LPN Practice Test (NCLEX-PN Style)

The LPN Practice Test (NCLEX-PN Style) is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests readiness for the NCLEX-PN licensing exam for licensed practical and vocational nurses — coordinated care and safety, health promotion and psychosocial integrity, basic care, comfort and pharmacology, and reduction of risk and physiological adaptation — written to the 2026 NCLEX-PN test plan. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable LPN Exam Readiness certificate (SOA-LPN). Every question is based on published standards and research — including NCLEX-PN test plan (NCSBN), Guideline for Isolation Precautions (CDC), Psychology 2e (OpenStax (Rice University)) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Yes. Science of Apps has a free LPN Practice Test built on NCSBN NCLEX-PN outline for 2026 and 2027. It covers safe care, infection control, and pharmacology, scores you instantly and issues a verifiable certificate.

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 LPN Exam Readiness 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: NCLEX-PN test plan (NCSBN); Guideline for Isolation Precautions (CDC); Psychology 2e (OpenStax (Rice University)); Standards of Care in Diabetes (American Diabetes Association); International Patient Safety Goals (Joint Commission International); 42 CFR 483.12: Freedom from abuse, neglect and exploitation (restraints) (eCFR). 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: Coordinated Care and Safety (Scope and delegation, Infection control and Safety and prioritisation); Health Promotion and Psychosocial Integrity (Growth and development, Health screening and Mental health and coping); Basic Care, Comfort and Pharmacology (Comfort and nutrition, Medication administration and Drug classes); Reduction of Risk and Physiological Adaptation (Lab values and vital signs, Complications and Acute changes). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Practical nursing student, LPN/LVN candidate, Licensed practical nurse, Licensed vocational nurse and CNA progressing to LPN. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show LPN knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

The Next Generation NCLEX-PN uses computerized adaptive testing with 85 to 150 questions in up to 5 hours, including case studies and new item types. It stops once it is 95% confident you are above or below the passing standard.

LPNs/LVNs provide care under the direction of an RN or provider: data collection, basic and some specialised care, giving most medications, and reinforcing teaching. Initial assessment and care planning stay with the RN in most states.

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.