NPPE case studies

The National Professional Practice Examination (NPPE) is a computer-delivered, multiple-choice examination used by Canadian engineering regulators as part of the licensure pathway toward the professional engineer (P.Eng.) designation. It is typically written by engineering graduates, internationally trained engineers, and others completing their registration requirements with a provincial or territorial regulator. The exam tests judgment rather than engineering science: it covers professionalism and ethics, professional practice and law, regulation and governance, and management and communication. Questions are scenario-based, so you are usually asked what a reasonable, ethical practitioner should do in a realistic workplace situation rather than to recall a formula. The NPPE case studies are 5 cases and about 2,936 words.