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Pennsylvania Psychology Law Exam Practice Test

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Part I: the Practice Act (Act 52) 24

  • A Board member is absent without excuse from how many consecutive meetings before the seat is forfeited? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3.1(g). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • A colleague has substantial evidence that a psychologist has an active addictive disease and is not in treatment. What does the Act require? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 18(f). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • A license has been revoked. How long must the person wait before applying for reinstatement? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 16. Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • A licensed psychologist employs a postdoctoral individual who is completing the experience requirement. How must that person work? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3(11). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • A Pennsylvania psychologist is disciplined in another state. Under section 8.1 of the Act, when must it be reported to the Board? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 8.1. Outline: I. Law Act 52.
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Part I: the Practice Act (Act 52), continued

  • A person practices psychology without a currently valid license. What is the most a court may impose for a first offense? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 11(a). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • A person whose license was suspended or revoked does not return it as the Board directs. What is the offense? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 17. Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • The Board charges a psychologist with unprofessional conduct. What does the Act say about injury to a client? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 8(a)(11). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • The Board temporarily suspends a license without a hearing. How soon must a preliminary hearing be held? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 8(d). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • The Board, on probable cause, directs a psychologist to submit to a mental or physical examination. The psychologist refuses without a reason beyond his or her control. What does the refusal constitute? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 8(a)(8). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • Clergy, social workers and marriage and family therapists may do work of a psychological nature without a psychology license on what condition? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3(3). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • Department of Corrections employees give psychological tests under the direction of a licensed psychologist. What must the psychologist do with each one? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3(4.1). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • For most votes, what must be true of a Board member to be counted in the quorum? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3.1(c). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • For which kind of course does the Act say no continuing education credit shall be given? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 15. Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • How long is the term of a professional or public member of the Board, and how many terms in a row may one serve? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3.1(b). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • How many members does the State Board of Psychology have? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3.1(a). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • How many members of the Board must hold current licenses to practice psychology in Pennsylvania? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3.1(a). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • How much supervised experience does section 6 of the Act ask of an applicant who holds a doctoral degree? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 6(a)(2). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • How often must the State Board of Psychology meet? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3.1(i). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • Section 6(a)(5) of the Act bars an applicant convicted of a felony under the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. How much time must pass before the applicant can qualify? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 6(a)(5); 63 Pa.C.S. § 3113(f). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • What is the longest a temporary suspension may stay in effect? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 8(d). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • When may patient records be subpoenaed in a Board investigation? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 11.1(a). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • Which event suspends a license automatically under the Act? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 8(e). Outline: I. Law Act 52.
  • Without a license, a person may not hold out to the public with a title or description of services that uses which words? Professional Psychologists Practice Act (Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52), section 3. Outline: I. Law Act 52.

Part II: Board regulations (49 Pa. Code Chapter 41) 56

  • A certified school psychologist wants to practice privately under the exemption for school psychologists. What must be true at the same time? 49 Pa. Code § 41.56. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A client states a serious intent to kill an identified person, and the psychologist judges the client likely to act. What does the Code of Ethics say about warning that person? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 5. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A licensee is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor. When must the Board be notified? 49 Pa. Code § 41.91. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A licensee legally changes name or moves. How soon must the Board be told in writing? 49 Pa. Code § 41.3. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A mandated reporter files a report of suspected child abuse electronically, and the Department of Human Services confirms receipt. What else is owed? 49 Pa. Code § 41.71(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A mandated reporter has reasonable cause to suspect that a child died as a result of child abuse. To whom is that suspicion reported? 49 Pa. Code § 41.73. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A mandated reporter phones ChildLine with a report of suspected child abuse. What must follow? 49 Pa. Code § 41.71(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A mandated reporter willfully fails to report suspected child abuse, and no aggravating condition applies. What is the offense? 49 Pa. Code § 41.76(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A mandated reporter's report of suspected child abuse is later questioned in a proceeding. How is the reporter's good faith treated? 49 Pa. Code § 41.74. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A psychologist advertises on radio or television. What does the Code of Ethics require? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 4. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A psychologist also holds a generic degree such as a Ph.D. or M.A. earned outside psychology. How may it be represented? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 2. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A psychologist earns more than 30 contact hours in a biennium. How many extra hours may be carried over to the next? 49 Pa. Code § 41.59(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A psychologist is charged under the prohibited conduct sections and says the client consented. How does the chapter treat consent? 49 Pa. Code § 41.84. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A psychologist learns of another psychologist's ethical violation that threatens client welfare. What does the Code of Ethics direct? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 7. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A psychologist licensed in another state has the Board's written permission to practice in Pennsylvania on temporary assignment. For how long? 49 Pa. Code § 41.52(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • A psychologist on the staff of a school or agency must report suspected child abuse. After reporting immediately, what is the next duty? 49 Pa. Code § 41.71(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • After a first failure, when may a candidate take a second examination under the reexamination rule? 49 Pa. Code § 41.42(a). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • An applicant for licensure by endorsement shows competency by experience. How much active practice is the minimum? 49 Pa. Code § 41.52a. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • An applicant is told in writing that he or she is ineligible to take the examinations. How long is there to cure the cause or ask for reconsideration? 49 Pa. Code § 41.41(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • An employer sponsors a psychological examination of a job applicant. When may the psychologist give the results to the employer? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 8. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • An out-of-state psychologist is on temporary assignment in Pennsylvania for a short time. Up to how many days in total is the psychologist exempt from notifying the Board? 49 Pa. Code § 41.52(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • An unlicensed employe writes a report that will leave the employment setting. How must it be signed? 49 Pa. Code § 41.58(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • The Board actively suspends a license. Whom must the licensee notify in writing within 30 days? 49 Pa. Code § 41.92. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • The client is a minor whose parents are separated. What must the record note? 49 Pa. Code § 41.57(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • The duty to report suspected child abuse conflicts with the Code of Ethics principle on confidentiality. Which governs? 49 Pa. Code § 41.75. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • For how long after the last date of service must a psychologist keep the data entries in a professional record? 49 Pa. Code § 41.57(d). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • For how long must a psychologist keep certificates or other proof of completed continuing education? 49 Pa. Code § 41.59(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • For the postdoctoral experience requirement, how is one year counted? 49 Pa. Code § 41.32. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How does the chapter define graduate training in psychology for an unlicensed employe? 49 Pa. Code § 41.1. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How long after the professional relationship ends does the chapter bar sexual intimacies between a psychologist and a former client? 49 Pa. Code § 41.83. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How long must a supervisor keep notes or records of scheduled supervisory sessions? 49 Pa. Code § 41.33(a). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How many contact hours of continuing education must a psychologist complete in each biennium? 49 Pa. Code § 41.59(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How many examinations may an applicant sit for in any 1-year period? 49 Pa. Code § 41.42(d). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How many full-time unlicensed employes with graduate training in psychology, or the part-time equivalent, may one supervisor supervise at the same time? 49 Pa. Code § 41.58(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How many hours of approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting does each biennial renewal require? 49 Pa. Code § 41.77(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How many hours of postdoctoral experience may be counted in one week? 49 Pa. Code § 41.32. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How many of the 30 contact hours must be in ethical issues? 49 Pa. Code § 41.59(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How many of the required contact hours may come from home study courses offered by approved sponsors? 49 Pa. Code § 41.59(e). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How much individual face-to-face supervision must a psychology resident receive? 49 Pa. Code § 41.33(a). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How much of the weekly supervision may a primary supervisor hand to a delegated supervisor? 49 Pa. Code § 41.32. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How much training in child abuse recognition and reporting must an applicant for an initial license have completed? 49 Pa. Code § 41.77(a). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How often must a primary supervisor observe the resident's client sessions or review verbatim recordings of them? 49 Pa. Code § 41.33(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • How often must supervisors prepare written evaluations or progress reports on a psychology resident? 49 Pa. Code § 41.33(a). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • What does a psychologist need before being examined in a civil or criminal action about information learned in serving a client? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 5. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • What does the Code of Ethics say about commissions or rebates for referring clients? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 6. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • What does the Code of Ethics say about face-to-face, direct solicitation of clients? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 4. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • What must a psychologist arrange for client records in case of withdrawal from practice, incapacity or death? 49 Pa. Code § 41.57(e). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • What must happen before a psychology practice uses a fictitious name? 49 Pa. Code § 41.27. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • What share of the required experience hours must be spent in diagnosis, assessment, therapy, other interventions, supervision or consultation? 49 Pa. Code § 41.32. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • When do Pennsylvania psychology licenses expire? 49 Pa. Code § 41.11(c). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • Which communications does the Board give official consideration? 49 Pa. Code § 41.55. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • Which of these does the Code of Ethics give as an example of a dual relationship? 49 Pa. Code § 41.61, Principle 6. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • Which of these may a primary or delegated supervisor not do? 49 Pa. Code § 41.33(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • Which of these must a psychologist's record for each client hold at a minimum? 49 Pa. Code § 41.57(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • Which two examinations must an applicant pass to qualify for licensure? 49 Pa. Code § 41.41(b). Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.
  • Within how long after the doctoral degree must the supervised experience be obtained, unless the Board grants a waiver? 49 Pa. Code § 41.32. Outline: II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the content outline in the Pennsylvania Psychology Law Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (March 2026) published for the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology, opened 2026-10-12: https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/283920.pdf . The outline: 30 total items, I. Law Act 52 (9), II. Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41 (21); the 80 questions are 24 and 56. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 in two texts: the Professional Psychologists Practice Act, Act of March 23, 1972, P.L. 136, No. 52, on the Pennsylvania General Assembly's site (https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information?sessYr=1972&sessInd=0&actNum=52), and 49 Pa. Code Chapter 41, State Board of Psychology, on the Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin site (https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/049/chapter41/chap41toc.html&d=reduce), which showed changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026). Both are the addresses the Board's own page links. One explanation also cites 63 Pa.C.S. § 3113(f), read the same day in the General Assembly's consolidated statutes. Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Pennsylvania statute and regulations. Nothing is taken from the Pennsylvania Psychology Law Examination, a prep company or a review book.

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Unofficial Pennsylvania Psychology Law Exam practice test: 80 of our own questions on the Professional Psychologists Practice Act and 49 Pa. Code Chapter 41. The Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology owns the exam and is not affiliated with this page.

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Psychology law exam part 2 practice test: the regulations

The exam's content outline has two parts. Part I, Law Act 52, is 9 of the 30 scored questions; Part II, Regulations Code Title 49 Chapter 41, is 21. Here Part I has 24 questions and Part II has 56, on licenses, supervision, records, continuing education, the Code of Ethics and child abuse reporting.

Where each answer comes from

Each answer rests on the Act and Chapter 41 as published on October 12, 2026. Law only: nothing clinical is asked. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • The Board has nine members, six of them licensed psychologists (Act 52, section 3.1).
  • Renewal takes 30 contact hours a biennium, at least 3 in ethics and 2 in child abuse recognition and reporting (§ 41.59).
  • Records are kept at least 5 years after the last date of service (§ 41.57).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the Pennsylvania Psychology Law Exam?

The March 2026 Candidate Information Bulletin gives 30 scored multiple choice questions, four options each, in 60 minutes. A timed run here is the same length and clock.

What is a passing score on the PPLE?

The bulletin gives a passing scaled score of 75 on a scale of 0 to 100, and says it is neither the number nor the percentage of questions answered correctly. A percent on this page is not that score.

Is there a free Pennsylvania psychology law exam study guide?

The two texts the outline names are free: Act 52 on the General Assembly's site and Chapter 41 on the Pennsylvania Code site. This page turns them into practice, and each answer names the section to read.

Do I need both the EPPP and the PPLE for a Pennsylvania license?

49 Pa. Code § 41.41(b) asks for a passing score on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology and on the Pennsylvania Psychology Law Examination. This page covers the law examination only.

Is this the real Pennsylvania Psychology Law Exam?

No. The questions are our own, written from the public text of the Act and the regulations, never from the exam. The Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology did not write or review this page.

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