NKE Study Resources

Helpful Resources

• NKE Study Resources - Textbooks (list effective for Fall 2025 NKE)
• NKE Practice Exam Questions
• CPHR Competency Framework 
  

Online Prep Course

CPHR Manitoba offers an online prep course to assist in preparing you to write the National Knowledge Exam (NKE). 

CPHR Manitoba has partnered with Captus Press Inc. to offer an online prep course for the NKE.

Captus Online Course Includes:

• 29 hours of multimedia instruction
• A diagnostic test to help you set up a study plan
• 4 complete practice exams
• A content expert available to answer all your questions in a discussion board

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Next Course Dates

This course is ongoing. 

Click here for more information and to register.

Prep courses can be helpful refreshers of information and many writers who take a prep course perform better on the NKE; however, a prep course is not a replacement for an educational program in HR. 

Writers who take the online prep course routinely achieve higher pass rates than those who do not take a prep course. 

*Please note that CPHR Manitoba does not ensure that the indicated competencies will be covered in the course material.

Graduates of accredited post-secondary programs may be eligible to waive writing the NKE. Click here to view the full list of Nationally Accredited Post-Secondary Institutions and programs.