Master Electrician (Safety Codes Council) · Alberta
Five Alberta Master Electrician practice test questions, answers included.
Five original practice questions from both parts of Alberta's Master Electrician exam: work that needs no permit and a health and safety representative's duties from Part 1, Alberta Acts and Regulations, and the freezer AFCI exemption, a range demand and a voltage-drop limit from Part 2, the Canadian Electrical Code. Pick an answer, then open the explanation. Every question in the bank explains all four options, not just the right one.
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Under Permit Regulation s.4, which of these undertakings needs no permit?
- One designed and stamped by a professional engineer
- One carried out under a variance that a safety codes officer has issued for it
- One done by an ME who has had no deficiencies in the past year
- One governed by a quality control program an Administrator accepts
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D. Correct. Permit Regulation s.4(b) removes the permit requirement for an undertaking run under a quality control program that an Administrator finds acceptable; s.4(a) does the same for work that a Standards Council of Canada-accredited body has inspected and then certified under its accreditation terms.
Source: SCC exam Part 1: Alberta Acts and Regulations (our Unit A); Safety Codes Act; Permit Regulation, AR 204/2007
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An ME's firm of 11 regularly employed workers has designated a health and safety representative. Which task does the Guide to OHS: Employers give the representative?
- Issuing stop work orders where it finds a danger
- Reviewing the firm's work site inspection records
- Phoning serious incidents in to Alberta OHS
- Approving the firm's hazard assessment before work
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B. Correct. Committees and representatives have similar duties: receiving, considering and disposing of worker concerns, participating in the employer's hazard assessment, making recommendations, and reviewing work site inspection records (Guide to OHS: Employers, p.13). OHS officers may also ask the representative to accompany them on inspections.
Source: SCC exam Part 1: Alberta Acts and Regulations (our Unit B); Guide to OHS: Employers (Alberta OHS)
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A new house kitchen has a dedicated 15 A receptacle for an upright freezer beside the refrigerator. Under Rule 26-658 as STANDATA 24-ECB-026 reads it, what arc-fault protection does that freezer circuit need?
- An outlet branch-circuit AFCI at the freezer receptacle
- A combination-type AFCI, since only refrigerators are exempt
- None, as the refrigerator exemption may be applied to it
- None, if the receptacle has Class A GFCI protection instead
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C. Correct. Rule 26-658 a) i) B) exempts the kitchen refrigerator receptacle of Rule 26-722 d) i) from AFCI protection to avoid nuisance tripping and food spoilage, and STANDATA 24-ECB-026 says the same exemption can also be applied to freezers. The bulletin is guidance, and its extension covers freezers only, not other kitchen appliances.
Source: SCC exam Part 2: Canadian Electrical Code (our Unit C); CEC Rule 26-658; STANDATA 24-ECB-026
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A custom home's double-oven electric range is rated 16.4 kW. What does Rule 8-200 1) a) allow for this range in the service calculated load?
- 7760 W
- 9760 W
- 12 560 W
- 16 400 W
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A. Correct. Rule 8-200 1) a) iv) takes 6000 W for a single range plus 40 % of the amount its rating exceeds 12 kW: 6000 + 0.40 × 4400 = 7760 W.
Source: SCC exam Part 2: Canadian Electrical Code (our Unit D); CEC Rules 8-200, 8-300
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A 120/240 V single-phase feeder to a livestock barn will carry a known 85 A load 90 m (one way). Table D3's notes give the largest K a conductor may have from the same variables as VD = K × f × I × L / 1000. To hold the drop to 3 % of 240 V, what is the largest K the copper conductors may have?
- 0.471 Ω/km
- 0.544 Ω/km
- 0.784 Ω/km
- 0.941 Ω/km
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A. Correct. Rule 8-102 1) a) allows 3 % of 240 V = 7.2 V on the feeder, and Table D3 Note 2 gives f = 2 for a single-phase, 3-wire line-to-line circuit: K = 7.2 × 1000 / (2 × 85 × 90) = 0.471 Ω/km. Any conductor whose Table D3 K is at or below this keeps the drop within 3 %.
Source: SCC exam Part 2: Canadian Electrical Code (our Unit D); CEC Rule 8-102
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The Alberta Master Electrician exam at a glance
How many questions are on the Alberta Master Electrician exam?
120 multiple-choice questions in two parts: Part 1, Alberta Acts and Regulations, 50 questions, and Part 2, the Canadian Electrical Code, 70 questions, with 3.5 hours for each part. To pass you need 60% or more on each part and a 75% average of the two. Source: the Safety Codes Council's Master Electrician Exam page (read October 24, 2026).
The Master Electrician exam is the exam the Safety Codes Council requires before it certifies an Alberta master electrician under the Certification and Permit Regulation; in Alberta, electrical permits for contracting work go to master electricians. It is not a Red Seal exam. The Council's exam page describes it as 120 multiple-choice questions in two parts: Part 1, Alberta Acts and Regulations, 50 questions on the documents in its 2024 Exam Kit, from the Safety Codes Act and its permit and certification regulations to the trades legislation, the WCB and OHS employer guides, the Electrical STANDATA and the Alberta Electrical Utility Code; and Part 2, the Canadian Electrical Code, 70 questions on the CEC, Part I, 2024.
The pass rule has two parts. You need 60 percent or more on each part and a 75 percent average of the two: 55 percent on Part 1 with 95 percent on Part 2 averages 75 and still fails. The Council does not publish how many questions each document or topic gets inside a part; our timed mock exam is 120 questions in seven hours, Part 1 first, drawn 28, 22, 31 and 39 from our four study units, and it scores both parts of the rule.
The exam is open book, with the CEC 2024, bought separately, and the free Exam Kit, and it is written online through the Council's proctoring software, with an optional one-hour break between the parts and no pausing once you start. The exam fee is $150 after a $50 application, and you book on Council Connect at least seven days ahead. Results come within seven business days. A rewrite is $75 per part, only for the part you need, with no limit on rewrites.
The full Alberta Master Electrician practice exam
Find out where you stand on both pass rules.
550 original practice questions for the Alberta ME exam, 400 Standard and 150 Advanced, spread over both parts, with the reason for every option and the Rule, section or bulletin behind it in the explanation. Timed 120-question mock exams in seven hours, Part 1 first, scored the way the Council scores the exam: at least 60 percent on each part and a 75 percent average of the two part scores, with each part's percentage shown, so a weak part shows up before exam day.
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What the Alberta Master Electrician exam covers
Two parts, studied as four units.
The Council publishes the two parts, their 50 and 70 questions and the documents the exam covers, but not how many questions each document or topic gets. Our 550-question bank splits each part into two study units of our own, and the counts below are what is in our bank, not on the exam. Each unit links to ten free questions on it.
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Safety Codes Act, ME certification and permits · Part 1 · 120 in our bank
The Safety Codes Act, with officers' powers, orders, reviews and appeals; the Certification and Permit Regulation on the ME certificate; the Permit Regulation on when a permit is needed and who may hold one; the Administrative Items and Electrical Code Regulations; and the Council's Master Electrician Roles and Responsibilities and Code of Ethics. Free Unit A questions: acts and permits →
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Trades, OHS, WCB, STANDATA and the AEUC · Part 1 · 87 in our bank
The Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act and its regulations, with restricted activities, apprentices and sponsors; the WCB-Alberta Employer Handbook; the Guide to OHS: Employers; the Electrical STANDATA bulletins, interpretations and variances in the kit; and the Alberta Electrical Utility Code. Free Unit B questions: trades, OHS and STANDATA →
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Canadian Electrical Code rules · Part 2 · 143 in our bank
The CEC 2024 rules that need no arithmetic, read with Alberta's STANDATA: general rules, conductors and services, grounding and bonding, wiring methods, protection, panelboards and receptacles, hazardous and special locations, motors, fire alarm and emergency systems, and the special sections from PV and storage to pools and EV charging. Free Unit C questions: CEC rules →
- D
Canadian Electrical Code calculations · Part 2 · 200 in our bank
Section 8 service and feeder loads, continuous loads, ampacity and correction factors, voltage drop, conduit and box fill, motor, transformer and capacitor protection, bonding conductor sizing, and fault current and power factor arithmetic. Free Unit D questions: CEC calculations →
Where our questions come from
Every question original, every one cited.
The 29 objectives and 210 learning outcomes in our Alberta ME bank are our own, written across the exam's two parts from public sources: the documents in the Council's 2024 Exam Kit, from the Safety Codes Act and its regulations to the trades legislation, the WCB and OHS employer guides, the Electrical STANDATA and the Alberta Electrical Utility Code, and the CEC 2024, read in a licensed copy. Every question records the Rule, section or bulletin it was written from, and every one went through a separate, blind verification pass in which every calculation is recomputed. Questions that rest on the CEC explain the requirement in their own words and cite the Rule number; we never reproduce Code text, tables or definitions. Nothing is copied from courses, workbooks or recalled exam questions. For the exam format, the fees and what you may use during the exam, read the Alberta Master Electrician exam guide. Read how our questions are made.
Edited by Trevor Mulder · Last checked against the Safety Codes Council's Master Electrician Exam page, its 2024 Exam Kit and its Information Bulletin of January 21, 2025.
Why practice scores mislead
An open book does not tell you where to look.
You can use the Code and the whole Exam Kit during the Alberta ME exam, and still run out of time: the kit runs to more than 600 pages. Knowing that the Permit Regulation has exemptions does not tell you which undertaking needs no permit. Knowing that Rule 8-200 covers ranges does not give you the demand for a 16.4 kW one. And an average hides the trap in the Council's rule: 75 percent fails the exam if either part is under 60 percent. Our explanations give the reason and the Rule, section or bulletin behind every option, and our mock exams put 120 questions in front of you in seven hours and score each part on its own, so you find out whether both parts hold, not just your average.
How TicketPrep prepares you
Built like a study tool, not a quiz app.
Both parts, four units
Alberta legislation and the CEC 2024, rules and calculations, and every one of the 29 objectives we wrote for them, at Standard and Advanced levels.
Every answer explained
Why the right answer is right, and why each of the other three is wrong, with the CEC Rule, the section of the Act or the STANDATA behind it.
Timed mock exams
120 questions in seven hours, Part 1 first, 28, 22, 31 and 39 from our four units. The Council publishes only the 50 and 70 per part, so the unit split is ours.
Both pass rules
Each mock is scored on 60 percent on each part and a 75 percent average of the two, with each part's percentage, so a weak part never hides behind a good average.
Alberta Master Electrician exam questions
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