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PPE Study Materials

The Professional Practice Exam (PPE) requires these study materials:

• Two textbooks
• Four documents

Textbooks

Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics G. C. Andrews, 5th Canadian edition (2013) Publisher: Nelson Education

Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience B.M. Samuels & D.R. Sanders, 2nd or 3rd Canadian edition (2011)(2015) Publisher: Pearson Education Canada

Ways to Obtain Textbooks

• Contact the publishers: pearsoncanada.ca, nelson.com
• Purchase online at McNally Robinson Booksellers, or Amazon, or elsewhere.
• You could also visit McNally Robinson in the Grant Park Shopping Centre in Winnipeg, MB

Documents

A Guide to Patents
A Guide to Trademarks
A Guide to Copyrights
A Guide to Industrial Designs

Ways to Obtain Documents

• Download from Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
• Call CIPO at 1-866-997-1936
• APEGA NPPE Study Materials Page

Online Practice Tests

There is an online practice test available for a fee offered by the official online test provider, Yardstick. This has been arranged by the Alberta association (APEGA).

Preparatory Seminar

We encourage applicants to attend an exam preparatory seminar before writing the professional practice exam.