Maryland Electrician Exam Simulator (2026)
The Maryland exam is open book and on a clock, so the thing that beats people is pacing, not knowledge. A simulator worth your time rehearses the real timing and the open-book lookups, so test day feels like a repeat, not a surprise.
Last reviewed June 2026
What a real Maryland simulator rehearses
The point of a simulator is not to count right answers. It is to put you under the same clock the PSI exam uses, so the pacing is muscle memory before you sit down. Most guys who fail did not run out of knowledge, they ran out of time on the lookups.
- Journeyperson timing: 70 questions in 3 hours 30 minutes. That is about three minutes each, and the clock includes the time it takes to flip to the right article.
- Master timing: 90 questions in 4 hours, calculation-heavy, with 30 of the 90 being calculation problems. The setup time on those is what eats the clock.
- One pass mark: 70% on the whole test. On the 70-question journeyperson exam that is 49 correct.
Pacing is the whole game
Open book sounds like a gift until the clock is running. About one in four candidates passes the Maryland exam. The Maryland Board's own meeting minutes report roughly a 27 to 28 percent pass rate across both tiers (182 of 684 passed January to September 2025; 2,549 of 8,948 since the exam's inception). Open book does not mean easy. A simulator that forces the real rhythm, including the seconds you burn flipping to the article, is worth more than another untimed question bank.
The master exam changes gears. With calculations as 30 of the 90 questions, the trap is a wrong setup under time pressure, not bad arithmetic. A master simulator should make those calculation problems the center of the rehearsal, not an afterthought.
Start with the diagnostic, then drill
A full timed simulator is the wrong first step. Run the free diagnostic first so you know which article families are actually weak, then put your hours where the misses are instead of re-rehearsing what you already pass.
- Run the free Maryland diagnostic across the article families the exam tests.
- See your projected score and which article families are the soft spot.
- Drill the weak articles, then rehearse the full timed clock when you are close.
Where these exam facts come from: Maryland State Board of Electricians — License Requirements, PSI Maryland Master & Journeyperson Candidate Bulletin, Maryland Electricians Act (SB 762, 2021), COMAR 09.09.02.01 (continuing education).
Ready to see which articles need the work? Take the free Maryland diagnostic.
Start with the free diagnostic
Find out which article families are your weak spot before you spend a night rehearsing the wrong ones.