National Professional Practice Exam (NPPE) FULL Course 2026

Identify what constitutes a conflict of interest and recognize competing loyalties. Avoid such situations by transparency, declare conflicts, and protect the public by upholding confidentiality.

Explore scenarios distinguishing gifts from bribes in sales, and apply company policies on limits and zero tolerance to make ethical decisions.

Explore how corporations form as separate legal entities with limited liability for shareholders, and how directors govern, appoint officers, and manage assets under federal or provincial rules.

Select a field-relevant business opportunity and assess the best structure: sole proprietorship, general or limited partnership, or corporation. Evaluate work type, employees, profits, liabilities, and the disadvantages of each option.

Explore contract law basics, including writing versus verbal contracts, the statute of frauds, and the five essential elements: offer and acceptance, intent, consideration, capacity, and lawful purpose.

Explain offer and acceptance, withdrawal before acceptance, and acceptance must be received to form an enforceable contract. Include consideration, capacity, intent, and lawful purpose.

Explore how jurisdiction and governing law guide contract interpretation, including gratitude promises and employer term amendments without additional consideration, and how equitable estoppel preserves altered terms.

Compare intentional and unintentional torts, detailing defamation and nuisance as intentional torts, occupiers' liability, and negligence causing injuries from auto accidents and economic losses from negligent professional services.

Explore how the canadian legal system blends british common law with statutes, where court decisions establish legal principles as precedents and statutes take precedence over common law.

Discover how intellectual property covers creations of the mind, from music and literature to symbols and designs, as intangible property with exclusive rights and a financial component.

Protect intellectual property by respecting copyrights and patents, and deter IP theft, recognizing engineers generate and safeguard IP as both a legal and ethical obligation.

Examine Napster’s copyright case and fair dealing, NPPE terms, focusing on photocopy limits: up to 10% of a work, a chapter, an article, or a newspaper page for a purpose.

Explain how the Canadian Copyright Act's fair dealing exceptions support research, private study, education, satire, criticism, review, and news reporting, while digital media challenges enforcement and prompts stronger rights.

Learn how patents protect inventions in Canada—whether products, processes, or improvements—by granting exclusive rights for a fixed period, typically ten years; filing is not automatic, and patents have financial value.

Learn how trade secrets protect confidential business information and how trademarks distinguish a brand, with examples like the Nike swoosh; protection relies on use, registration, and controlled disclosure.

Learn how Canadian professional engineers obtain licenses, navigate provincial regulatory bodies, and apply the Ontario Professional Engineers Act as the governing framework.

Discover the professional engineers act and its regulations, including administrative rules for elections and bylaws, the code of ethics, negligence definitions, reporting, and the seal privilege.

Learn how the licensed engineer's seal, including name, license number, and Ontario's governing body, certifies final drawings, specifications, and reports while outlining who seals, when, and what to seal.

Explore how engineering interns gain chapter membership, influence elections, and engage with the Society of Professional Engineers (OSP) for advocacy, development, and professional standards, including the diamond ring tradition.