Which exams does NPPace prepare me for?

The AANP Certification Board FNP-C and A-GNP-C exams and the ANCC FNP-BC and AGPCNP-BC exams. You pick your track, Family NP or Adult-Gerontology NP, when you create your account.

Does it cover both AANP and ANCC?

Yes. Questions are written to both blueprints, including the ANCC professional-role, policy and ethics content, and the timed practice exams follow each exam's length: 150 questions in 3 hours for AANP or 175 in 3.5 hours for ANCC.

How are the questions written?

Each question tests one provider decision at one criterion: a threshold, a timing, a dose, a contraindication. The explanation opens with a definition, gives measurable key points, judges every option, and names the guideline and the textbook it comes from.

How much does NPPace cost?

One plan, Full Access, as a single payment: US$300 for 3 months or US$500 for 6 months. Nothing renews. A free account with 10 practice questions costs nothing.

Is there a free version?

Yes. A free account includes 10 practice questions with full explanations and saves your results and study plan from day one. The NP blog's study guides and registration guides are free to everyone.

Can I study on my phone?

Yes. NPPace runs in the browser on your phone, tablet and computer, and your progress is the same on every device. Add it to your home screen and it opens like an app.

Do I need to be enrolled in an NP program?

No. Anyone preparing for the FNP or AGNP certification exam can create an account directly.

NPPace: FNP and AGNP Board Prep

Question types

Every NP board question type

The AANP exam is multiple choice. The ANCC exam adds select all that apply, drag-and-drop ordering and hot spot. Press a type to see a real NPPace question of that type.

Hot spot

Multiple choice · AANP and ANCC

Multiple choice question in the NPPace exam player

One best answer from four, all defensible

Why NPPace

Everything You Need to Pass Your NP Boards

NP exams ask what you decide: the diagnosis, the next test, the drug, the follow-up. Every part of NPPace is built around that decision.

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Clinical case questions

Primary-care patients with history, vitals and labs. You make the call a provider makes: the diagnosis, the next test, the drug, the follow-up.

Rx

Guideline-based explanations

Why the answer is right, the guideline behind it, and why each other option is wrong, with the textbook and guideline named every time.

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Every question type

Multiple choice for AANP and ANCC, plus select all that apply, drag-and-drop ordering and hot spot for the ANCC exam.

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Timed full-length practice exams

150 questions in 3 hours in the AANP format or 175 in 3.5 hours in the ANCC format, scored by domain and body system.

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Analytics by body system

See your accuracy by system, population and exam domain, and what to study next.

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Personalized study plan

Built from your own answers, weakest topics first, counting back from your exam date.

Questions based on the real exams

Practice with questions exactly like the real NP boards

Every question is a primary-care case with the findings you would actually have: history, vitals, examination, labs, current medications.
Two options are always close competitors separated by one criterion, the way the board writes them.
The explanation opens with a definition, gives measurable NP key points, and judges every option.
The guideline and the textbook are named at the bottom of every explanation.

A primary-care case with vitals and labs · 1 of 4

Pictures that teach

Findings you will be asked to recognize

Rhythm strips sit in the question stem with nothing labelled, the way an exam shows them. Clinical pictures and decision diagrams sit in the explanation.

Labelled rhythm strip: sinus bradycardia with widened QRS and peaked T waves — Rhythm strip from a hyperkalemia case: the stem shows it clean, the explanation labels the widened QRS and the peaked T waves.

Fundus photograph of severe hypertensive retinopathy — Hypertensive retinopathy: flame hemorrhages, cotton-wool spots, arteriovenous nicking and a macular star.

Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis with an atrophic kidney — Renal artery stenosis: the ostial plaque, the post-stenotic dilatation and the shrunken kidney behind a resistant pressure.

Achilles tendon xanthoma, xanthelasma and corneal arcus — Familial hypercholesterolemia on examination: tendon xanthoma, xanthelasma, corneal arcus before 45.

Chest radiograph of cardiogenic pulmonary edema — Cardiogenic pulmonary edema: cardiomegaly, cephalization, Kerley B lines and pleural effusions.

Resistant hypertension workup diagram — The resistant-hypertension workup in order, from pseudoresistance to the fourth drug and the referral rule.

Full-length practice exam

Timed and full length, built like the real board exam

One press builds the exam in your board’s format. Sit it in one timed sitting, then read the score report before you book the real one.

150

questions in 3 hours

The AANP format: multiple choice only, one sitting, no pausing, like the real exam.

175

questions in 3.5 hours

The ANCC format: every item type, with the professional-role, policy and ethics content.

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percent by domain

Assessment, diagnosis, planning and evaluation drawn at the AANP blueprint percentages, not our own.

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score report per sitting

Your result by domain and body system, and the topics to study before the next attempt.

Press once. No filters to choose: the exam builds itself to your board’s length and domain percentages.
Sit it like the real thing. Timed, one sitting, no explanations until the end.
Read the report. Your result by domain and body system, and the topics to study before the next attempt.

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Cheat sheets

One sheet per topic, written for the provider role

Thresholds, doses, monitoring intervals and the referral rule, with the guideline and textbook named on every sheet. Press a topic and scroll the sample.

Hypertension: Diagnosis to Follow-up · sample

Hypertension: Diagnosis to Follow-up cheat sheet, both pages

Scroll to read both pages

Choose your track

One platform, two NP exams

Pick your track when you create your account. You only see the questions that are on your exam.

Family NP

FNP track

For the AANP FNP-C and the ANCC FNP-BC.

Infants, children and adolescents
Adults and older adults
Pregnancy, prenatal and women’s health
Primary-care management across the lifespan

Adult-Gerontology NP

AGNP track

For the AANP A-GNP-C and the ANCC AGPCNP-BC.

Adolescents, adults and older adults
Chronic disease and multimorbidity
Aging, polypharmacy and geriatric syndromes
No pediatric or prenatal questions

The exams

AANP or ANCC?

NPPace prepares you for both certifying bodies.

	AANP (FNP-C, A-GNP-C)	ANCC (FNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC)
Questions	150 (135 scored)	175 (150 scored)
Time	3 hours	3.5 hours
Question types	Multiple choice only	Multiple choice, select all, drag-and-drop, hot spot
Focus	Clinical: assessment, diagnosis, planning, evaluation	Clinical, plus the professional role, policy and ethics
On NPPace	Timed 150-question practice exams	Timed 175-question practice exams with every item type

Numbers change from time to time. Confirm them in your board’s current candidate handbook before booking.

Pricing

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FNP and AGNP board questions written as primary-care cases, each with a guideline-based explanation

Built for both certifying bodies: AANP (NPCB) and ANCC item styles, including the ANCC professional-role content

Timed full-length practice exams in the real format: 150 questions (AANP) or 175 (ANCC)

Analytics by domain and body system, and a personalized study plan to your exam date

Flashcards and study links on every question

Works on your phone, tablet and computer

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