PPLE FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● 1. Answer: hour(s) per week a postdoc may be supervised by a delegated supervisor
● 2. Answer: hours per week a supervisor must supervise a postdoc
● 2. Answer: hours, at least, per week that pre-doctoral interns must participate in learning
activities
● 3. Answer: contact hours (50-60 min) in ethics required biennially for continuing education
● 3. Answer: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) required biennially for continuing education
● 10. Answer: contact hours equals 1 CEU
● 10. Answer: hours toward CEU credits can be earned by scholarly writing; Full maximum for
sole authorship of article or chapter - shared divides maximum by number of authors
● 15. Answer: teaching hours can count toward CEU, at a rate of 1 clock hour for 1 contact
hour; can only claim same course or workshop once every four years.
● 15. Answer: semester hours required for graduate training in psychology
● 15. Answer: hours minimum worked each week to be able to count toward total
post-doctoral hours for licensure
● 30. Answer: contact hours (50-60 min each) required biennially for continuing education
● 45. Answer: hours maximum worked each week to be able to count toward total
post-doctoral hours for licensure
● 48. Answer: hours to make a written report of child abuse after having made immediate
verbal report to ChildLine
● 375. Answer: hours, at least, that pre-doctoral interns must spend in direct patient contact
● 375. Answer: hours, maximum, that pre-doctoral interns may spend pursuing research
during the pre-doctoral internship
, ● 450. Answer: hours of clinical contact, at least, that doctoral students must complete before
beginning the pre-doctoral internship
● 1500. Answer: hours of pre-doctoral internship experience
● 1750. Answer: post-doctoral hours to be eligible for licensure
● 15. Answer: dollars is the verification fee
● 20. Answer: dollars to retake the PPLE after the first failure
● 25. Answer: dollars for Certification Fee
● 80. Answer: dollars to register a fictitious/corporate name with the Board
● 90. Answer: dollars to retake the PPLE after the second and any subsequent failiures
● 105. Answer: dollars for Initial Application Fee
● 165. Answer: dollars for continuing education sponsor to apply
● 300. Answer: dollars is the Biennial Renewal Fee
● 1000. Answer: dollars is the fine if a psychologist knows another psychologist is
mentally/physically/or drugedly incompetent and not in treatment
● 10. Answer: days to report a name or address change
● 14. Answer: days a psychologist licensed elsewhere can work in PA without permission
● 30. Answer: days to notify patients and supervisees that license has been suspended or
revoked
● 30. Answer: days to notify Board of conviction for felony or misdemeanor, or on next
biennial renewal application, whichever comes first
● 30. Answer: days within which Board must hold hearing after automatically suspending
license without hearing following immediate and clear danger to public health and safety
● 60. Answer: days before one can retake the PPLE after the second and any subsequent
failures
● 90. Answer: days (or more often) a postdoctoral supervisor must write evaluations/progress
reports which will be submitted to the board
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● 1. Answer: hour(s) per week a postdoc may be supervised by a delegated supervisor
● 2. Answer: hours per week a supervisor must supervise a postdoc
● 2. Answer: hours, at least, per week that pre-doctoral interns must participate in learning
activities
● 3. Answer: contact hours (50-60 min) in ethics required biennially for continuing education
● 3. Answer: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) required biennially for continuing education
● 10. Answer: contact hours equals 1 CEU
● 10. Answer: hours toward CEU credits can be earned by scholarly writing; Full maximum for
sole authorship of article or chapter - shared divides maximum by number of authors
● 15. Answer: teaching hours can count toward CEU, at a rate of 1 clock hour for 1 contact
hour; can only claim same course or workshop once every four years.
● 15. Answer: semester hours required for graduate training in psychology
● 15. Answer: hours minimum worked each week to be able to count toward total
post-doctoral hours for licensure
● 30. Answer: contact hours (50-60 min each) required biennially for continuing education
● 45. Answer: hours maximum worked each week to be able to count toward total
post-doctoral hours for licensure
● 48. Answer: hours to make a written report of child abuse after having made immediate
verbal report to ChildLine
● 375. Answer: hours, at least, that pre-doctoral interns must spend in direct patient contact
● 375. Answer: hours, maximum, that pre-doctoral interns may spend pursuing research
during the pre-doctoral internship
, ● 450. Answer: hours of clinical contact, at least, that doctoral students must complete before
beginning the pre-doctoral internship
● 1500. Answer: hours of pre-doctoral internship experience
● 1750. Answer: post-doctoral hours to be eligible for licensure
● 15. Answer: dollars is the verification fee
● 20. Answer: dollars to retake the PPLE after the first failure
● 25. Answer: dollars for Certification Fee
● 80. Answer: dollars to register a fictitious/corporate name with the Board
● 90. Answer: dollars to retake the PPLE after the second and any subsequent failiures
● 105. Answer: dollars for Initial Application Fee
● 165. Answer: dollars for continuing education sponsor to apply
● 300. Answer: dollars is the Biennial Renewal Fee
● 1000. Answer: dollars is the fine if a psychologist knows another psychologist is
mentally/physically/or drugedly incompetent and not in treatment
● 10. Answer: days to report a name or address change
● 14. Answer: days a psychologist licensed elsewhere can work in PA without permission
● 30. Answer: days to notify patients and supervisees that license has been suspended or
revoked
● 30. Answer: days to notify Board of conviction for felony or misdemeanor, or on next
biennial renewal application, whichever comes first
● 30. Answer: days within which Board must hold hearing after automatically suspending
license without hearing following immediate and clear danger to public health and safety
● 60. Answer: days before one can retake the PPLE after the second and any subsequent
failures
● 90. Answer: days (or more often) a postdoctoral supervisor must write evaluations/progress
reports which will be submitted to the board
