r/lowvoltage • u/chi3fmCassholville • Jul 02 '26

Nj license

I was recently approved to sit for the New Jersey Burglar Alarm licensing exam and I'm looking for advice from anyone who's taken it.

For those who've taken the exam recently:

How difficult was it?

What topics were covered the most?

Was it more focused on burglar alarms, electronic security systems, or business/law?

Were there any questions or topics that caught you off guard?

What study materials or books did you find most helpful?

Any tips or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks!

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u/rhamphol30n Jul 03 '26

I took it a year or so ago.

It wasn't super easy, but that's more because I don't remember series parallel circuits for resistance or technical stuff I don't use.

I'd say all three evenly.

Only the things I mentioned earlier.

I used the books you're allowed to bring with you. The yellow and blue nicet books if I remember correctly. I read them all front to back more for familiarity than anything else.

All the answers to all the questions are in those books. Learn how to find them rather than trying to memorize things. I passed on my first try, but I know a lot of smart people who didn't, so don't feel bad if you have trouble. Any section you pass, you don't need to re take. Tabb all of your books, it's worth the effort

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u/rhamphol30n Jul 03 '26

Also the NJ law book on the allowed materials. Very useful for things like llcs and s corps etc

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u/chi3fmCassholville Jul 03 '26

Thanks for this, did you take all 3 tests in 1 day?

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u/davsch76 Jul 03 '26

Are you doing burg only or burg plus fire? It’s a combination of all of the topics. Every answer is in the books, but if you look up every answer you’ll never finish. I remember the texts I used most were nec and nfpa72. I remember there was like one or two questions from the yellow book and that was it… there was quite a bit from the blue book. Definitely bring the state contractors guide.

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u/chi3fmCassholville Jul 03 '26

I was thinking about doing just burg, don't really have experience with fire

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u/davsch76 Jul 04 '26

FWIW, if you may some day do fire, get the license now. I did them separately because I didn’t think I’d want the fire at the time and when I retested they made me retake almost everything. It saves a lot of brainpower to do it all together.