National Professional Practice Exam

Fees

1. Please be advised that the exam fee is non-refundable.

Candidate Guide

Please download and complete the NPPE Candidate Guide for more information about the exam, including:

• Exam Syllabus
• Study Materials and Practice Exams
• Exam Time and Location
• Exam Results

COVID-19 Cancellation Policy        

If a candidate falls ill on the day of the exam and has flu/cold symptoms, please contact exams@aset.ab.ca immediately. If writing at a testing centre, candidates will be denied entry and will be unable to write the exam.   

Upon contacting ASET, the exam will be cancelled. To waive the examination fee to reschedule again, proof of positive test will be required.

Exam Schedule

*Note - Reschedules or cancellations of registered exams after the deadline date are subject to payment of the full exam fee.

Rewrite/Reschedule Policy

Please be advised that if you wish to reschedule your exam date at any time after the Registration Deadline, you will be charged the full exam fee. Please email exams@aset.ab.ca to reschedule your exam. 

If you are required to rewrite the exam, you will be charged the full exam fee. Refer to the fee chart above to see the full exam fee.   
Applicants may attempt the exam a maximum of four times within one year from the date of application.

IMPORTANT EXAM INFORMATION:

The NPPE exam is written in exam windows. The exam will be written one of these three days, either in the morning or the afternoon. Your preference will be forwarded to APEGA and Yardstick, who administer the examination. You will be booked into one of the six exams in this window based on your preference and availability, but ultimately the final decision on date/time is made by Yardstick. You will be provided with details of the exact date, time and testing location by Yardstick approximately three to four weeks prior to the exam window.

Special Accommodation Requests

If applicants with disabilities need to request accomodations to write the NPPE, a notice of 7 week before the exam date of their choice, must be given in writing to the ASET Registration Staff with the appropriate documentation (email exams@aset.ab.ca).

Applicants will be required to provide documented evidence of the disability. Such evidence includes a formal detailed diagnosis of the specific disability from an appropriate professional (e.g. physician, psychologist, rehabilitation counsellor) and supporting documentation citing the need for exam accomodations and what accomodations the candidate received in the past.

ASET will review the candidate's written request for accomodation and determine if it can be supported.

Exam Resources

The following is a list of study materials required for the National Professional Practice Exam:

1. NPPE website

2. ASET NPPE Legislation Handbook

3. National Professional Practice Exam Syllabus

   • Please note: ASET Members must contact the ASET office to Register for the NPPE

4. NPPE Study Materials Information Sheet

5. Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering and Geoscience Third Canadian Edition by Samuels & Sanders (2011 Copyright)

   • Second Canadian Edition can still be used to prepare, but is no longer printed by the publisher.

6. Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics - Sixth Edition by Gordon C. Andrews (2019 Copyright)

   • The Fifth Edition can still be used to prepare.

   • Also available through Amazon, Chapters or Bookshelf.

7. APEGA is transitioning the NPPE to an online format.  For more information, please click here.  Note: ASET applicants must register for the NPPE through ASET.  However, ASET applicants will be able to take advantage of the new online test format and centers offered by APEGA.

8. Click here to purchase a new practice test to assist with preparing to write the NPPE.

9. Online Proctoring Information

   • Video resource from ProctorU/Yardstick outlining candidates experience for writing an exam virtually.