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Qualification Overview
There are currently three qualifications available for MSP; Foundation, Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner.
The exam formats are as follows:
Foundation
- Multiple-choice
- Forty minutes duration
- 50 questions
- 25 correct answers or more are required to pass
- Closed-book.
Practitioner
- Objective testing
- Two-and-a-half hours duration
- 9 questions
- 180 marks available
- 90 marks or more are required to pass
- Closed-book.
Advanced Practitioner
- Essay based
- Two-and-a-half hours duration
- 3 questions
- 75 marks available
- 38 marks or more are required to pass
- Open-book.
Route to Certification
Candidates must always take the Foundation Examination before the Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner Examinations, either on the same day or separately. If a candidate has previously passed the Foundation Examination, they are qualified to sit the Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner Examinations without the need to re-sit the Foundation Examination.
If a candidate chooses to sit the Foundation Examination only, and passes, they will receive a "Foundation Examination" certificate stating that they have passed. However, if a candidate sits the Foundation Examination, Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner Examination on the same day, and passes all three, they will receive a "Advanced Practitioner Examination" certificate, but not any other certificate.
How to Take the Exams
There are two main routes towards obtaining the MSP qualifications - you can sit the exams at the end of a training course, or study privately and then book the exam without a training course at one of APM Group's Open Centres.