ABOUT THE EXAM

An applicant must pass the Professional Practice and Ethics (PPE) examination before being granted professional registration. The exam is 2.5 hours long and consists of 110 multiple choice questions. The examination is designed to test the applicant’s knowledge of ethics, professional practice, business law, professional liability and responsibility to the public. Each question is multiple choice with four possible answers.

The examination is graded as a “pass” or “fail”. Applicants who fail will receive a report showing their performance in each category of the syllabus. There is no penalty for wrong answers. The grade is final. An applicant can write the PPE examination three times. Please note that for each time an applicant writes, they have to submit the examination fee. Registration may not be granted for those who fail to pass the PPE exam.

The pass mark is 65%. Pass marks may be slightly adjusted for individual sessions based on valid psychometric factors designed to ensure that over time, and among groups of applicants, pass-fail decisions are made on a consistent basis.

The Professional Practice and Ethics exam is computer-based, and is run through the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). APEGA have secured the services of Yardstick to administer the online PPE exam in secure testing locations across Canada. Yardstick maintains a large test centre network with hundreds of locations across Canada, giving the added benefits of more time slots to choose from and faster processing times.

Who can take the exam?

Apply to write the exam

Yardstick will be booking applicants based on their preferred location, date, and time. All candidates will receive an email from Yardstick confirming their booking which outlines the date, time, and location that they will be taking the exam. This is the booking confirmation email. Applicants are requested to print off the confirmation email and bring it to the testing centre on exam day, along with a piece of government issued photo ID.

NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXAM WEBSITE

To find out more about the National Professional Practice Examination such as FAQs, deadline dates to apply, candidate's guide and what you need to know in order to prepare for the exam, please click on this page - www.nppexam.ca

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact examinations@pgo.ca or go directly to nppe@apega.ca.

BURSARY AVAILABLE FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXAM

APGO Education Foundation (APGOEF) recognizes that for many, there can be financial barriers to accessing the PPE exam. To help internationall trained PGO GIT's and provisionally accepted P.Geo.'s with this, a $1500 exam support bursary is available for application. For more information, visit our PPE exam bursary information page here.