About this Oregon Journeyman Plumber prep
This prep is built specifically for the Oregon Journeyman Plumber examination and includes a 19,000+-word study guide written for this exam, 4 full-length practice exams and 256 practice questions, each with a written explanation.
The Oregon Journeyman Plumber (JP) is administered by Oregon BCD. SOS License Directory Journeyman Plumber (JP), updated 2026-02-06: 4 hour, 64 question, open book. BCD exam page: passing score for all licensing exams is 75 percent (48 of 64). The division administers the exam. On 2026-08-20 the plumbing program chief told the State Plumbing Board the exam is 64 questions, four hours, and 75 percent. OAR 918-750-0110 effective 2026-10-01: 2026 Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code is the 2024 UPC, Fifth Printing, chapters 1-11 and 13-17, appendices A, B, C, D, E, K, and M. Chapter 12 and appendices F, G, H, I, J, L, N, O, P, Q, R, and S are not adopted. Appendices L and N may be adopted locally. Not the International Plumbing Code. Not a private testing-company bulletin.. This prep is written to that board’s current scope, not to a generic national syllabus.
The real Oregon Journeyman Plumber exam contains 64 questions, with a passing score of 75%. Our practice exams mirror that structure so the format is familiar before you sit it.
Topics covered
- Oregon Journeyman Plumber
- How you qualify
- The day of the exam
- The code that is in force on this date
- Which appendices you may open
- How to spend four hours on 64 questions
- The wrong model code
- Definitions the first questions use
- Drainage fixture units, a rehearsal that is not a card
- Slope, a rehearsal that is not a card
- Trap arms, a rehearsal that is not a card
- Water supply fixture units, a rehearsal that is not a card
- Backflow is a hazard table, not a brand
- Water heaters
- Indirect waste
- Chapter 1 and chapter 2 are where arguments go to die
- General regulations: the chapter that makes the later chapters possible
- Fixtures, not a showroom
- Water supply, past the fixture-unit total
- Sanitary drainage, the long chapter
How access works
You are paying for access length (30, 60, or 90 days). The study guide and four timed exams are the same on every term. Access starts when you enrol and works on any device for that term.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by any state licensing board or exam vendor. For exam-preparation purposes only.
