The examination is administered in January, April, July and October in major centres throughout the province and in other centres in North America by special consent. The examination is closed book and two hours in duration. The 100 multiple-choice questions are broken down into the above distribution.
All questions are common to the professions of engineering, geology, geophysics and geoscience.
You are not penalized for wrong answers. The grade is final. Pass marks may be slightly adjusted for individual sessions based on valid psychometric factors designed to ensure that over time, and among groups of candidates, pass-fail decisions are made on a consistent basis. The National Professional Practice Examination must be used when applying. It provides more information on fees, deadline dates, examination dates etc., must be accompanied with the appropriate fees and must be received before the first of the month preceding the month you write the examination.