Michigan Electrician Exam Codebook Speed: 2023 NEC Lookup Practice
Michigan lets you bring the 2023 NEC, but the pass mark is higher than most states and the reference rules are tight. The book helps only if you can land on the right article fast without handwritten notes or a custom index.
Last reviewed June 2026
Questions
80
Time
2 hours 30 minutes
To pass
75%
Code
2023 NEC
Book rule
Factory tabs only
Vendor
PSI Services
The Michigan trap
Michigan needs 75%, not 70%, and the live LARA page puts the exam on the 2023 NEC. A slow lookup habit hurts twice: you lose the question in front of you, then you lose time you needed for the next one. Because you cannot bring handwritten notes or a personal index, your speed has to come from article recognition and repetition.
What Michigan lets you bring
Use the current LARA rule and PSI bulletin before test day. Michigan is open book, but it is not an anything-goes exam room.
- NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition
- 2023 Michigan Electrical Code Rules (Part 8)
- 1972 PA 230 (Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act)
- 2016 PA 407 (Skilled Trades Regulation Act)
The 30-minute Michigan lookup drill
Do this with the same 2023 NEC you plan to take to PSI. Keep a timer running and write down every article family that takes more than 90 seconds.
- First read: name the article family: Before opening the book, decide whether the question is asking for branch circuits, grounding and bonding, wiring methods, conductor ampacity, box fill, or motors. That one choice cuts the search area down.
- Second move: use the index keyword: Practice the exact words you will search: receptacles, grounding electrode conductor, equipment grounding conductor, ampacity, boxes, motors. The keyword is usually where the time gets lost.
- Third move: confirm the table row: Do not stop at the article number. For table questions, say the column heading and row before picking an answer. Wrong-column answers are common on ampacity, box fill, and grounding questions.
Why factory-tab limits change the study plan
Some open-book exams allow more notes than Michigan does. Michigan's rule is tighter. Build a clean mental map of the high-frequency articles instead of relying on personal labels. Start with Article 210, Article 250, Article 310, Article 314, Chapter 9 tables, and the Article 430 motor tables.
Where the facts come from
- LARA Electrical Examination, Licensing & Application InformationConfirms PSI administration, the 75% pass mark, the 8,000-hour requirement, and that exams are currently based on the 2023 NEC.
- PSI Candidate Information Bulletin (Michigan Electrical)Exam mechanics: 80 questions, 150 minutes, $100 fee, open-book reference rules. (Its NEC-edition line is out of date; the LARA page above is current.)
- Michigan Electrical Code, Part 8 Rules (2023 NEC)Michigan adopted the 2023 NEC for Part 8, effective March 12, 2024.
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