Earned Value Management Certification Test

The Earned Value Management Certification Test is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests earned value management (EVM) skills — core measures of planned value, earned value and actual cost, variances and performance indices, forecasting with EAC, ETC, VAC and TCPI, and implementing an EVM system with WBS, control accounts, baselines and earned schedule — written to PMI's Practice Standard for EVM and the EIA-748 guidelines for 2026. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Earned Value Management certificate (SOA-EARN). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Practice Standard for Earned Value Management (Project Management Institute), EIA-748 Earned Value Management Systems guidelines (SAE International / NDIA) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Take the free Earned Value Management Certification Test on Science of Apps. It tests planned value, earned value, and CPI and SPI against a 2026–2027 syllabus, and passing earns a verifiable certificate you can add to LinkedIn.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Earned Value Management certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Practice Standard for Earned Value Management (Project Management Institute); EIA-748 Earned Value Management Systems guidelines (SAE International / NDIA). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: EVM Fundamentals (PV, EV and AC, Budget at completion and Percent complete); Variances and Performance Indices (Cost and schedule variance, CPI and SPI and Interpretation); Forecasting (EAC and ETC, VAC and TCPI); EVM System Implementation (WBS and control accounts, Baselines and change and Earned schedule). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Project controls analyst, Project manager, Cost engineer, PMP candidate and Programme scheduler. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Earned Value Management knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

EVM compares the value of work actually completed (EV) with the work planned (PV) and the actual cost (AC) to show schedule and cost performance and to forecast final cost and completion.

Many US government contracts require an EVM system compliant with EIA-748 above certain thresholds, and EVM questions appear on PMP and PMI-SP exams.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.