CAST Exam Study Guide 2026–2027 | EEI Construction and Skilled Trades Utility Test Prep + 2 Practice Tests

Prepare for the CAST, the Construction and Skilled Trades Selection System from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) that electric utilities use to screen applicants for line, substation, meter, plant and field jobs. This guide covers all four timed tests with practice in the same formats and answer-choice counts as the real battery.

What's Inside:

• Exam overview: 110 questions in four timed tests (87 minutes of testing), answer-choice counts, pacing per question, index score 1–10, how employers give the test
• Mechanical Concepts: displacement, velocity, Newton's laws, friction, work, energy, momentum, fluids and hydraulics, levers, pulleys, inclined planes and gears, with labeled diagrams
• Reading for Comprehension: main idea, specific details, author's attitude and reasoning, paragraph focus, context clues, fact and opinion
• Mathematical Usage: integers, fractions, decimals and percents, exponents, ratios, geometry, right-triangle trigonometry, averages and word problems
• Graphic Arithmetic: reading dimensioned drawings and floor plans, hole-center distances, missing dimensions, area and ratios
• 2 full-length practice tests (200 questions): pictorial three-choice mechanical items, four workplace reading passages per test, five-choice math, and dimensioned drawings, each with a detailed answer explanation
• Pacing plan, study schedules, frequently asked questions and a final review checklist

Format:

• Digital PDF, instant download
• Printable US Letter pages

This is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI).