NPPE exam preparation: practice tests, textbooks and courses

NPPE prep options compared

Option	Price	Free to use	Links
Official
NPPE practice testsThe official online practice tests, run by Meazure Learning, with questions that appeared on past NPPE examsTaken in the same interface as the real exam, in English or French. Unlimited attempts until the end date on each product page, and a score report by blueprint area with the reasoning for every correct answer.	$50 for each 50-question test, or $95 for the 100-question test that combines them	No; the practice tests are paid	Meazure Learning: NPPE practice tests ↗NPPE program: Practice Test Site ↗
NPPE blueprint and candidate guideThe NPPE program’s list of everything that can be tested, with question ranges for each area, and its official guide to exam policiesThe 2017 blueprint is on a web page and as a printable PDF. The candidate guide (V19) covers registration, remote proctoring, the second camera, exam security, dates, scoring and retakes.	No price listed; both are on the NPPE program’s website	The NPPE program doesn’t list a price	NPPE program: Blueprint ↗NPPE program: NPPE Candidate Guide V19 (PDF) ↗
Suggested textbooks and free study materialsFour law and ethics textbooks the NPPE program suggests, plus a list of free readingThe NPPE program says the exam is written to the blueprint, not to the books, and suggests pairing one law book with one ethics and practice book.	Textbook prices aren’t listed; publishers and book retailers sell them	The reading list (intellectual property guides, APEGA’s professionalism and ethics documents, your jurisdiction’s acts) is free, in the NPPE program’s words	NPPE program: Suggested Reading Materials ↗
Websites and courses
PPE HeadquartersAn online NPPE course with a study guide, 110 practice questions with solutions and strategy videosIts “pass insurance” gives you another course free if you don’t pass, by its own terms. Not endorsed by the NPPE program.	$150 for Premium Preparation, $250 for Ultimate Preparation with a 2.5-hour audiobook study guide, on its own page	It offers a free start with no credit card, in its own words	PPE Headquarters: NPPE Exam ↗
NPPE Exam Prep (Info Blend Academy)Self-paced practice questions on Teachable: 150 multiple-choice questions in seven sets, with explanations for right and wrong answersThe same site also lists simplified versions of two suggested textbooks and a separate prep course. Not endorsed by the NPPE program.	$70, one-time purchase, on its own page	No free option listed	NPPE Exam Prep: Practice Questions ↗
NPPE.caAn independent prep website with multiple-choice quizzes, a forum and articles; not the NPPE program’s siteIt says it has more than 500 questions. The official NPPE information is at nppexam.ca.	Membership, which it describes as free	Yes, by its own description; it asks members to take part in its forum to keep the free membership	NPPE.ca: NPPE Quizzes ↗

Prices and ratings checked October 2026.

The official NPPE practice tests

Meazure Learning, the company that delivers the NPPE, runs the official practice test site, which calls them the official online practice tests of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). Every question has appeared on a past NPPE, in English and French, and you take them in the same testing interface as the real exam.

The 100-question test holds the same questions as tests 1 and 2, so the site suggests buying one 50-question test or the combined one, not all three. Once you’ve bought a test you can take it as many times as you like, until the end date on its product page (October 31, 2027). The questions stay the same each time, and you get a score report showing your strong and weak blueprint areas, with the reasoning behind every correct answer.

The NPPE program says its practice questions aren’t the same difficulty as the real exam, and passing one doesn’t guarantee you’ll pass the NPPE. Some prep companies use Professional Practice Examination (PPE), the general name Engineers Canada gives this step, so you’ll also see “practice PPE exams” for sale.

NPPE study guide: the blueprint and the suggested textbooks

The blueprint is the real study guide. The NPPE program says the exam is written to the blueprint, not to the textbooks, and any blueprint topic can come up. It also says that, according to the majority of candidates, one law book and one book on professional practice and ethics is a useful mix. Its suggested textbooks are:

• Law for Professional Engineers: Canadian and Global Insights, fifth edition (2019), by Donald L. Marston
• Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience, second, third or fourth edition (2011, 2015 or 2022), by Brian M. Samuels and Doug R. Sanders
• A Practical Guide to Ethics and Professional Practice for Engineers and Geoscientists, first edition (2022), by Brian M. Samuels and Doug R. Sanders
• Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics, fifth or sixth edition (2014 or 2018), by Gordon C. Andrews, Patricia Shaw and John McPhee

You can buy them from the publishers, from bookshops or Amazon Canada, and they may be at a library or a used bookstore. Regulators don’t sell them. The NPPE program says using older material is at your own discretion.

In October 2026, the NPPE program’s blueprint page said a review of the blueprint was in process and estimated to launch in mid-2026, with more information to follow. The 2017 blueprint was the one it published then, so check the page for a newer version before you start studying.

How should you plan your NPPE exam preparation?

Build it around the blueprint and the official material, because no course is official. The NPPE program doesn’t offer classes, workshops or study groups, and it says NPPE preparation courses aren’t endorsed by or affiliated with it. Engineers Nova Scotia says the same, and adds that a third-party course comes with no guarantee about its content or how ready it leaves you. Some regulators also offer ethics modules; the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) says its own modules don’t prepare you for the NPPE.

One way to plan your study:

1. Read the blueprint and note the question range for each of the six areas.
2. Pick one law textbook and one ethics and practice textbook from the list.
3. Take an official practice test early and use its score report to find your weak areas.
4. If you’ve sat the NPPE before, start from the areas your mastery report marked as not mastered or borderline.
5. Add a paid course or question bank only if you want more practice than the official tests give.