Checked against primary sources 2026-09-05

Where the questions actually are

Georgia Electrical Exam Content: Every Area and Count

PSI publishes the content outline for both Georgia electrical exams, and it's the page in the bulletin worth reading twice. Here's every area with its question count, what each one covers in practice, and where the Class I and Class II papers pull apart.

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The shape of both papers

Class I and Class II both carry 140 scored questions. Class I adds 15 pretest items for 155 in all, Class II adds 22 for 162.

Both split the same way at the top level: 30 scored questions on regulations, laws and administrative functions, and 110 on technical functions.

Eight hours covers both parts, four hours each side of a break. That's roughly three minutes an item on Class I and a little under three on Class II.

Regulations, laws and administrative functions: 30 questions

Identical on both papers, and identical in weight: a bit over a fifth of your score.

• Comply with laws: 10 questions. Licensing, contracts, liens, employment law, the rules that govern operating as a contractor.
• Comply with regulations: 9 questions. Safety and workplace regulation, which is what CFR Title 29 Part 1926 is doing on the reference list.
• Comply with administrative requirements: 6 questions. Payroll, withholding, records. The IRS Employer's Tax Guide, Circular E, is the reference here.
• Plan and organize work: 5 questions. Estimating, scheduling, project management.

The NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law, and Project Management for Georgia carries most of this. It's the reference people leave until the last week, and thirty questions is more than the transformer and rotating equipment blocks put together on a Class I paper.

Technical functions on Class I: 110 questions

• Install and maintain interior electrical systems: 30. The biggest block on the paper.
• Install and maintain electrical controls and devices: 22.
• Maintain basic electrical circuits: 21.
• Special equipment, conditions and locations: 21.
• Install and maintain D-C and A-C rotating equipment: 9.
• Install, size and maintain transformers: 7.

Class I is the restricted license, held to single phase work at or below the amperage in the rule, and the weighting follows that. Interior systems and devices carry the paper.

Technical functions on Class II: 110 questions

• Install and maintain interior electrical systems: 23.
• Special equipment, conditions and locations: 21.
• Install, size and maintain transformers: 21.
• Install and maintain D-C and A-C rotating equipment: 16.
• Install and maintain electrical controls and devices: 15.
• Maintain basic electrical circuits: 14.

Transformers triple, from 7 to 21. Rotating equipment goes from 9 to 16. Basic circuits, controls and interior systems all come down to make room.

That's the fact to take away from this page if you're sitting Class II. Study the Class I weighting and you'll under-prepare the two areas that grew most.

What sits inside each technical area

PSI names the areas and not the code articles, so this is where our reading of the outline starts and the bulletin stops. Treat it as a study map rather than as PSI's own list.

Basic electrical circuits

Ohm's law, series and parallel, power, voltage drop, conductor properties. The Ohm's law calculator and the voltage drop calculator both show the working.

Controls and devices

Switches, receptacles, panelboards and disconnects, in Articles 404, 406 and 408 of your 2023 book, along with the branch circuit requirements in Article 210.

Rotating equipment

Article 430. Full load current, conductor sizing, overload protection and the short circuit device, each from its own table. The motor calculator lays those four out in order.

Transformers

Article 450, with overcurrent protection at 450.3 in your 2023 book (450.5 in the 2026 book our material is written on). kVA to amps, primary and secondary, and the percentages. The transformer calculator works it through.

Interior electrical systems

The largest Class I block. Branch circuits and load calculations in Articles 210 and 220 of the 2023 book, conductor ampacity in Article 310, boxes in Article 314, overcurrent in Article 240, grounding and bonding in Article 250, and the wiring methods in Chapter 3.

Special equipment, conditions and locations

Twenty one questions on both papers, and the widest area on the outline. Hazardous locations, health care, pools and spas, marinas, photovoltaic systems, agricultural buildings and the rest of Chapters 5 and 6.

How to turn the outline into a study week

Weight your hours the way the paper is weighted, not the way your interest is. Six blocks of technical questions plus one block of business and law, and you know the size of each.

Then find your own weak areas rather than guessing. The diagnostic runs twenty four questions across the main areas and ranks them worst first.

Work the two worst as topic sets with your code book open, then re-run the diagnostic a week later. The study plan lays that out over six weeks.

Questions people ask

What is on the Georgia electrical contractor exam?

Thirty scored questions on regulations, laws and administrative functions, and 110 on technical functions, on both the Class I and Class II papers. The technical half splits into six areas with published counts.

How many business and law questions are there?

Thirty of the 140 scored questions, on both papers. That breaks down as 10 on laws, 9 on regulations, 6 on administrative requirements and 5 on planning and organizing work.

Where do Class I and Class II differ?

Only inside the technical half. Transformers go from 7 questions on Class I to 21 on Class II, and rotating equipment from 9 to 16, while basic circuits, controls and interior systems all come down.

Which area carries the most questions?

On Class I it's interior electrical systems at 30. On Class II the technical half is flatter, with interior systems at 23 and special equipment, transformers and conditions all at 21.

Does PSI publish which code articles each area covers?

No. The bulletin names the areas and the counts, not the articles. The article map on this page is our reading of the outline, and we say so.

Is the content outline the same for the low voltage exams?

No. Those split into regulations, laws and administrative functions and installation and servicing, with about three quarters of each paper in the second category.

What this page cites

• PSI candidate information bulletin 4783, Georgia electrical contractors PSI's own bulletin for the Georgia electrical contractor examinations. Source for the item counts, the content outline, the eight hours in two parts, the scaled 70, the reference list, the marking rules, the identification rules and the review course after two failures. Read 5 September 2026. source
• PSI candidate information bulletin 4739, Georgia low voltage contractors PSI's bulletin for the Division of Low Voltage Contractors examinations. Source for the four exams, their question counts, the four hours, the scaled 70 and the reference list. Read 5 September 2026. source
• Board Rules, Department 121, State Construction Industry Licensing Board The rule set behind the Class I and Class II definitions, the four years of Primary Experience, the four low voltage classes, the minimum score of seventy and the review course after two failures. Read 5 September 2026. source
• NEC 2026 renumbering, article by article Our own record of the article and section numbers that changed address between the 2023 and 2026 editions, each one read in the 2026 text before it went on the list. source
• Form 44, Application for the electrical examination The board's exam application. Source for the notarized references, the experience areas and the board approval that has to come before PSI will schedule you. Read 5 September 2026. source