Prepare for your IBEW Apprentice Electrician's Aptitude Test
Free practice exams and study resources to help you succeed on a typical math and reading electrical aptitude test, like the one offered by the IBEW.
Section-Specific Practice
Want additional practice? Focus on specific areas with dedicated math sections, as well as additional reading comprehension questions. Build confidence in each section individually and get immediate feedback on your answers.
Study Strategies
See a walkthrough and solving strategies for different types of math problems. Get tips for reading comprehension questions with a detailed breakdown of how to think through the different types of questions you might encounter.
What to Expect
A typical electrical apprenticeship aptitude test, like the one offered by the IBEW, consists of two main sections:
- Math Section: Approximately 45 minutes of algebra, functions,
number series, and
mathematical
reasoning. The math sections on this site are challenging and have a few more
problems than a typical
test, so they
use a 50
minute time limit. Your test's time limit will likely be less than 50
minutes, 46 minutes is standard.
Feel free to set your own 46 minute timer to practice, but I'm confident that the 50 minute timer will prepare you well enough. - Reading Comprehension: 50 minutes of understanding written passages and answering questions
Additional topics may include:
- Mechanical Aptitude
- Spatial Reasoning
- Math questions that are not covered on this site
- Other topics may vary by test
These practice exams are designed to help you familiarize yourself with the math and reading question types ONLY.
How to Use This Site
- Find out what is on your particular test: This site is designed to help you prepare for a typical math and reading aptitude test, but additional topics may be tested which are not covered here. This site is unlikely to be adequate preparation for a GAN aptitude test.
- Start with a full practice exam: Take Exam 1 and mimic the test environment. You will only be allowed to have scratch paper and a pencil. Get those then set a timer for 50 minutes for the math portion. Note that there are no calculators allowed. Take a 10-minute break, then spend 50 minutes on the reading portion.
- Review: After completing the exam, grade your answers and review the explanations for each problem.
- Study: Go check out the Math Help page and make sure you understand the strategies for solving each type of question. Look over the Reading Help page as well.
- Practice sections separately: Use the Math Practice and Reading Practice pages to focus on specific areas where you need improvement in math, and get additional practice in reading.
- Get extra practice and explanations: If you still need to practice more or you are struggling with a particular type of question, I recommend that you use a free online resource like Khan Academy. Alternatively, you can use an LLM like Chat GPT or Claude to generate extra practice questions and explanations.
- Take the second exam: 1-2 days before your test, complete Exam 2 to measure your progress and further prepare for test day.
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