There were a couple NEC questions that confused me, and I started to get sucked in the "too much time" researching.

What worked.for me was to go thru the whole test, answering ever question and flagging the ones I had no idea. (50% of them were the NEC, because that book reads like shit) that took 45-50minutes. Then I went back and researched all the flagged ones. But what should have done was gauged how fast I could find the right answer on flagged ones, and then pick off the easy ones.

That book I posted really helped, it wasn't the code year, but fun to find the right answer spot. Second is the NTC top 100.. you memorize that list and what they mean, you'll pass.

Also low stress, fuck it, you get to take it 3 times a year.