Annual Dues
The 2010 CPP Training Seminar was completed in January/February 2010. Fourteen candidates took part in the six-week training opportunity. Good luck to those taking the CPP Exam in 2010.
Recertification Change For 2008
The Professional Certification Board (PCB) has announced that the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit will be the new standard of measure for calculating recertification credits. After extensive benchmarking and review of the various systems used by similar credentialing bodies, the PCB decided the CPE proved best suited to the ASIS International certification programs. The CPE recertification system will go into effect January 1, 2008 for all designations including Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Professional Certified Investigator (PCI), and Physical Security Professional (PSP).
Principles for Exam Preparation
There are a few principles about the exam that need to be stated, even if they appear obvious to some
The exam covers several different subject areas.
The percentage of questions in each subject area on the exam is as published by ASIS, e.g., 24.4% of the questions are on physical security.
All exam questions come from the books on the reference list.
There are no questions on the exam from other references.
Questions are taken from all reference books.
All questions are multiple choice.
There is no penalty for guessing, i.e., only the number of correct answers is tabulated.
There are no questions written with the intention of being "tricky."
All questions undergo a careful, systematic review by a team of CPPs for content, and by a professional testing service for compliance with international testing principles, before they are placed on an exam.
The exam is not graded on a "curve." Any and all applicants who achieve the passing score pass the exam. As a result, it is theoretically possible for everyone to pass the exam or for everyone to fail the exam. There are no predetermined percentages or numbers of candidates who will pass the exam.
