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Practice exams

A full-length, timed practice exam for each BCIN exam, built to the Ministry’s syllabus and format. Open book, scored the moment you submit, with the reference behind every answer.

2 of 16 exams live · House is next · See every exam

Every BCIN exam

One practice exam per exam

Each practice exam is written after that exam’s lessons, so the questions and the lessons cover the same syllabus.

Legal and process
LiveDesigner legal/process70 questions · 3 hours · open bookStart the examLiveGeneral legal/process70 questions · 3 hours · open bookStart the exam
PlannedPowers and duties of a chief building official
PlannedPowers and duties of registered code agency
Building
Coming nextHouseWritten once the lessons are finished (57 of 66 live).Study the lessons
PlannedSmall building
PlannedLarge building
PlannedComplex building
PlannedBuilding structural
Building services
PlannedBuilding services
PlannedHVAC - House
PlannedDetection, lighting and power
PlannedFire protection
Plumbing and sewage
PlannedPlumbing - House
PlannedPlumbing - All buildings
PlannedOn-site sewage systems

Exam names follow the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s study guides for the 2024 Building Code examinations.

How every practice exam works

Rehearse exam day before it counts.

Every practice exam follows the same format, so once you’ve taken one you know how they all work. Testing yourself under real conditions doesn’t just measure what you know; it’s one of the strongest ways to learn it.

See the science
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Keep the books open

Like the Ministry’s exams, every practice exam is open book. Questions are written so you find the right section, table or sentence: the skill the real exam tests.

Find it yourself
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Work against the clock

One sitting, all topics mixed, with the real exam’s time limit counting down on our server. Flag questions as unsure and come back to them before you submit.

Interleaving
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See where you stand

Your score, pass or fail and a breakdown by topic as soon as you submit, with the correct answer and its Code or Act reference for every question.

Retrieval practice
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Choose your next attempt

All-new questions from the bank, a mix of new and earlier ones, or a retake of your last exam in a new order. Every attempt lands on your dashboard.

Spaced practice
Questions

Before you sit one

Are these the Ministry’s exam questions?

No. Every question is written for study and checked against the official syllabus and the Act and Code text. They follow the real exams’ format and topics, not their wording.

When will my exam have a practice exam?

Practice exams go live one exam at a time, after that exam’s lessons. Designer Legal/Process and General Legal/Process are live; House is next, once its last 9 lessons are written.

What does an attempt cost?

Practice exams are free with an account for now. When payments launch you’ll pay per attempt, with no subscription.

What if I leave in the middle?

Your answers save to your account as you go, and the clock keeps running on our server. Come back before time runs out to resume on any device. If time runs out, the exam is scored with the answers saved by then.

Not ready for a full exam yet?

Start with the lessons. Each ends with a book-closed check, and Review brings back what you’re about to forget.

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