Electrician Examination

The examination is 3 hours long. It contains 60 questions and each question is worth 1 point. The required passing grade is 60%. The materials for your use during the examination are provided to you. They are: a pencil, a paper sheet, a calculator and an eraser. Furthermore, two reference documents will be supplied to you. They are Québec Construction Code, Chapter V – Electricity, 2018, published by Canadian Standards Association (CSA), and Low-Voltage Electrical Service Standard, 10th ed. (June 2014), published by Hydro-Québec. No other material or reference document is allowed during the examination.

Skill Content on Which Questions May Be Based

Section 1 - Planning electrical work (22%)

Maintaining a safe working environment. Following the procedures for locking up equipment.
Preparing the materials needed for the work.
Using electrical measurement instruments and interpreting the measurements.
Calculating current, voltage, power and resistance.
Choose overcurrent protection devices and the required conductors.

Section 2 - Installing electrical equipment (24%)

Installing conductors and cables; wiring systems, tubes, and connectors; boxes and enclosures; cable trays; panels.
Determining the diameter of conductors.
Calculating conduit and tubing fill.
Recognizing compliant installations.

Section 3 – Connecting equipment and systems (25%)

Installing ground connections and verifying the bonding.
Installing low-voltage distribution systems.
Installing service entrances.
Installing metring equipment.
Installing generators.
Installing fire-alarm, intrusion-alarm, access-control, and video-camera systems.

Section 4 – Creating branch circuit systems (29%)

Locating and installing connection outputs.
Installing lighting systems.
Installing electrical connections for heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation systems.
Installing control systems and power devices.
Recognizing and interpreting symbols and rating plates.
Understanding control diagrams and control systems.
Distinguishing various types of automated control system signals, control loops, and components.
Installing and connecting different types of transformers.
Calculating transformer input and output values.

Samples of questions for provincial qualification examination.