In 22/4 stranded wire, how many conductors are provided and what are their general color assignments?

• A. Two conductors: black and white
• B. Four conductors: black, red, green, yellow
• C. Three conductors: red, blue, green
• D. Five conductors: black, red, white, green, yellow

Answer: (B)

Four conductors are present in 22/4 stranded wire. The usual setup is two hot conductors, one neutral, and one grounding conductor. In common practice, black and red are the hot wires, white is the neutral, and green (or bare) is the grounding conductor. This combination gives you a return path and a safety ground for the circuit. So the key idea is that there are four conductors, with black and red as hot leads, white as neutral, and green as ground. Other color groupings don’t match the standard 22/4 configuration, since yellow isn’t typically used for neutral or ground.