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Free CFP practice test

15 questions from all eight domains in 30 minutes. Then your score in each domain, a short lesson on the one to fix first and a study plan.

  • Spread across the eight domains by CFP Board's weights. Have a financial calculator ready.
  • No account, and nothing about your answers is kept.
  • Questions come one at a time on one clock, about 2 minutes each, the real exam's pace.

The eight domains and their weights

DomainShare of the exam
A. Professional Conduct and Regulation8%
B. General Principles of Financial Planning15%
C. Risk Management and Insurance Planning11%
D. Investment Planning17%
E. Tax Planning14%
F. Retirement Savings and Income Planning18%
G. Estate Planning10%
H. Psychology of Financial Planning7%

The real exam has 170 questions in two 3-hour sections, with short scenarios and case studies among the stand-alone questions.

How we score it

Each question on the real exam counts one point and the result is pass or fail on the total. CFP Board publishes no passing percentage, so we do not estimate one. You get your share right in each domain, and one overall figure that counts each domain by its weight on the exam.