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QuickBooks Certification Practice Test

Questions on the five areas of the QuickBooks Online Certified User exam, each with the help article behind its answer.

What decides whether an account's balance lands on the Balance Sheet or on the Profit and Loss?

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QuickBooks Online Plus administration 26

  • A $900 invoice is sent on March 28 and paid on April 9. On a cash basis Profit and Loss, which month shows the income? Intuit QuickBooks help: Choose between cash and accrual accounting methods in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.2.3)
  • A caterer wants income, expenses and profit reported for its wedding segment and its corporate segment. Which feature fits? Intuit QuickBooks help: Get started with class tracking in QuickBooks (exam objective 1.2.4)
  • A company pays $9,600 in advance for a year of insurance and amortizes it straight line. What is each month's entry? Intuit QuickBooks help: What are prepaid expenses and amortization? (exam objective 1.5.3)
  • A company with shops in three cities wants each shop's sales and payments kept apart. Which feature is made for that? Intuit QuickBooks help: Set up and use location tracking (exam objective 1.2.4)
  • A customer list of 2,400 rows sits in one spreadsheet. What has to happen before QuickBooks Online will import it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Import customers or vendors from email contacts to QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.3.1)
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QuickBooks Online Plus administration, continued

  • A customer with past invoices is deleted. What does QuickBooks Online do? Intuit QuickBooks help: Delete or make a customer inactive in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.3.4)
  • A journal entry dated June 18 is reversed in QuickBooks Online. What date does the reversing entry carry? Intuit QuickBooks help: Reverse or delete a journal entry (exam objective 1.5.2)
  • A new QuickBooks Online company is being filled from spreadsheets. Which import order does Intuit give? Intuit QuickBooks help: Common questions about importing data to QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.1.2)
  • A parent account is locked in the chart of accounts. What changes? Intuit QuickBooks help: Chart of accounts in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.3.5)
  • A third-party app is disconnected from a company. What does Intuit say about the data the app already holds? Intuit QuickBooks help: Transfer app ownership or disconnect apps (exam objective 1.6.2)
  • An account is linked to a recurring template. What must happen before the account can be deleted? Intuit QuickBooks help: Review recurring transactions in QuickBooks (exam objective 1.4.3)
  • An app in the QuickBooks App Store carries the Time Saver badge. What earned it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Understand the QuickBooks App Store badges (exam objective 1.6.1)
  • The books are closed with a closing date of December 31. What happens when someone edits an invoice dated December 12? Intuit QuickBooks help: Lock your books in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.2.2)
  • By Intuit's own account, which job is generative AI not used for in QuickBooks? Intuit QuickBooks help: How's Intuit using Generative AI? (exam objective 1.2.6)
  • Class tracking is a feature of which QuickBooks Online plans? Intuit QuickBooks help: Get started with class tracking in QuickBooks (exam objective 1.1.1)
  • Class tracking is on. Which setting lets one invoice carry a different class on each line? Intuit QuickBooks help: Turn on class tracking (exam objective 1.2.5)
  • On an accrual basis report, when does a vendor's bill count as an expense? Intuit QuickBooks help: Choose between cash and accrual accounting methods in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.2.3)
  • Rent of the same amount is due on the first of every month. Which recurring template type records it with no one touching it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Create recurring invoices and other transactions in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.4.2)
  • Two accounts in the chart of accounts are to be merged. What must match exactly first? Intuit QuickBooks help: Merge duplicate accounts in your chart of accounts (exam objective 1.3.4)
  • What decides whether an account's balance lands on the Balance Sheet or on the Profit and Loss? Intuit QuickBooks help: Account type and detail types in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.3.5)
  • What does a project in QuickBooks Online bring together? Intuit QuickBooks help: Create projects in QuickBooks Online or Intuit Enterprise Suite (exam objective 1.2.4)
  • What must be true of a journal entry's totals? Intuit QuickBooks help: Create journal entries in QuickBooks Online and Intuit Enterprise Suite (exam objective 1.5.1)
  • When a new fiscal year starts, where does QuickBooks Online put last year's net income? Intuit QuickBooks help: Chart of accounts in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.3.5)
  • Which default account in the chart of accounts tracks cash and checks that are ready to go to the bank? Intuit QuickBooks help: Chart of accounts in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.3.2)
  • Which report lists changes made to transactions after the books were closed? Intuit QuickBooks help: Edit your closed books in QuickBooks (exam objective 1.2.2)
  • Year-end depreciation of $2,400 on a van is recorded by journal entry. Which lines does Intuit's help give? Intuit QuickBooks help: Depreciate assets in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 1.5.3)

Sales and money-in 22

  • A church is exempt from sales tax. How is that recorded on its customer record? Intuit QuickBooks help: Add new customers in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.1.4)
  • A contact list with one address for each contact is imported as customers. Which customer field receives the address? Intuit QuickBooks help: Import customers or vendors from email contacts to QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.1.2)
  • A customer pays an invoice through QuickBooks Payments. What is left to record by hand? Intuit QuickBooks help: Record invoice payments (exam objective 2.3.4)
  • A customer pays in full at the counter at the moment of sale. Which form records it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Understand the difference between invoices, sales receipts, bills, and statements (exam objective 2.4.1)
  • A customer sends $700 against invoices that total $650. What does the Receive payment form do with the extra $50? Intuit QuickBooks help: Record invoice payments (exam objective 2.4.3)
  • A returned inventory item is put on a credit memo. What happens to the item's quantity on hand? Intuit QuickBooks help: Refund your customer for a paid invoice in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.4.4)
  • A sub-customer is set to bill with its parent. Which statement shows the sub-customer's transactions? Intuit QuickBooks help: Create and send customer statements in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.1.5)
  • An invoice dated May 3 has terms of Net 15. When is payment due? Intuit QuickBooks help: Create invoices (exam objective 2.1.3)
  • An invoice is voided, not deleted. What is left in the books? Intuit QuickBooks help: Void or delete transactions (exam objective 2.4.2)
  • Automated sales tax works out the rate for each sale from three things. Which three? Intuit QuickBooks help: Set up and use automated sales tax in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.1.4)
  • Automatic invoice reminders are on. Which invoices get one? Intuit QuickBooks help: Send invoice reminders automatically or manually in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.3.2)
  • Five $100 checks from five customers go to the bank on one deposit slip. How should they reach the bank account in QuickBooks? Intuit QuickBooks help: Managing your Undeposited Funds account (exam objective 2.4.3)
  • How many levels deep can sub-customers go under a parent customer? Intuit QuickBooks help: Add new customers in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.1.5)
  • Nuts and bolts are used on installation jobs and never counted on a shelf. Which item type fits? Intuit QuickBooks help: Add product and service items (exam objective 2.2.1)
  • Products and services are grouped into categories. What does that change on sales and inventory reports? Intuit QuickBooks help: Group products and services into different categories in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.2.3)
  • Setting up an inventory product ties it to three accounts. Which three? Intuit QuickBooks help: Add inventory products in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.2.2)
  • Six units of an inventory product are sold on an invoice. What happens to the quantity on hand? Intuit QuickBooks help: Set up and track your inventory in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.2.4)
  • What does a credit memo do to a customer's account? Intuit QuickBooks help: Create and apply credit memos or delayed credits in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.4.4)
  • What does customizing a sales form change? Intuit QuickBooks help: Customize sales forms in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.3.1)
  • What does the reorder point on an inventory product do? Intuit QuickBooks help: Add inventory products in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.2.2)
  • Which field must be filled in before a new customer can be saved? Intuit QuickBooks help: Add new customers in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 2.1.1)
  • Which of these leaves the books unchanged until it is turned into an invoice? Intuit QuickBooks help: Create and send estimates (exam objective 2.4.1)

Vendors and money-out 19

  • A $240 part is bought for a customer's job and marked billable. What does that allow? Intuit QuickBooks help: Enter billable expenses (exam objective 3.2.2)
  • A bank transaction downloads for an expense that was already entered by hand. What is the right action? Intuit QuickBooks help: Match your bank and credit card transactions (exam objective 3.3.5)
  • A bill is in QuickBooks. The payment is then entered as a plain check, not through Pay bills. What goes wrong? Intuit QuickBooks help: Differences between bills, checks, and expenses (exam objective 3.3.3)
  • A business is both a customer and a vendor of yours. What does QuickBooks Online require of the two records? Intuit QuickBooks help: Import customers or vendors from email contacts to QuickBooks Online (exam objective 3.1.1)
  • A purchase is paid for on the spot. When is a Check the better form than an Expense? Intuit QuickBooks help: Differences between bills, checks, and expenses (exam objective 3.3.3)
  • A vendor credit is on file and Pay bills is opened for one of that vendor's bills. What does QuickBooks do with the credit? Intuit QuickBooks help: Enter vendor credits and refunds in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 3.3.7)
  • A vendor mails a refund check for a purchase that was entered as an expense, not a bill. How is it recorded? Intuit QuickBooks help: Enter vendor credits and refunds in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 3.3.7)
  • A vendor will not be used again. What can be done with its record? Intuit QuickBooks help: Add a vendor or contractor in QuickBooks (exam objective 3.1.2)
  • An electric bill arrives today and is due at the end of the month. Which form tracks what is owed until then? Intuit QuickBooks help: Differences between bills, checks, and expenses (exam objective 3.3.1)
  • An expense is deleted. Where can a record of it still be found? Intuit QuickBooks help: Enter and manage expenses in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 3.3.8)
  • Before an expense can be marked billable, which settings are turned on? Intuit QuickBooks help: Enter billable expenses (exam objective 3.2.1)
  • The business credit card is paid from the checking account. Which feature is Intuit's main way to record that? Intuit QuickBooks help: Record your payments to credit cards in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 3.3.6)
  • On a bill, what does the Terms field record? Intuit QuickBooks help: Enter bills in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 3.1.3)
  • Supplies are bought and paid for on the spot with a debit card. Which form records it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Differences between bills, checks, and expenses (exam objective 3.3.2)
  • Two profiles for one vendor are merged. What is true afterward? Intuit QuickBooks help: Merge duplicate vendors (exam objective 3.1.2)
  • What does entering a bill track before it is paid? Intuit QuickBooks help: Differences between bills, checks, and expenses (exam objective 3.3.4)
  • Where does an unbilled billable expense turn up when it is time to charge the customer? Intuit QuickBooks help: Enter billable expenses (exam objective 3.2.3)
  • While 1099s are prepared, some payments to a contractor sit in the excluded column. What is the likely reason? Intuit QuickBooks help: Add or edit contractor payments (for 1099 filings) (exam objective 3.1.4)
  • Why is a Form W-9 collected from a new contractor? Intuit QuickBooks help: Invite a contractor to add their own tax info (exam objective 3.1.4)

Bank accounts, transaction rules and receipts 9

  • A bank is connected today. How far back can QuickBooks Online download its transactions? Intuit QuickBooks help: Connect bank and credit card accounts to QuickBooks Online (exam objective 4.1.2)
  • A connected bank account downloads a $62 charge. When does the charge affect the books? Intuit QuickBooks help: Match your bank and credit card transactions (exam objective 4.2.1)
  • A downloaded transaction has no suggested match because its record in QuickBooks was already reconciled. What should be done with it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Match your bank and credit card transactions (exam objective 4.2.1)
  • A photo of a receipt is emailed to the company's forwarding address. What does QuickBooks do with it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Email receipts and bills (exam objective 4.3.1)
  • A suggested match in the bank feed shows a green confidence badge. What does green mean? Intuit QuickBooks help: How AI suggestions help match and categorize bank transactions (exam objective 4.2.3)
  • An uploaded receipt is for an expense already in the books. What is the right step? Intuit QuickBooks help: Upload your receipts to QuickBooks (exam objective 4.3.2)
  • What can a bank rule's conditions test in a downloaded transaction? Intuit QuickBooks help: Set up bank rules to categorize online banking transactions in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 4.2.2)
  • Which kinds of accounts can be connected to QuickBooks Online to download transactions? Intuit QuickBooks help: Connect bank and credit card accounts to QuickBooks Online (exam objective 4.1.1)
  • Why exclude an unwanted downloaded transaction instead of deleting it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Exclude a bank transaction you downloaded into QuickBooks Online (exam objective 4.2.1)

Basic reports and views 10

  • A company has assets of $84,000 and liabilities of $31,500. What equity does its Balance Sheet show? Intuit QuickBooks help: Run a Balance Sheet report (exam objective 5.1.1)
  • A recurring expense is added to the books automatically. Which user does the audit log show for it? Intuit QuickBooks help: Use the audit log in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 5.3.1)
  • A report is emailed straight from QuickBooks Online. Which file formats can it go out in? Intuit QuickBooks help: Run reports in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 5.2.2)
  • How long do events stay available in the audit log? Intuit QuickBooks help: Use the audit log in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 5.3.1)
  • On an aging report, what belongs in the Current column? Intuit QuickBooks help: Why aging reports have both Current and 1-30 (exam objective 5.1.2)
  • On which reports do AI-powered report insights appear? Intuit QuickBooks help: AI-powered Report Insights (exam objective 5.4.2)
  • One Profit and Loss report is switched from accrual to cash while it is open. What changes? Intuit QuickBooks help: Choose between cash and accrual accounting methods in QuickBooks Online (exam objective 5.2.1)
  • What does a Balance Sheet report show? Intuit QuickBooks help: Run a Balance Sheet report (exam objective 5.1.1)
  • Which report belongs to the group named What you owe? Intuit QuickBooks help: Reports included in your QuickBooks Online subscription (exam objective 5.1.3)
  • Which report shows income, expenses and the resulting net income or loss over a period? Intuit QuickBooks help: Understanding Profit & Loss Statement: Income, Cost of Goods (exam objective 5.1.1)

How this list was compiled: Own questions, sorted by the five areas of Certiport's exam objectives for the Intuit QuickBooks Online Certified User exam, linked from https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Certifications/Intuit/Certifications/Certify/QuickBooks-Certified-User (the page and the exam objectives file it links to were both read 2026-10-10). Facts were read on 2026-10-10 in Intuit's QuickBooks help articles at quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support. Each question names the article it was written from and links to it. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the public QuickBooks help articles named in each question. Nothing is copied or reworded from an Intuit or Certiport exam, a practice product, a training course or a question dump.

How it works

An unofficial practice test for QuickBooks certification, with 86 questions of our own on the QuickBooks Online Certified User exam. Neither Intuit nor Certiport is affiliated with it.

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What the QuickBooks exam covers

Certiport's objectives for the Intuit QuickBooks Online Certified User exam, read on October 10, 2026, set five areas: QuickBooks Online Plus administration; sales and money-in; vendors and money-out; bank accounts, transaction rules and receipts; basic reports and views. They carry no weights, so the bank follows the count of objectives in each. They assume at least 150 hours of instruction or hands-on use.

What the questions ask

Most ask what an entry does to the books: which form fits, where a payment lands, what a report counts. Five of the 68 objectives have no question, among them prompts for QuickBooks' own AI tool.

  • A bill is closed with Pay bills. A plain check written for it can leave the bill showing as unpaid.
  • Payments held in Undeposited Funds are combined into one bank deposit, so the books show the bank's single figure.
  • Voiding keeps a transaction at zero. Deleting removes it everywhere but the audit log.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the QuickBooks certification exam?

Certiport's exam lengths page, dated July 1, 2026, lists 35 to 39 questions in 50 minutes for the Intuit QuickBooks Online Certified User exam. Exam mode here sets 37 of our questions against the same 50 minutes.

What score do you need to pass the QuickBooks certification exam?

Certiport's scoring policy equates a pass to 700 on a scale of 1 to 1000, and it publishes no pass rates. That is not a percent, so this page shows a score and no verdict.

Is this a QuickBooks Online certification practice test?

Yes. Certiport's objectives say the exam assesses QuickBooks Online Plus, and every question here was written from Intuit's QuickBooks Online help articles. QuickBooks Desktop is left out.

Is this the QuickBooks ProAdvisor certification?

No. Intuit's help says ProAdvisor certifications are earned in ProAdvisor Academy, opened from Intuit Accountant Suite. This bank follows the Certified User exam that Certiport delivers, which its page describes as suited to students and job seekers.

Is this QuickBooks certification practice test free?

Yes, all 86 questions with their explanations, and there is no sign-up. The test also prints on paper.

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