PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE STARTING ON THE CPSE WORKSHOP QUESTIONS!
You will be able to take CPSE Workshop Questions three times: Workshop Mode, Retake Mode, and Test Mode. You will be able to review your results as often as you like.
The CPSE Workshop Questions consist of 155 items covering the four CPSE domains (Crisis Assessment and Intervention, Clinical Assessment and Evaluation, Treatment Interventions, Legal and Ethical Standards).
Ideally, the CPSE Workshop Questions should be taken for the first time AFTER completing the CPSE Pretest in Study Mode and after reading and reviewing the Study Materials for the California Psychology Supplemental Examination (CPSE) – Main Handout. Candidates taking the CPSE Workshop Questions for the first time should target a score of at least 75% or 115/155.
It is strongly recommended the first time you take the CPSE Workshop Questions, you complete each section in Workshop Mode, and that you follow along with the audio portion of the CPSE Workshop. In Workshop Mode, the CPSE Workshop Questions are broken into nine parts:
1. Introductory Vignettes (Questions 1 - 9)
2. Crisis Assessment and Intervention (Questions 10 - 32)
3. Clinical Assessment and Evaluation (Questions 33 - 53)
4. Treatment Interventions (Questions 54 - 80)
5. Legal and Ethical Standards - Part 1 (Questions 81 - 93)
6. Legal and Ethical Standards - Part 2 (Questions 94 - 104)
7. Legal and Ethical Standards - Part 3 (Questions 105 - 119)
8. Legal and Ethical Standards - Part 4 (Questions 120 - 137)
9. Legal and Ethical Standards - Part 5 (Questions 138 - 155)
The test software will prompt you to complete the entire section, and then review the rationales for each question. It is very important that after completing each section, you listen to the corresponding audio portion.
On average it should take about 1 - 2 hours to complete, study, and listen to the CDs for each part in Workshop Mode. It is strongly recommended that you spread out taking the CPSE Workshop Questions over at least two days.
To reiterate, to complete and study the CPSE Workshop Questions (in Workshop Mode) you should allow about 16 hours. Students who rush to complete the test are at a tremendous disadvantage in terms of both learning the content and developing test-taking skills.
We recommend you wait to take the CPSE Workshop Questions in Retake Mode for about 1 - 2 weeks after completing the questions in Workshop Mode. In Retake Mode, the test is broken into two parts. Part 1 (Questions 1 - 80) includes the Introductory Vignettes, as well as the questions from Crisis Assessment and Intervention, Clinical Assessment and Evaluation, and Treatment Interventions. Part 2 (Questions 81 - 155) includes the questions from Legal and Ethical Standards.
The test software will prompt you to review the rationale for each question immediately after completing the question. A question missed in Retake Mode represents a personal red flag, a question you may miss on the actual exam unless you take some action! Allow 3 - 4 hours to complete each part in Retake Mode. It is expected that you will miss fewer than half as many items in Retake Mode as you missed in Workshop Mode.
You should complete the CPSE Workshop Questions in Test Mode about 1 - 2 weeks after completing the questions in Retake Mode. In Test Mode, all test items are presented (155). You must complete all items before you will have the opportunity to review the rationales. Allow 3 -4 hours to complete the items in test mode. In is expected that you should score at least 95% in Test Mode, or 148/155.
All of your test results (test scores as well as test items, answers you selected, correct answers, detailed rationales) are stored and can be reviewed at quia.com by either entering www.quia.com/web into your Internet browser, or by clicking the link below: 'Review Tests.' Then click 'Student Zone,' enter your Username and Password, and click 'results.'
The recommended study schedule and timing for taking the CPSE tests as well as guidelines for expected progress can be accessed at the link below: 'CPSE Study Schedule and Expected Progress.'
IMPORTANT NOTE!! The on-line program has been specifically designed to optimize CPSE study: to gradually build stamina, endurance, and pacing. Thus, once a test (or test part in Study Mode) is accessed it must be completed and scored in one sitting. If you close out a test before you have completed it (or lose internet connection), you will temporarily be denied access to that test section ONLY. You will need to e-mail the office (info@psychprep.com), specify the test section you are having problems with, and we will give you fresh access to that test or test part (within a few minutes during normal business hours, or next business morning if after hours). Your access to all remaining tests (or test parts in Study Mode or Retake Mode) is not interrupted.
Good luck!
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