NETA Level 4 Most Missed Question Subjects, Spring 2000

[SecondGen]

Category, Subject, % Missed

Transformer Connections & Ratings, Connection of 3-Phase Banks with Single Phase Transformers, 100%

Low-Voltage Protective Devices, Primary Injection of Breakers with Ground Fault Protection, 88%

Switchgear, Insulating Materials, 88%

Short Circuit & Coordination, MV Circuit Breaker Interrupting Ratings, 88%

Capacitors, Reactors, Arrestors, NETA-MTS Recommended Tests on Capacitors, 71%

Safety, Testing of Rubber Blankets, 71%

Standards, NETA-ATS Recommended Tests on Current Transformers, 71%

Cable Testing, Construction of Cable Bus, 71%


Note: Fourteen technicians took the NETA Level 4 exam in the spring of 2000. Two passed.

Source: Official NETA internal memo from Rod Hageman, Technical Exam Chair to NETA Accredited Representatives dated July 21, 2000. Re: Spring 2000 Level IV Certification Exam.

[James Straughn]

Category, Subject, % Missed

Transformer Connections & Ratings, Connection of 3-Phase Banks with Single Phase Transformers, 100%

Low-Voltage Protective Devices, Primary Injection of Breakers with Ground Fault Protection, 88%

Switchgear, Insulating Materials, 88%

Short Circuit & Coordination, MV Circuit Breaker Interrupting Ratings, 88%

Capacitors, Reactors, Arrestors, NETA-MTS Recommended Tests on Capacitors, 71%

Safety, Testing of Rubber Blankets, 71%

Standards, NETA-ATS Recommended Tests on Current Transformers, 71%

Cable Testing, Construction of Cable Bus, 71%


Note: Fourteen technicians took the NETA Level 4 exam in the spring of 2000. Two passed.

That was 20 years ago what about now?
How many have taken it and how have passed? I have failed level 2 times and my employer did not allow me another opportunity to take it! 5 years ago!

[James Straughn]

That was 20 years ago what about now?
How many have taken it and how have passed? I have failed level 2 times and my employer did not allow me another opportunity to take it! 5 years ago!

When I passed NETA level III there was no test guy web site. It’s a good study guide but I feel some techs who have passed level III due using it, may still lack experience and knowledge that they need in the field.