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2008 NEC Changes Test 19

Course Name:  2008 NEC Changes
Quiz Number:  No. 19
Teacher:  Gerald Newton
Teacher's Email:  electrician@electrician2.com

No. of Questions= 10


1 409.110(3) Exception
Short Circuit current rating markings are not required for industrial control panels containing only control circuit components.
This new exception gives relief for qualifying industrial control panels.

Question: The Short Circuit current rating markings are not required for industrial control panels containing _________________ .

a) Class 2 circuits
b) low voltage equipment
c) only control circuit components
2 Article 410 This article has been renumbered and references to the terms lighting fixture, lighting fixtures, or fixtures have been removed. The correct term now used is luminaire. The term fixture is confusing and is used in other standards to refer to plumbing fixtures.

Question: Article 410 has been ___________ .

a) renumbered
b) deleted
c) reorganized
3 410.6 Listing Required All luminaires and lampholders shall be listed.
This new rule requires that luminaires and lampholders be built to conform to product safety standards established by listing agencies such as Underwriters Laboratories, ETL, CSA, and others.

Question: All luminaires and lampholders shall be _______ .

a) listed
b) identified
c) approved
4 410.16(A) and 410.16(C)(5) Luminaires in clothes closets
Listed luminaires of the following types shall be permitted to be installed in a clothes closet.
Surface-mounted fluorescent, clothes rod type, or LED luminaires that are identified for the use are permitted to be installed within clothes closets, including storage spaces.

Question: ______ surface-mounted fluorescent, clothes rod type, or LED luminaires that are identified for the use are permitted to be installed within clothes closets, including storage spaces.

a) Identified
b) Listed
c) Approved
5 410.30(B)(1) Metal or Nonmetallic Poles Supporting Luminaires
Handhole covers on light poles are not required to be "raintight" but are required to be "suitable for wet locations."
The word "raintight" has been removed and the words "suitable for wet locations" have been inserted into this section.

Question: Handhole covers on light poles are required to be _______________ .

a) "raintight"
b) "suitable for wet locations."
c) "suitable for damp locations"
6 410.62(C)(1)(2)(c) Cord Connected Installation
Flexible cords passing through suspended ceilings that terminate in junction boxes located above the ceiling shall be installed with a strain relief and canopy and shall be protected by a raceway sleeve at least 6 inches long where the cord passes through the ceiling.

Question: Flexible cords passing through suspended ceilings that terminate in junction boxes located above the ceiling shall be installed with a strain relief and canopy and shall be protected by ________________ where the cord passes through the ceiling

a) a raceway sleeve at least 6 inches long
b) tape wrapped around the cord
c) a hole double the size of the cord
7 410.130(G) Disconnecting Means for Luminaires
Luminaires that utilize double ended lamps and contain ballasts that can be serviced in place or ballasted luminaires that are supplied from multiwire branch circuits and contain ballasts that can be serviced in place shall have a disconnecting means that disconnects simultaneously from the source of supply all conductors of the ballast including the grounded conductor if any.
The disconnect shall be a single device and where installed externally to the luminaire, it is required to be located within sight of the luminaire.

Question: The disconnect shall be a single device and where installed externally to the luminaire, it is required to be located ________________________ (select the best answer).

a) within 50 feet of the luminaire
b) visible from the luminaire
c) at the luminaire
d) within sight of the luminaire
e) a, b, and d
8 410.151(B) FPN
This is a new fine print note.
Connected Load FPN The load calculation in 220.43(B) does not limit the length of track on a single branch circuit, and it does not limit the number of luminaires on a single track.

Question: 410.151(B) Connected Load By the new FPN the load calculation in 220.43(B) does not limit the ______________________and it does not limit the number of luminaires on a single track.

a) length of track on a single branch circuit,
b) number of tracks on a single branch circuit
c) number of branch circuits that can supply track lighting
9 411.2 Definition: Low-Voltage Lighting System This revised definition includes the luminaires.

Question: The definition of Lighting Systems Operating at 30 Volts or Less is a lighting system consisting of __________________ .

a) an isolating power supply
b) the low-voltage luminaires
c) the associated equipment that are all identified for the use
d) a, b, and c
10 411.3(B) Assembly of Listed Parts
A lighting system operating at 30 volts or less shall be permitted to be field constructed using the following listed parts.
1. low voltage luminaires
2. Low voltage power supply
3. Class 2 power supply
4. Low Voltage luminaire fittings
5. Cord (secondary circuit) for which the luminaires and power supply are listed for use
6. Cords, cables, conductors in conduit, or other fixed wiring methods for the secondary conductors.

Question: A lighting system operating at 30 volts or less shall be permitted to be _________ using listed parts.

a) factory constructed
b) field constructed
c) shop built





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