MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCOPE OF TEST CODE #14 - ELECTRICITY
PERCENT OF TEST:
33% ELECTRICAL SAFETY, TOOL USE AND THEORY
8% INSTALL CENTRAL HEAT, HEAT CABLES AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
2% WIRING SMOKE AND FIRE ALARMS AND SECURITY SYSTEMS
5% WIRING MOTORS AND CONTROLS
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8% INSTALLING RACEWAYS AND CONDUCTORS
3% INSTALLING OVERCURRENT PROTECTIVE DEVICES
9% INSTALLING SERVICES
7% INSTALLING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WIRING
10% INSTALLING TRANSFORMERS
10% INSTALL WIRING METHODS AND MATERIALS
5% ELECTRICAL RELATED MATHEMATICS
NOTE: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE BOOKS (2005 EDITION) WILL BE SUPPLIED, BY THE TEACHER TESTING PROGRAM, TO ASSIST YOU ON YOUR WRITTEN EXAM.
SCOPE OF TEST CODE #14 - ELECTRICITY
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THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IS ALIGNED WITH THE MATCHING MASSACHUSETTS VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATOR FRAMEWORKS. SOME QUESTIONS REQUIRE A SYNTHESIS OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ON VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND MAY NOT BE FOUND IN ANY BOOK. HOWEVER, CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO STUDY FOR THEIR EXAMS BY REVIEWING CURRENT TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL WHICH CAN USUALLY BE FOUND IN THE LIBRARIES OF MOST VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS WHICH OFFER CHAPTER 74 PROGRAMS.
*You may refer to www.doe.mass.edu/cte/frameworks/ for the Massachusetts Vocational Technical Educator Frameworks.
THE FOLLOWING LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIALS WAS DEVELOPED AS A GUIDE
FOR WRITTEN EXAM CANDIDATES:
DESIGNING ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, CURRENT EDITION by James Slattery
American Technical Publishers
National Fire Protection Association Publishers
DELMAR STANDARD TEXTBOOK ON ELECTRICITY, CURRENT 2005 EDITION, by Herman
Delmar Press
AMERICAN ELECTRICIANS HANDBOOK, 14th EDITION (2002) by Croft and Summers
McGraw-Hill
OFFICIAL OSHA CONSTRUCTION SAFETY HANDBOOK by JJ Keller & Associates, Inc.
YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR OBTAINING THESE RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM.
The written exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions. Each question consists of one incomplete sentence or a questions followed by four choices. Listed below are several sample items:
The general lighting load for dwellings expressed in volt-amperes per square foot is volt-ampere(s).
a. 1/4
b. 1/2
* c. 3
d. 4
If the reactive volt-amperes on an A.C. circuit is 12 kva and the true power is 16 kw, what is the value of the apparent power supplied in kva?
* a. 20 kva
b. 24 kva
c. 28 kva
d. 32 kva
* indicates correct answer
THE TEACHER TESTING PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE NON-PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATORS FOR USE IN COMPLETING THE WRITTEN EXAM. DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THESE CALCULATORS WILL BE INCLUDED IN YOUR ADMISSION PACKAGE.
UPDATED: 2-2008
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCOPE OF TEST CODE #14 – ELECTRICITY
PERCENT OF TEST:
20 % A.C. Motor Control
- Develop Schematic Diagrams
- Make terminations and splices to MEC code
- Wire motor controls as instructed
20 % EMT
- Bend EMT to task specifications
20 % Conduit
- Bend and terminate conduit to task specifications
20 % N.M. Cable
- Prepare Wire Diagrams
- Construct a lighting circuit according to MEC standards
20 % Bell Wiring/Low Voltage Wiring
- Prepare wiring diagram
- Wire Bell/Low Voltage system as instructed
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* NO BENDING GUIDES WILL BE ALLOWED*
CANDIDATES ARE REMINDED THAT THE USE OF A CALCULATOR IS
ALLOWED FOR THE PERFORMANCE EXAM PROVIDING YOU BRING YOUR OWN.
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THE PERFORMANCE EXAMINATION IS ALIGNED WITH THE MATCHING MASSACHUSETTS VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATOR FRAMEWORKS. SOME TASKS REQUIRE A SYNTHESIS OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ON VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND MAY NOT BE FOUND IN ANY BOOK. HOWEVER, CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE FOR THEIR EXAMS BY REVIEWING CURRENT TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL WHICH CAN USUALLY BE FOUND IN THE LIBRARIES OF MOST VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS WHICH OFFER CHAPTER 74 PROGRAMS.
*You may refer to http://www.doe.mass.edu/cte/frameworks for the Massachusetts Vocational Technical Educator Frameworks.
THE FOLLOWING LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIALS WAS DEVELOPED AS A GUIDE
FOR WRITTEN EXAM CANDIDATES:
DESIGNING ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, CURRENT EDITION by James Slattery
American Technical Publishers
National Fire Protection Association Publishers
DELMAR STANDARD TEXTBOOK ON ELECTRICITY, CURRENT 2005 EDITION, by Herman
Delmar Press
AMERICAN ELECTRICIANS HANDBOOK, 14th EDITION (2002) by Croft and Summers
McGraw-Hill
YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR OBTAINING THESE RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM.
UPDATED: 11/2007