E1 · area 04 · subtopic 0402
Branch Circuit Required Outlets
4 percent of the E1 Residential Electrical Inspector exam. At 60 questions, that is roughly 2 to 3 questions, each with about 120 seconds of budget including the lookup.
- Exam
- E1
- Area
- Wiring Methods and Power and Lighting Distribution
- Weight
- 4%
- Questions
- ~2 to 3
What this subtopic covers
Receptacle and lighting outlets and switches provided in all required locations.
How to drill it
- Find the chapter of the International Residential Code that carries this subject and read it once for structure, not retention: what lives here, what gets sent elsewhere, which tables exist.
- Write your own plain-language phrases for what this subtopic covers, then note the code's terms beside them. Mismatches between the two columns are exactly where exam questions cost you time.
- Run timed lookups: pick a requirement named in the descriptor above, start a stopwatch, find the governing text in your book, stop. Log the seconds. Past two minutes is a miss even when the answer is right.
- Weight your reps to the number above. Roughly 2 to 3 questions means this subtopic deserves repeated timed reps inside its area session.
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GFCI outlets in a bathroom is filed under branch circuits, gfci, subtopic 0403.
For the whole exam in one view, the E1 residential electrical study notes by weight rank every area by how many questions it carries.
The rest of area 04: Wiring Methods and Power and Lighting Distribution (21%)
| Subtopic | Weight | |
|---|---|---|
| 0401 | Installation Methods | 4% |
| 0403 | Branch Circuits, GFCI | 4% |
| 0404 | Boxes and Enclosures | 3% |
| 0405 | Equipment Grounding | 3% |
| 0406 | Flexible Cords | 2% |
| 0407 | Class 2 Circuits | 1% |
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