
- Determination of Electrical System Requirements: about 22%.
- Safety: about 6%.
- Maintenance and Repair: about 6%.
What it should measure
- Known-answer speed: can you bank easy points without opening references?
- Calculation setup: can you name the problem type before touching the numbers?
- Code-family recognition: can you tell whether the answer lives in 210, 220, 250, 300, 310, 314, or 430?
- Skip discipline: can you move off a slow question before it burns the clock?
- Weak-area repeat misses: are the same traps still showing up?
JourneymanIQ simulator path
- Diagnostic for the first weak-area map.
- Daily practice routed by misses.
- Timed sets to build pace.
- Full-length mock only after the weak areas move.
Who this is for
This is for you if
- You failed once and your retake is weeks out. You need the two areas that cost you, not a fresh 200-hour course.
- You are taking it the first time and want to know exactly where you stand before you spend nights studying the wrong things.
- You are a working journeyman going for your certification, studying on your phone between jobs.
Look elsewhere if
- You want a passive video course to watch front to back. We point you at the next focused step, not a semester.
- You want a guarantee you will pass. A 15-question diagnostic is not the exam, and nobody can honestly promise that.
This isn’t another article. It’s the prep system.
15 questions, no signup. A domain-by-domain weakness map for the DIR General Electrician exam, so you study the gaps, not everything.
Take it freeVoltage drop, conduit fill, box fill, dwelling load. The math builds one step at a time, so you learn the pattern, not just the answer. Free, no login.
Open the calculatorsWatch one worked, run one with help, then drill it cold. Every calculation type the exam tests, in plain language.
See the lessonsOriginal California questions and code-navigation drills. The platform resurfaces the calculation types you keep missing until they stick.
See plansCalifornia next steps
- California requirements8,000 hours, DIR approval, Pearson VUE scheduling, and exam rules.
- Practice testOriginal California practice questions in the real exam format, with worked answers.
- Free diagnosticFind the weak domains before paying for prep.
- Online prepHow to judge California prep platforms before buying.
- Failed the exam60-day retake window and recovery plan.
- Open-book rulesWhy California provides references at the test center instead of allowing your own code book.
- Calculations practiceDwelling load, conduit fill, box fill, motors, transformers, and table lookup under provided-reference conditions.
- Can you bring your code book?Current provided-reference rule from the May 2026 bulletin.
- Retake plannerFailed once? Build a week-by-week plan to your earliest retake date.
- Codebook speed timerTime your lookups. The open-book exam is won on speed, not memory.
- Best prep comparedHonest comparison of the main California prep options, side by side.
Do the short test before the long one
The diagnostic tells you whether a full simulator is worth your next block of time.