Exam Process

Once your complete application is submitted, it will be reviewed by the Eligibility Committee. The committee meets every other month to review applications. Once the committee approves your application, you are cleared to sit for the exam.

Examinations are administered on-demand at designated testing centers. You will choose your examination site on the IC&RC scheduling platform.

The IC&RC Candidate Guide for the PS Exam provides in-depth details for the applicant.

Exam Process

• You will receive notice from the Certification Program Manager once you've been approved to take the exam.
• You will be pre-registered via the client portal. IC&RC uses SMT/Prometric to administer examinations.
• Once you receive the registration link, you have one year to take the exam.
• The computer-based exam is administered in several Montana cities. Click to view the current exam locations.
• The testing fee is included in the initial application fee. Subsequent exams will have to be paid for by the applicant.
• To schedule and sit for the exam, applicants must register using their legal name as listed on their government-issued photo ID (i.e. driver’s license, passport, military ID, etc.). If the name on the application/registration does not match your photo ID, the testing site will not allow you to sit for the exam. You will then be required to reschedule and pay an additional examination fee.
• Professionals needing to retake the exam must wait 90 days after the originally scheduled test date.

Exam Content

• 150 questions
• 3 hours to complete
• The exam includes the following six IC&RC domains:
  • Planning and Evaluation (30%)
  • Prevention Education and Service Delivery (15%)
  • Communication (13%)
  • Community Organization (15%)
  • Public Policy and Environmental Change (12%)
  • Professional Growth and Responsibility (15%)

Special accommodations may be available. Please contact the Certification Program Manager for additional information at hello@mtpreventioncertificationboard.org.