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North Carolina Psychology EXAM
NEWEST UPDATE 2026-2027
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
Question: A license and a health services provider certificate issued under this Article are
suspended automatically by operation of law after failure to renew a license for a period of
more than _____ days after the renewal date. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔60
Question: Can a psychologist or psych associate testify in alimony/divorce cases if either or
both parties have obtained marital counseling from them? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔No.
Considered not competent
Question: What is the passing point for the EPPP for 1) psychologists and 2) psychological
associates? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Psychologist = scaled score of 500.
Psychological Associate = scaled score of 440.
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Question: What is the passing point for the North Carolina Practice Act exam? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔78%
Question: T or F: The Psychology Board issues a statewide privilege license to practice
psychology. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE (It's from NC Dept. of Revenue)
Question: T or F: The Board does not license in any specialty area. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔TRUE
Question: Can a psychological associate be supervised by another licensed psychological
associate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔yes, with approval from the Board with following provisions:
1) documentation that plan shall provide superior supervision
2) plan must be reviewed, approved, and monitored by licensed psychologist who assumes
responsibility for plan throughout duration
3) supervising psychological associate may not engage in reciprocal supervisory arrangements
with other licensed psychological associates
4) documentation that supervising psychological associate shall have practiced psychology on at
least a half-time basis for a minimum of 10 years and no disciplinary action
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Question: What activities require supervision of a psychological associate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔1) overall personality appraisal or classification
any assessment or evaluative technique which leads to conclusions, inferences, etc. regarding
personality functioning including-observation, open-ended and structured interviewing, word
association tests, diagnostic play therapy, autobiographical techniques, mental status, projective
and objective tests
2) neuropsychological examinations
3) personality counseling or personality readjustment techniques
4) if one of following conditions is met-nature of techniques being used, target behavior,
attitude, affect, habit or other attribute to be modified, population to be treated
Question: What clinical populations do not require supervision for psychological associates? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1)mental retardation or specific developmental disabilities when the
psychological associate's interventions are in the domain of cognition rather than personality
disorder
2)techniques designed to reduce or stop cigarette smoking in otherwise non-clinical populations
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Question: What is the minimum requirement for supervision time? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1
hour per week face-to-face supervision for every week applicant practices psychology
Question: What activities are not included as health services? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1)
vocational and educational guidance
2) teaching of psychology
3) conduct of psychological research, or provision of psychological services or consultations to
organizations except when such activities involve the delivery of direct psychological services to
individuals/groups who are intended beneficiaries of services
Question: Where must the health services provider certificate be displayed? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔close proximity to a licensee's licensure certificate in prinicipal place of
employment visible to clientele
Question: What are the requirements for a HSP-P (Health Services Provider Psychologist)? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1) permanent licensure in NC
2) qualified education
3) 2 years of supervised experience of which at least 1 is postdoc
North Carolina Psychology EXAM
NEWEST UPDATE 2026-2027
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
Question: A license and a health services provider certificate issued under this Article are
suspended automatically by operation of law after failure to renew a license for a period of
more than _____ days after the renewal date. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔60
Question: Can a psychologist or psych associate testify in alimony/divorce cases if either or
both parties have obtained marital counseling from them? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔No.
Considered not competent
Question: What is the passing point for the EPPP for 1) psychologists and 2) psychological
associates? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Psychologist = scaled score of 500.
Psychological Associate = scaled score of 440.
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Question: What is the passing point for the North Carolina Practice Act exam? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔78%
Question: T or F: The Psychology Board issues a statewide privilege license to practice
psychology. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE (It's from NC Dept. of Revenue)
Question: T or F: The Board does not license in any specialty area. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔TRUE
Question: Can a psychological associate be supervised by another licensed psychological
associate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔yes, with approval from the Board with following provisions:
1) documentation that plan shall provide superior supervision
2) plan must be reviewed, approved, and monitored by licensed psychologist who assumes
responsibility for plan throughout duration
3) supervising psychological associate may not engage in reciprocal supervisory arrangements
with other licensed psychological associates
4) documentation that supervising psychological associate shall have practiced psychology on at
least a half-time basis for a minimum of 10 years and no disciplinary action
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Question: What activities require supervision of a psychological associate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔1) overall personality appraisal or classification
any assessment or evaluative technique which leads to conclusions, inferences, etc. regarding
personality functioning including-observation, open-ended and structured interviewing, word
association tests, diagnostic play therapy, autobiographical techniques, mental status, projective
and objective tests
2) neuropsychological examinations
3) personality counseling or personality readjustment techniques
4) if one of following conditions is met-nature of techniques being used, target behavior,
attitude, affect, habit or other attribute to be modified, population to be treated
Question: What clinical populations do not require supervision for psychological associates? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1)mental retardation or specific developmental disabilities when the
psychological associate's interventions are in the domain of cognition rather than personality
disorder
2)techniques designed to reduce or stop cigarette smoking in otherwise non-clinical populations
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Question: What is the minimum requirement for supervision time? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1
hour per week face-to-face supervision for every week applicant practices psychology
Question: What activities are not included as health services? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1)
vocational and educational guidance
2) teaching of psychology
3) conduct of psychological research, or provision of psychological services or consultations to
organizations except when such activities involve the delivery of direct psychological services to
individuals/groups who are intended beneficiaries of services
Question: Where must the health services provider certificate be displayed? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔close proximity to a licensee's licensure certificate in prinicipal place of
employment visible to clientele
Question: What are the requirements for a HSP-P (Health Services Provider Psychologist)? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1) permanent licensure in NC
2) qualified education
3) 2 years of supervised experience of which at least 1 is postdoc
