Search "Georgia electrical license practice test" and you get three kinds of result: a handful of free questions someone scraped from a different state, a PDF of 50 questions with no citations and no date on it, and several people quietly implying they have the real exam.
None of that helps, and the last one should worry you. So here is what a practice test has to do to be worth your evening, written by somebody who sells one and will tell you exactly what mine does and does not do.
Key facts
- The Georgia exam is 140 scored questions in two four-hour parts: 30 on laws and regulations, 110 technical.
- It is open book on the 2023 NEC with Georgia amendments, and a passing scaled score is 70.
- Nobody lawfully sells the real questions. Selling live exam items is a breach of test security.
- Fail twice and Board Rule 121-2-.06 sends you to a Board-approved review course before attempt three.
- The free exam on this site is 20 questions, no card, every answer explained with its citation.
1. It has to be weighted like the real exam
An exam that is 60 percent conduit fill because conduit fill is easy to write tells you nothing about a sitting where conduit fill is a handful of questions.
The Georgia blueprint is published, and a practice test should follow it. Every figure below is a share of the whole 140-question exam, not of its part.
Part 1, 30 scored questions: Comply with Laws 7 percent, Comply with Regulations 6, Comply with Administrative Requirements 4, Plan and Organize Work 4.
Part 2, 110 scored questions: Maintain Basic Electrical Circuits 10, Install and Maintain Electrical Controls and Devices 11, D-C and A-C Rotating Equipment 11, Transformers 15, Interior Electrical Systems 16, Special Equipment, Conditions and Locations 15.
Six percent of 140 is nine questions. That is what "Comply with Regulations" is worth, and it is more than most candidates give it.
If a practice test cannot tell you which of those a question belongs to, it cannot tell you what to study next, which is the only thing a practice test is for.
2. Every question has to carry its citation
Open book changes what studying means. You are not memorising the code, you are learning to find things in it under time pressure. A question that tells you the answer is "50 ft" has taught you a fact you will forget. A question that tells you 110.29 has taught you where to put your thumb.
That is the difference between a practice test and a quiz. Every question here names the section it came from, and every explanation walks the rule — all 1,858 of them, and 282 of those are calculation questions.
3. The law half cannot be borrowed from another state
This is where most cheap material falls down, and it is a third of Part 1's weight before you count administration.
Georgia's licensing law is O.C.G.A. Title 43, Chapter 14, re-enacted effective July 1, 2026. Georgia adopts the NEC through the Uniform Codes Act, O.C.G.A. 8-2-20 to 8-2-26, with its own amendment packet. A question about workers' compensation thresholds, occupation tax certificates or the two-fails rule has a Georgia answer and no other. Material written for Florida or Texas and relabelled will be confidently wrong here, and it will be wrong on the questions nobody revises for.
4. It has to be honest about the code edition
The mandatory electrical code in Georgia today is the 2023 NEC with Georgia amendments, and PSI's reference list stays 2023 through December 31, 2026. The 2026 Georgia amendments take effect January 1, 2027 — the amendment packet changes, the edition does not.
Any practice material that cites 2026 NEC article numbers is testing you on a book you will not be allowed to carry.
5. Nobody has the real questions
If a seller hints that they do, walk. Selling live exam items is a breach of test security, and the person with the most to lose is the candidate holding them.
What an honest bank contains is original questions written to the published blueprint and the current code, weighted the way the real exam is weighted. That is what makes a score predictive. It is also the only version of this that is legal.
6. It should show you where you are weak, not just a score
"68 percent" is not a study plan. The number that matters is which sections cost you the points, because with a blueprint you can convert that straight into what to read tomorrow.
What to do tonight
Take a real diagnostic before you buy anything from anybody, including me. The free exam is 20 questions drawn from the official outline, no account and no card. At the end you get your score against the pass mark, every answer explained with its citation, and the three sections costing you the most points.
Twenty minutes tells you whether your problem is Part 1 or Part 2. Most electricians are surprised: they have been revising the code and losing the exam on the 30 law questions.
Common questions
Are there real Georgia electrical exam questions available to buy?
No, and be careful with anyone implying otherwise. Selling live exam items is a breach of test security. Honest material is original questions written to the published blueprint and the current code edition, weighted the way the real exam weights its sections.
How many questions are on the Georgia electrical contractor exam?
140 scored questions in two four-hour parts: 30 on laws and regulations, 110 technical. It is open book on the 2023 NEC with Georgia amendments, and a passing scaled score is 70.
Is the Georgia electrical exam open book?
Yes. You bring the 2023 NEC and the other references on PSI's list. That is why practice questions should cite their section: the skill being tested is finding a rule quickly, not reciting it.
What is the best way to study for the Georgia electrical exam?
Tab and learn your code book, practise against questions weighted like the real blueprint, and treat the 30 law questions as a subject in their own right. Most candidates revise the technical half and lose on Part 1.
What happens if I fail the Georgia electrical exam?
You retake it. Fail twice and Board Rule 121-2-.06 requires a Board-approved review course before your third attempt, which is the practical reason to take the first sitting seriously.
Does a practice test predict my real score?
Only if it is weighted like the real exam and written to the same code edition. An unweighted bank of easy-to-write questions produces a comfortable number that means nothing.
Sources read on 2026-09-23: the PSI Georgia candidate information and published blueprint; O.C.G.A. Title 43, Chapter 14 as effective July 1, 2026; O.C.G.A. 8-2-20 to 8-2-26; Board Rule 121-2-.06.