Maryland Master Electrician Exam Study Guide

What’s Included

This study guide is organized to match the way topics appear on the Master Electrician exam. Here is what is included in your download:

Study questions are based on the 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC), Ugly’s Electrical References.
Content covers the NEC chapters specified in the exam bulletin.
Additional bonus sample calculations for Ohm’s Law and Series/Parallel combination circuits.
Answer key includes a summary table mapping Maryland exam bulletin subject areas to question numbers, making it easy to focus on specific tested topics.
The number of practice questions in this package: 2,476
Offline PDF access allows private study without logins, subscriptions, or activity tracking tied to an online study platform.
Digital PDF format delivered by instant download link.

How to Use This Study Guide

Use these questions alongside your National Electrical Code (NEC) book. Read a section of the book, then work through the related practice questions to check your understanding.

Each sample question includes a reference to the NEC article number where the subject is discussed. This helps you quickly review why the correct answer is right and reinforces the process of looking up information efficiently — a key skill for an open-book exam.

Bookmarks have been added throughout the study guide to help you:

Easily jump to bulletin-related subject areas
Return to the exact place you left off during a previous study session
Navigate rapidly between topics without losing your place

Use the additional questions drawn from Ugly’s Electrical References to strengthen your coverage of general theory, Ohm’s Law and topics that commonly appear on the electrical exam.

Available Study Materials

Master Electrician
Exam Study Guide

$134.95

Sample exam questions are sourced from the National Electrical Code (NEC), Ugly’s Electrical References.

Get instant access to the Master Electrician Exam Study Guide and start practicing with exam-style questions. Use the included code references to build speed, accuracy, and confidence for an open-book exam.

All study materials are delivered electronically for instant access after purchase and are provided as ZIP archives containing standard US letter-size PDF files.

Exam Details

Apply for the License

Maryland State Board of Electricians
500 N. Calvert St, Room 481
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 230-6163

Exam Provider — Bulletin & Scheduling

PSI Services LLC
3210 E. Tropicana Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone: (855) 898-0715

Exam Type

OPEN BOOK

Exam Content

The official exam bulletin is published and maintained by PSI. Bulletin content (subjects covered in the exam) and file names for PDFs change regularly. Always set your “favorite” or “bookmark” to the landing page we have linked above. Candidates should always review the current exam information on the PSI website before applying or testing.

Review of the following methods, codes and procedures are advised:

Ohm's Law
Electrical Theory and Mathematics
Practical Electrical Field Work Practices
Local Code Rulings as Applicable

Books Allowed in the Exam

National Electrical Code (NFPA-70), 2020, NFPA

NOTICE: The Amazon link in the bulletin dated 9/1/24 goes to the wrong version of the NEC.

Additional Recommended Books

1a.

Ferm's Fast Finder Index, 2020, IAEI

1b.

Tom Henry's Key Word Index, 2020, Tom Henry

We recommend that you purchase one of the reference books above to study for your exam. Each book is a comprehensive subject index to the NEC. They provide an even faster way to look up answers in the code and are far more detailed than the index at the end of the code book.

Ugly's Electrical References, 2020, Charles Miller

Maryland Laws & Regulations (Electricians)

Practical Calculations for Electricians, 2020, Ray Holder

The study materials we offer for this exam will cover the two non-NEC specific subjects (Electrical Theory and Calculations) with questions from Ugly's Electrical Reference.