Certified Modeling & Simulation Professional (CMSP) Examination

Congratulations on your approval from the CMSP Certification Board to take the CMSP examination! The CMSP exam is open book, meaning that you may use notes or refer to references while taking each part of the exam.

Exam Resources

We have listed several resources that you can use as study tools for the exam. These resources can be found here.

You can also review the slides from the CMSP Professional Development Workshop (PDW) presented at I/ITSEC 2023 by Dr. Ivar Oswalt. These slides can be found on the CMSP website under CMSP Exam Resources. The next CMSP Professional Development Workshop will be presented at I/ITSEC 2024.

You are free to refer to these resources and any other resources at your disposal during the exam.

Practice Quiz

Be sure to take the practice quiz before you begin the examination. This reflects the nature of the questions on the exam as well as the exam experience overall. You can access this quiz on the Modules page.

CMSP Examination

Please read the information provided here before beginning the CMSP exam. The CMSP exam is divided into three parts:

CMSP Exam: Part I (Apprentice, Practitioner, and Master Level)
CMSP Exam: Part II (Practitioner and Master Level)
CMSP Exam: Part III (Master Level)

Apprentice Applicants
Apprentice applicants have four (4) hours to complete the Apprentice online exam from the moment you click the “Start Exam” button. The Apprentice exam is titled as CMSP Exam: Part I (Apprentice, Practitioner and Master Level). The exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions generated randomly from a question bank. To reach the Apprentice level, an examinee must score a 70% or above on Part I.

Practitioner Applicants
Practitioner applicants will take two exam parts to complete the Practitioner level exam.

The first exam part is titled CMSP Exam: Part I (Apprentice, Practitioner and Master Level) and you will have four (4) hours to complete this part of the Practitioner level exam from the moment you click the “Start Exam” button.

Once you have completed Part I, you will then have to take Part II of the exam titled CMSP Exam: Part II (Practitioner and Master Level). You will have six (6) hours to complete this second part of the CMSP exam from the moment you click the “Start Exam” button. You must complete Part II of the Practitioner exam within seven days of completing Part I.

Part I and Part II of the Practitioner exam each consists of 40 multiple choice questions for a total of 80 questions for both parts. To reach the Practitioner level, an examinee must score an average of 70% or above across Parts I and II.

Master Applicants
Master applicants will take three exam parts to complete the Master level examination.

The first exam part is titled CMSP Exam: Part I (Apprentice, Practitioner and Master Level) and you will have four (4) hours to complete this part of the Practitioner level exam from the moment you click the “Start Exam” button.

When you have completed Part I, you will then have to take Part II of the exam titled CMSP Exam: Part II (Practitioner and Master Level). You will have six (6) hours to complete this second part of the CMSP exam from the moment you click the “Start Exam” button.

When you have completed Part II, you will then have to take Part III of the exam titled CMSP Exam: Part III (Master Level). You will have eight (8) hours to complete this third part of the CMSP exam from the moment you click the “Start Exam” button. You must complete Part II and Part III of the Master exam within 14 days of completing Part I.

Part I, Part II and Part III of the Master exam each consists of 40 multiple choice questions for a total of 120 questions for the three parts. To reach the Master level, an examinee must score an average of 70% or above across Parts I, II, and III.

Exam Notes

You can exit out of the exam (for example, to see the resources) and resume within the exam time window. To resume the exam, click Modules, then your CMSP Exam Level and then Resume Quiz/Exam. Your answers are not lost if you exit the exam.

You will see a flag to the left of the question number. You may click the flag so that you can return easily to questions you want to review before submitting the exam.

The Questions Box located on the top right of the exam will keep track of your exam questions. A green check indicates that you have answered this question, a question mark indicates that you have not answered this question, and the brown flag indicates that you have flagged this question. You can click the question number to quickly return to the question.

Click here to access the CMSP Examination.

Completion of the CMSP Examination

Once you have completed each part of the exam, click Submit Quiz. A popup box will appear if you have left any questions unanswered.

Please email Carol Dwyer at cdwyer@NTSA.org once you have completed all the parts of your specific exam for your official CMSP exam notification. We will contact you about your official status.