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History and social sciences 24

  • A dog salivates at the sound of a bell that has been paired with food. What kind of learning is this? M. Bouton, Conditioning and Learning (Noba textbook series). Samples the CLEP Introductory Psychology exam
  • A student who is praised for finishing homework starts finishing it more often. In operant conditioning, what is the praise? M. Bouton, Conditioning and Learning (Noba textbook series). Samples the CLEP Introduction to Educational Psychology exam
  • Article I, Section 8 ends by letting Congress make all laws that are what? U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8 (National Archives transcript). Samples the CLEP American Government exam
  • How often does the Constitution require the population to be counted? U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2 (National Archives transcript). Samples the CLEP Social Sciences and History exam
  • In economics, what is demand? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 3, Economics and Business. Samples the CLEP Principles of Microeconomics exam
  • In Piaget's theory, which stage runs from birth to about 2 years? R. Siegler, Cognitive Development in Childhood (Noba textbook series). Samples the CLEP Human Growth and Development exam
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History and social sciences, continued

  • In what year did King John of England put his seal on Magna Carta? National Archives, Featured Documents: Magna Carta. Samples the CLEP Western Civilization I exam
  • In what year did the French Revolution begin? U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: The United States and the French Revolution, 1789–1799. Samples the CLEP Western Civilization II exam
  • What did the Homestead Act of 1862 grant to adult heads of families? National Archives, Milestone Documents: Homestead Act (1862). Samples the CLEP History of the United States I exam
  • What did the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, known as the G.I. Bill, provide? National Archives, Milestone Documents: Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944). Samples the CLEP History of the United States II exam
  • What did the Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, do? U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIII (National Archives transcript). Samples the CLEP History of the United States I exam
  • What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment, ratified in 1971, do? U.S. Constitution, Amendment XXVI (National Archives transcript). Samples the CLEP History of the United States II exam
  • What do sociologists call the process by which a person learns his or her culture and how to live in it? Sociology (Boundless), section 4.1A, The Role of Socialization (LibreTexts). Samples the CLEP Introductory Sociology exam
  • What does gross domestic product (GDP) measure? U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product. Samples the CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics exam
  • What is a market with only one seller called? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 3, Economics and Business. Samples the CLEP Principles of Microeconomics exam
  • What is Domesday Book, compiled in England in the late eleventh century? The National Archives (UK), research guide: Domesday Book. Samples the CLEP Western Civilization I exam
  • What is ethnocentrism? Sociology (Boundless), section 3.1E, Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism (LibreTexts). Samples the CLEP Introductory Sociology exam
  • What share of the senators present must agree before a treaty is made? U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2 (National Archives transcript). Samples the CLEP American Government exam
  • What was the Marshall Plan of 1948? U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: Marshall Plan, 1948. Samples the CLEP Social Sciences and History exam
  • Which part of a neuron carries its signal away from the cell body toward other cells? S. Furtak, Neurons (Noba textbook series). Samples the CLEP Introductory Psychology exam
  • Which treaty set the terms of peace with Germany after World War I? U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones: The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles. Samples the CLEP Western Civilization II exam
  • Which two goals make up the Federal Reserve's dual mandate for monetary policy? Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Monetary Policy: What Are Its Goals? How Does It Work?. Samples the CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics exam
  • Who first developed attachment theory, which explains the emotional bond between a child and a caregiver? R. C. Fraley, Attachment Through the Life Course (Noba textbook series). Samples the CLEP Human Growth and Development exam
  • Whose sociocultural theory stresses how other people and the surrounding culture shape a child's thinking? R. Siegler, Cognitive Development in Childhood (Noba textbook series). Samples the CLEP Introduction to Educational Psychology exam

Composition and literature 24

  • A writer restates a passage from a source in new words. What must the writer still do? Purdue Online Writing Lab, Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing. Samples the CLEP College Composition exam
  • "All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players." Which figure of speech opens this speech from As You Like It? Academy of American Poets, glossary: Metaphor; the lines are from As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7. Samples the CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam
  • "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, / The furrow followed free." Which sound device does Coleridge use in these lines? Academy of American Poets, glossary: Alliteration; the lines are from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Samples the CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam
  • How many lines does a traditional sonnet have? Academy of American Poets, glossary: Sonnet. Samples the CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam
  • "Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade." Which figure of speech does Shakespeare use in this line of Sonnet 18? Academy of American Poets, glossary: Personification; the line is from Sonnet 18. Samples the CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam
  • "O my luve's like a red, red rose, / That's newly sprung in June." Which figure of speech does Robert Burns use here? Academy of American Poets, glossary: Simile; the lines are from "A Red, Red Rose". Samples the CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam
  • What does the thesis statement of an argumentative paper do? Purdue Online Writing Lab, Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements. Samples the CLEP College Composition exam
  • What is blank verse? Academy of American Poets, glossary: Blank Verse. Samples the CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam
  • Which artist painted the Mona Lisa? Musée du Louvre, From the 'Mona Lisa' to 'The Wedding Feast at Cana'. Samples the CLEP Humanities exam
  • Which poet published the first Leaves of Grass edition in 1855? Academy of American Poets, Walt Whitman. Samples the CLEP American Literature exam
  • Which poet, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, left behind nearly 1,800 poems that her family found after her death? Academy of American Poets, Emily Dickinson. Samples the CLEP American Literature exam
  • Which sentence contains a comma splice? Purdue Online Writing Lab, Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses. Samples the CLEP College Composition exam
  • Which sentence has a dangling modifier? Purdue Online Writing Lab, Dangling Modifiers and How To Correct Them. Samples the CLEP College Composition exam
  • Which sentence is correct? Purdue Online Writing Lab, Making Subjects and Verbs Agree, rule 5. Samples the CLEP College Composition exam
  • Which sentence is in the passive voice? Purdue Online Writing Lab, Active Versus Passive Voice. Samples the CLEP College Composition Modular exam
  • Which sentence uses "its" or "it's" correctly? Purdue Online Writing Lab, Apostrophe Introduction. Samples the CLEP College Composition Modular exam
  • Which sentence uses parallel structure? Purdue Online Writing Lab, Parallel Structure. Samples the CLEP College Composition Modular exam
  • Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel: Ceiling. Samples the CLEP Humanities exam
  • Who wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus? Project Gutenberg, ebook 84: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Samples the CLEP English Literature exam
  • Who wrote Pride and Prejudice? Project Gutenberg, ebook 1342: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Samples the CLEP English Literature exam
  • Who wrote The Canterbury Tales? Academy of American Poets, Geoffrey Chaucer. Samples the CLEP English Literature exam
  • Who wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost? Academy of American Poets, John Milton. Samples the CLEP English Literature exam
  • Who wrote the novel Moby-Dick? Project Gutenberg, ebook 2701: Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville. Samples the CLEP American Literature exam
  • Who wrote The Scarlet Letter? Project Gutenberg, ebook 25344: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Samples the CLEP American Literature exam

Science and mathematics 24

  • A sample of water has a pH of 4. How is it described? U.S. Geological Survey, Water Science School: pH and Water. Samples the CLEP Chemistry exam
  • About how many particles are in one mole? NIST, Fundamental Physical Constants: Avogadro constant. Samples the CLEP Chemistry exam
  • How many radians equal 180°? College Board, CLEP Precalculus outline: trigonometry and its applications, the unit circle. Samples the CLEP Precalculus exam
  • In genetics, what is an allele? National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary: Allele. Samples the CLEP Biology exam
  • In how many different orders can 4 books be placed in a row on a shelf? College Board, CLEP College Mathematics outline: counting and probability, permutations. Samples the CLEP College Mathematics exam
  • Set A has 5 elements, set B has 3 elements, and they share 2 elements. How many elements are in A ∪ B? College Board, CLEP College Mathematics outline: logic and sets, union and intersection. Samples the CLEP College Mathematics exam
  • Solve 5x + 4 = 3x − 10. College Board, CLEP College Algebra outline: equations and inequalities, linear equations. Samples the CLEP College Algebra exam
  • To which group of elements does helium belong? Los Alamos National Laboratory, Periodic Table of Elements: Helium. Samples the CLEP Chemistry exam
  • What causes ocean tides? NOAA National Ocean Service, What are tides?. Samples the CLEP Natural Sciences exam
  • What happens at a ribosome? National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary: Ribosome. Samples the CLEP Biology exam
  • What is rock called when it forms from hot, molten rock that cools and hardens? U.S. Geological Survey, What are igneous rocks?. Samples the CLEP Natural Sciences exam
  • What is the chemical symbol for sodium? Los Alamos National Laboratory, Periodic Table of Elements: Sodium. Samples the CLEP Chemistry exam
  • What is the derivative of f(x) = x³ + 2x? College Board, CLEP Calculus outline: differential calculus, derivatives of elementary functions. Samples the CLEP Calculus exam
  • What is the integral of 6x² with respect to x? College Board, CLEP Calculus outline: integral calculus, antiderivatives. Samples the CLEP Calculus exam
  • What is the limit of (x² − 9)/(x − 3) as x approaches 3? College Board, CLEP Calculus outline: limits. Samples the CLEP Calculus exam
  • What is the period of the function y = sin(x)? College Board, CLEP Precalculus outline: trigonometry and its applications, the basic trigonometric functions. Samples the CLEP Precalculus exam
  • What is the smallest positive number that both 12 and 18 divide evenly? College Board, CLEP College Mathematics outline: numbers, factors and divisibility. Samples the CLEP College Mathematics exam
  • What is the speed of light in a vacuum, to three significant figures? NIST, Fundamental Physical Constants: speed of light in vacuum. Samples the CLEP Natural Sciences exam
  • What is the value of sin 30°? College Board, CLEP Precalculus outline: trigonometric functions. Samples the CLEP Precalculus exam
  • Which cell structures generate most of the cell's chemical energy? National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary: Mitochondria. Samples the CLEP Biology exam
  • Which expression is a factor of x² + 2x − 15? College Board, CLEP College Algebra outline: algebraic operations, factoring polynomials. Samples the CLEP College Algebra exam
  • Which four bases are found in DNA? National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary: Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA). Samples the CLEP Biology exam
  • Which kind of cell division makes gametes, such as egg and sperm cells? National Human Genome Research Institute, Talking Glossary: Meiosis. Samples the CLEP Biology exam
  • Which planet is the largest in the solar system? NASA Science, Jupiter Facts. Samples the CLEP Natural Sciences exam

Business 24

  • A business has assets of $90,000 and liabilities of $35,000. What is the owner's equity? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 17, Accounting and Financial Information. Samples the CLEP Financial Accounting exam
  • In a civil lawsuit, who is the plaintiff? United States Courts, Glossary of Legal Terms: plaintiff. Samples the CLEP Introductory Business Law exam
  • In cloud computing, what does SaaS stand for? NIST Special Publication 800-145, The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing. Samples the CLEP Information Systems exam
  • In contract law, what is consideration? Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute, Wex: consideration. Samples the CLEP Introductory Business Law exam
  • In marketing research, what is secondary data? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 14, Marketing: Providing Value to Customers. Samples the CLEP Principles of Marketing exam
  • In Maslow's hierarchy-of-needs theory, which needs sit at the bottom and must be met first? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 11, Motivating Employees. Samples the CLEP Principles of Management exam
  • On an income statement, what is left after operating expenses are taken from gross profit? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 17, Accounting and Financial Information. Samples the CLEP Financial Accounting exam
  • What are the four functions of management? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 8, Management and Leadership. Samples the CLEP Principles of Management exam
  • What are the four Ps of the marketing mix? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 14, Marketing: Providing Value to Customers. Samples the CLEP Principles of Marketing exam
  • What do the letters in SWOT analysis stand for? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 8, Management and Leadership. Samples the CLEP Principles of Management exam
  • What does a firewall do? NIST Computer Security Resource Center, Glossary: firewall. Samples the CLEP Information Systems exam
  • What does a manager's span of control measure? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 9, Structuring Organizations. Samples the CLEP Principles of Management exam
  • What does a statute of frauds require? Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute, Wex: statute of frauds. Samples the CLEP Introductory Business Law exam
  • What does the doctrine of stare decisis tell a court to do? Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute, Wex: stare decisis. Samples the CLEP Introductory Business Law exam
  • What is a tort? Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute, Wex: tort. Samples the CLEP Introductory Business Law exam
  • What is delegation? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 9, Structuring Organizations. Samples the CLEP Principles of Management exam
  • What is encryption? NIST Computer Security Resource Center, Glossary: encryption. Samples the CLEP Information Systems exam
  • What is market segmentation? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 14, Marketing: Providing Value to Customers. Samples the CLEP Principles of Marketing exam
  • What is phishing? NIST Computer Security Resource Center, Glossary: phishing. Samples the CLEP Information Systems exam
  • What is the fundamental accounting equation? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 17, Accounting and Financial Information. Samples the CLEP Financial Accounting exam
  • Where does accounts payable appear on a balance sheet? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 17, Accounting and Financial Information. Samples the CLEP Financial Accounting exam
  • Which financial statement reports assets, liabilities and equity? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 17, Accounting and Financial Information. Samples the CLEP Financial Accounting exam
  • Which kind of network links the computers at one site, such as an office? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 19, Technology in Business. Samples the CLEP Information Systems exam
  • Which kind of segmentation divides a market by variables such as age and income? S. Skripak and R. Poff, Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech), chapter 14, Marketing: Providing Value to Customers. Samples the CLEP Principles of Marketing exam

World languages 24

  • What does "embarazada" mean in Spanish? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: embarazada. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam
  • What does the French noun "pain" mean? Université de Sherbrooke, Usito dictionary: pain. Samples the CLEP French Language exam
  • What does the French verb "attendre" mean? Université de Sherbrooke, Usito dictionary: attendre. Samples the CLEP French Language exam
  • What does the French word "hier" mean? Université de Sherbrooke, Usito dictionary: hier. Samples the CLEP French Language exam
  • What does the German adjective "billig" mean? Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS): billig. Samples the CLEP German Language exam
  • What does the German noun "Gift" mean? Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS): Gift. Samples the CLEP German Language exam
  • What does the German verb "bekommen" mean? Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS): bekommen. Samples the CLEP German Language exam
  • What does the German word "gestern" mean? Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS): gestern. Samples the CLEP German Language exam
  • What does the Spanish adjective "barato" mean? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: barato. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam
  • What does the Spanish word "ayer" mean? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: ayer. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam
  • What does the Spanish word "biblioteca" mean? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: biblioteca. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam
  • What is "el desayuno"? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: desayuno. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam
  • What is "une librairie" in French? Université de Sherbrooke, Usito dictionary: librairie. Samples the CLEP French Language exam
  • What is the plural of the German noun "Kind" (child)? Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS): Kind. Samples the CLEP German Language exam
  • Which article goes with the German noun "Mädchen" (girl)? Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS): Mädchen. Samples the CLEP German Language exam
  • Which article is correct in French: ___ fromage? Université de Sherbrooke, Usito dictionary: fromage. Samples the CLEP French Language exam
  • Which article is correct in French: ___ maison? Université de Sherbrooke, Usito dictionary: maison. Samples the CLEP French Language exam
  • Which article is correct in Spanish: ___ mano? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: mano. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam
  • Which article is correct in Spanish: ___ problema? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: problema. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam
  • Which French verb means "to buy"? Université de Sherbrooke, Usito dictionary: acheter. Samples the CLEP French Language exam
  • Which French verb means "to swim"? Université de Sherbrooke, Usito dictionary: nager. Samples the CLEP French Language exam
  • Which German verb means "to buy"? Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (DWDS): kaufen. Samples the CLEP German Language exam
  • Which season is "el invierno"? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: invierno. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam
  • Which Spanish verb means "to listen"? El Colegio de México, Diccionario del español de México: escuchar. Samples the CLEP Spanish Language exam

How this list was compiled: Our own questions: 24 in each of the five subject areas of the College Board's list of CLEP exams (https://clep.collegeboard.org/clep-exams, read 2026-10-06), each on a topic in the College Board's published outline of the exam it names. Every fact was read on 2026-10-06 in the public source named under its question: the National Archives transcripts of the Constitution and its amendments and its milestone documents; the State Department's Office of the Historian; the National Archives of the United Kingdom; the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Federal Reserve Board; the Noba psychology textbook series; Sociology (Boundless) on LibreTexts; Fundamentals of Business, 4th edition (Virginia Tech); the Purdue Online Writing Lab; the Academy of American Poets; Project Gutenberg; the Vatican Museums and the Louvre; the National Human Genome Research Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NIST, NASA, NOAA and the U.S. Geological Survey; Cornell's Legal Information Institute and the federal courts glossary; and three dictionaries, the Diccionario del español de México, Usito (Université de Sherbrooke) and the DWDS. The mathematics answers were worked out a second time from the question. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site. Lines of verse quoted in four questions are in the public domain.

How it works

Start your CLEP prep with this free CLEP practice test: it samples all five subject areas with 120 questions of our own, each with its source. It is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the College Board.

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Five subject areas, 34 exams

The College Board's exam list, read October 6, 2026, has 34 exams: 12 in history and social sciences, 6 in composition and literature, 7 in science and mathematics, 5 in business and 4 in world languages. This bank holds 24 questions on each area, and every question names the exam it samples.

Practice for one exam

A sampler helps you choose an exam. For a full CLEP exam practice test on one subject, open CLEP College Mathematics or CLEP College Algebra.

The mixed round

Each real exam has its own length and outline. Exam mode here draws 50 questions across the five areas with no clock; the 50 is our number.

  • Language questions here test reading only. The real French, German and Spanish exams also have listening sections.
  • College Composition also has essays, which the College Board grades. Multiple-choice practice does not cover them.

Questions and answers

Is this an official CLEP online practice test?

No. Every question is our own, written from public sources. None is copied or reworded from a real exam or an official sample question, and a score here does not predict a score on any CLEP exam.

How are CLEP exams scored?

You get one point for each right answer and lose none for a wrong one, the College Board says. That raw score is converted to a scaled score from 20 to 80, and each college sets the score it accepts for credit.

Where do these CLEP test practice questions come from?

Each fact was checked against the public source named under its question: the Constitution, federal agencies such as NASA and NIST, open college textbooks, and a dictionary for each of the three languages.

Are there free practice CLEP tests for every exam here?

Not yet. Only the exams linked under "Practice for one exam" have a full test here so far. For the others, the College Board lists study resources on each exam's page.

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