Two Minute Drill #8 Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Practice Code Look Up

Directions Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Left click on the presentation ICON located at the bottom of the slide directory to the left of the this slide. Each slide will transition to the correct answer automatically in 2:00 minutes or less. The correct answer will transition in 10 seconds. Do not worry about writing down the correct answer for now. You will have the opportunity to do that at the end of the two minute drill exercise. Good luck

Further More Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith  Remember do not worry about writing down the right answer for now. When you reach the end all of the slides will be repeated without the timer so you can take your time to find the ones you missed and write down the correct answers then.  Concentrate on finding the answers using the targeting method and then worry about the correct answers after you reach the slide that says the end.  All of the questions now will be multiple choice.  Click on the slide to proceed.

Conductors Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith  Conductors larger than ___________ AWG may be marked as grounded and equipment grounding conductors by using the correctly colored electrical tape and wrapping it around the conductors insulation.  A. 2  B. 4  C. 6  D. 8

Conductors Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. 6 AWG (A) and 200.6(B)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A ballast in a fluorescent luminaire that is used for egress lighting and energized only during the a failure of the normal supply shall not have thermal protection. A. True B. False

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A. True (E)(4)

Grounding Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Contact devices or yokes designed and listed as __________________ shall be permitted in conjunction with the supporting screws to establish the grounding circuit between the device yoke and flush-type boxes. A. self tapping B. secured in place C. self grounding D. automatically grounded

Grounding Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. self grounding (B)

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection. What is the minimum sized THHN conductor that can be used to feed this circuit? A. 1/0 AWG B. 200 Kcmil C. 250 Kcmil D. 300 Kcmil

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith D. 300 Kcmil Don’t forget to consider (C) when determining the conductor size.

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A, with a marked service factor of 1.15 and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection. What is the minimum sized overload protection that could be used for motor C? A. 36 A B A C. 49 A D. None of the above

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. 49 Amps (A) Do not round off answers or use standard size fuses when determining over load sizes.

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A, with a marked service factor of 1.15 and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection.  What is the maximum sized short circuit branch circuit protection that can be used for motor A if a duel element, time delayed fuse where to be used? A A B. 180 A C. 200 A D. 175 A

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. 200 A Remember that you round up to the next standard size for branch circuit protection and also that you use the table value for the full load current, not the name plate value. The nameplate value is used only for determining the overload protection.

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A, with a marked service factor of 1.15 and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection. What is the maximum size or setting of overload protection that can be used to protect motor C if an overload relay is used? A B C D

Services Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A (C) Remember to use the nameplate full load current

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A, with a marked service factor of 1.15 and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection. What is the maximum sized duel element fuse that can be used to protect the feeder conductors for this motor circuit if motor A has 125A duel element fuses for branch circuit protection and motor B has 50 ampere duel element fuses for branch circuit protection and motor C has 50 ampere duel element fuses for branch circuit protection. A. 190a B. 200a C. 215a D. 250a

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith B. 200 a Remember to round down to the next standard size for feeder protection. Also remember to look at to ensure you are using the correct standard sizes.

Motors Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Controllers, other than ______________ and molded case switches, shall have horsepower ratings at the application voltage not lower than the horsepower rating of the motor. A. dual element fuses B. Instantaneous trip circuit breakers C. Inverse time circuit breakers D. None of the above

Motor Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. Inverse time circuit breakers (A)

Raceways Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith ENT must be secured in place every ______. A. 12 inches B. 18 inches C. 24 inches D. 36 inches

Raceways Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith D. 36 inches (A)

Raceways Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith The minimum burial depth for a nonmetallic raceway under a 4 inch thick concrete exterior slab in a wide driveway for a commercial building shall be __________________ inches. A. 4 inches B. 12 inches C. 18 inches D. 24 inches

Raceways Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 24" Table Col. 3

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith What is the demand on the main service entrance cable for a 15.6kw rated range at 240V? A watts B watts C watts D watts

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 9600 watts Tble note 1

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith In areas used for patient care, the grounding terminals of all receptacles and all non-current carrying conductive surfaces of fixed electric equipment ______________ shall be grounded by an insulated copper equipment grounding conductor. Operating at over 100 V Likely to become energized Subject to personal contact All of these

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith All of these (B)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith At what ambient temperature must conductors be coordinated for determining ampacity if they are installed above a radiant heating ceiling panel? 20 degrees C 40 degrees C 50 degrees C None of above

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 50 degrees C

Equipment Use Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Receptacles mounted in boxes that are set back of the wall surface shall be installed so that the mounting ____________________ of the receptacle is held rigidly at the surface of the wall Screws or nails yoke or strap face plate none of these

Equipment Use Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith yoke or strap 406.4(A)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Receptacle faceplate covers made of insulating material shall be noncombustible and not less than _____________ in thickness..10 in.04 in.01 in.22 in

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith.10 in 406.5(C)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Receptacles installed outdoors in a location protected from the weather or other damp locations shall be in an enclosure that is _____________________ when the receptacle is covered. rain tight weatherproof rainproof weather tight

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith weatherproof 406.8(A)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Electric heaters of the cord and plug connected immersion type shall be constructed and installed so that current carrying parts are effectively ____________ from electrical contact with the substance in which they are immersed. isolated protected insulated all of these

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith insulated

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith The minimum clearance between an electric space-heating cable and an outlet box used for surface luminaries shall not be less than _________________. 8 in 14 in 18 in 6 in

Equipment Use Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 8 in

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith What is the minimum sized conductor that can be used for a 20 ampere load if the conductors will be installed in a conduit with a total of 9 current carrying conductors. The conductors will be TW conductors. A. 12 AWG B. 10 AWG C. 8 AWG D. 6 AWG

Feeders and Branch Circuits Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 10 AWG Tble and Tble (B)(2)(a)

The End Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Each of the slides will now be repeated. They are not timed in this segment. To change a slide, click on the side with your left mouse button. Be sure to physically look up the answers in your code book to improve your look up speed and skill.

Conductors Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith  Conductors larger than ___________ AWG may be marked as grounded and equipment grounding conductors by using the correctly colored electrical tape and wrapping it around the conductors insulation.  A. 2  B. 4  C. 6  D. 8

Conductors Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. 6 AWG (A) and 200.6(B)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A ballast in a fluorescent luminaire that is used for egress lighting and energized only during the a failure of the normal supply shall not have thermal protection. A. True B. False

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A. True (E)(4)

Grounding Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Contact devices or yokes designed and listed as __________________ shall be permitted in conjunction with the supporting screws to establish the grounding circuit between the device yoke and flush-type boxes. A. self tapping B. secured in place C. self grounding D. automatically grounded

Grounding Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. self grounding (B)

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection. What is the minimum sized THHN conductor that can be used to feed this circuit? A. 1/0 AWG B. 200 Kcmil C. 250 Kcmil D. 300 Kcmil

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith D. 300 Kcmil Don’t forget to consider (C) when determining the conductor size.

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A, with a marked service factor of 1.15 and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection. What is the minimum sized overload protection that could be used for motor C? A. 36 A B A C. 49 A D. None of the above

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. 49 Amps (A) Do not round off answers or use standard size fuses when determining over load sizes.

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A, with a marked service factor of 1.15 and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection.  What is the maximum sized short circuit branch circuit protection that can be used for motor A if a duel element, time delayed fuse where to be used? A A B. 180 A C. 200 A D. 175 A

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. 200 A Remember that you round up to the next standard size for branch circuit protection and also that you use the table value for the full load current, not the name plate value. The nameplate value is used only for determining the overload protection.

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A, with a marked service factor of 1.15 and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection. What is the maximum size or setting of overload protection that can be used to protect motor C if an overload relay is used? A B C D

Services Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A (C) Remember to use the nameplate full load current

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith A motor circuit feeds three squirrel cage motors. The circuit is a three-phase, 208V circuit. Motor A is a three phase, 40hp, with a nameplate FLC of A, a Marked Service Factor of 1.2, and is a design B motor. Motor B is a three phase, 15hp, with a nameplate FLC of 39.2 A, with a marked service factor of 1.15 and is a Design C motor, and Motor C is a single phase, 7.5hp, with a nameplate FLC of 33.8 A, a marked service factor of 1.6 and is a design K motor. All of the motors are protected with duel element fuses for short circuit branch circuit protection. What is the maximum sized duel element fuse that can be used to protect the feeder conductors for this motor circuit if motor A has 125A duel element fuses for branch circuit protection and motor B has 50 ampere duel element fuses for branch circuit protection and motor C has 50 ampere duel element fuses for branch circuit protection. A. 190a B. 200a C. 215a D. 250a

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith B. 200 a Remember to round down to the next standard size for feeder protection. Also remember to look at to ensure you are using the correct standard sizes.

Motors Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Controllers, other than ______________ and molded case switches, shall have horsepower ratings at the application voltage not lower than the horsepower rating of the motor. A. dual element fuses B. Instantaneous trip circuit breakers C. Inverse time circuit breakers D. None of the above

Motor Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith C. Inverse time circuit breakers (A)

Raceways Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith ENT must be secured in place every ______. A. 12 inches B. 18 inches C. 24 inches D. 36 inches

Raceways Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith D. 36 inches (A)

Raceways Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith The minimum burial depth for a nonmetallic raceway under a 4 inch thick concrete exterior slab in a wide driveway for a commercial building shall be __________________ inches. A. 4 inches B. 12 inches C. 18 inches D. 24 inches

Raceways Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 24" Table Col. 3

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith What is the demand on the main service entrance cable for a 15.6kw rated range at 240V? A watts B watts C watts D watts

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 9600 watts Tble note 1

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith In areas used for patient care, the grounding terminals of all receptacles and all non-current carrying conductive surfaces of fixed electric equipment ______________ shall be grounded by an insulated copper equipment grounding conductor. Operating at over 100 V Likely to become energized Subject to personal contact All of these

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith All of these (B)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith At what ambient temperature must conductors be coordinated for determining ampacity if they are installed above a radiant heating ceiling panel? 20 degrees C 40 degrees C 50 degrees C None of above

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 50 degrees C

Equipment Use Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Receptacles mounted in boxes that are set back of the wall surface shall be installed so that the mounting ____________________ of the receptacle is held rigidly at the surface of the wall Screws or nails yoke or strap face plate none of these

Equipment Use Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith yoke or strap 406.4(A)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Receptacle faceplate covers made of insulating material shall be noncombustible and not less than _____________ in thickness..10 in.04 in.01 in.22 in

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith.10 in 406.5(C)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Receptacles installed outdoors in a location protected from the weather or other damp locations shall be in an enclosure that is _____________________ when the receptacle is covered. rain tight weatherproof rainproof weather tight

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith weatherproof 406.8(A)

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith Electric heaters of the cord and plug connected immersion type shall be constructed and installed so that current carrying parts are effectively ____________ from electrical contact with the substance in which they are immersed. isolated protected insulated all of these

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith insulated

Equipment Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith The minimum clearance between an electric space-heating cable and an outlet box used for surface luminaries shall not be less than _________________. 8 in 14 in 18 in 6 in

Equipment Use Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 8 in

Calculations Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith What is the minimum sized conductor that can be used for a 20 ampere load if the conductors will be installed in a conduit with a total of 9 current carrying conductors. The conductors will be TW conductors. A. 12 AWG B. 10 AWG C. 8 AWG D. 6 AWG

Feeders and Branch Circuits Copyright 2005 Ted "Smitty" Smith 10 AWG Tble and Tble (B)(2)(a)