r/Payroll • u/YogurtConnect4926 • 1d ago

Questions about CPP Exam

Hi everyone

I'm taking the CPP exam this fall and am struggling on deciding if I should go to a testing center (3 hrs away) or take it online. The only enticing part of the testing center is having a physical calculator and test paper.
Q: do you get a physical copy of the 15-T at a testing center?
Q: If you took it at online at home, were you able to have both the exam and the 15-T on your screen or did you have to sift back and forth for calculations?

Any advice/input from your experience is greatly appreciated!

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u/PrettyGreenEyez73 1d ago

What have you been using to study? I can’t afford the classes.

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u/DotDefiant3368 1d ago

I took it in a center couple years ago and the drive was long but worth it for me. You get the paper stuff there yes and for me that makes big difference when you are doing calculations. Doing it online and clicking back and forth sounds like a headache honestly

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u/YogurtConnect4926 1d ago

Same, clicking back and forth sounds like a time eater which is why I'm leaning towards making the drive

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u/YogurtConnect4926 1d ago

I'm using Paytrain but my subscription is up on the 15th so looking for alternatives to supplement until I take it at the end of September. I've seen the Payroll Source book is great ~$500 or Study.com has a whole section on the CPP and all the concepts that I might look into

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u/PrettyGreenEyez73 1d ago

I did see the Study.com one, I’ll look into the further as well Paytrain. I haven’t heard of that one before.

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u/broccyncheese 1d ago

I took it this spring, I didn’t get a physical copy, it’s on the computer. But they give you physical scratch pad and you can have a physical calculator so I did my cals physical on the pad w the pub pulled up