PPLE PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
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 (on average,
face-to-face)
● 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 equal to 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: hours toward CEU credits can be earned by teaching, at a rate of 1 clock hour
for 1 contact hour
● 4. Answer: number of years between which one can claim same course or workshop for CE
teaching credit
● 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
● 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
● 20. 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
● 2. Answer: number of years following report within which "recent" failure to act is
considered
● 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
● 6. Answer: one can retake the PPLE after ___ months of first failure
● 2. Answer: one must retake the PPLE within ___ years after first failure (with exam
re-application fee); if later, must restart licensure application
● 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 (on average,
face-to-face)
● 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 equal to 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: hours toward CEU credits can be earned by teaching, at a rate of 1 clock hour
for 1 contact hour
● 4. Answer: number of years between which one can claim same course or workshop for CE
teaching credit
● 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
● 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
● 20. 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
● 2. Answer: number of years following report within which "recent" failure to act is
considered
● 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
● 6. Answer: one can retake the PPLE after ___ months of first failure
● 2. Answer: one must retake the PPLE within ___ years after first failure (with exam
re-application fee); if later, must restart licensure application
● 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
