Texas Journeyman Electrician Practice Test 2026

The 2026 numbers your practice test must match

On March 11, 2025, TDLR split the Journeyman exam into two separately-scored parts. A lot of practice tests still describe the old single 80-question version. That format is gone. If your practice test does not separate NEC Knowledge from Calculations and score each on its own, it is rehearsing the wrong exam. These are the facts to check it against.

• Format: Two separately-scored parts since March 11, 2025.
• NEC Knowledge part: 59 questions, 130 minutes.
• Calculations part: 26 questions, 110 minutes.
• Total questions: 85 (59 + 26).
• To pass: 70% on each part, scored separately.
• Code book: Open book on the NEC 2023, your own soft-bound copy.
• Exam fee: $78 for both portions.
• FY2025 pass rate: 27.52% overall (Calculations 20.56%, NEC Knowledge 24.46%).
• Vendor / authority: PSI, under TDLR.

What a Texas practice test has to cover

The two parts are not weighted evenly in difficulty. The NEC Knowledge part rewards finding the right rule fast in your code book. The Calculations part rewards setting up the math right the first time, one pattern at a time. The Calculations part is also the one that fails the most people, and it is now graded on its own, so a practice test that blends both into one score hides the part most likely to cost you the license.

• NEC Knowledge: 59 questions in 130 minutes, closer to 2 minutes each. Speed reading the code book under the clock.
• Calculations: 26 questions in 110 minutes, over 4 minutes each. The state built in more time per question because that is where the work is.
• Both parts are open book on the 2023 NEC, so a good practice test trains your code-book navigation, not just recall.

Why a single blended score lies to you

Under the old format, a strong code score could carry a shaky calculations score across the line. That is over. You need 70% on the Calculations part by itself. A 90 on NEC Knowledge does nothing for a 64 on Calculations. You fail. A practice test that reports one combined percentage can tell you that you are ready while the part that decides the result is the part you are weakest on.

The practice-test trap

Most guys search for a giant bank of questions. That sounds right. The better move is a diagnostic first. If your grounding and box-fill work is solid but motor calculations are bleeding points, 200 more random questions waste time. You need the weak part first, then the weak topics inside it.

How JourneymanIQ uses the first test

1. Run the free diagnostic across NEC Knowledge and Calculations topics, about 15 minutes, no signup.
2. Show the low topics and the NEC 2023 articles behind the misses, scored by part so you see which of the two parts is dragging you down.
3. Send you into practice questions, the show-the-work calculators, or the Guided-Solve lessons based on the score, instead of a flat re-read of everything.

Where to go after the diagnostic

Want the sample questions before the diagnostic? Start with the free TDLR practice questions. If the Calculations part is the worry, go straight to the Texas calculations practice. If you already failed once, build a focused retake plan on the failed-the-exam page.