Chicago Police Exam 2026: CPD practice test for both CPOE sections

Yes, free with no account and no email: 10 Section II questions in 19 minutes, under two minutes each, close to the real pace of 61 items in 115 minutes. You get a score by ability and an explanation for every answer. The questions were written for our course; they are not the city’s items, and faces, strings and hidden figures are in the course, where they can be drawn.

Section I has 89 behavioral items in 35 minutes. After a 10-minute break, Section II has 61 cognitive items in 115 minutes on nine abilities: verbal comprehension and expression, problem sensitivity, deductive and inductive reasoning, information gathering, visualization, selective attention and flexibility of closure.¹ No maps, no memorization, no calculator.

Yes. You can test at a Pearson VUE center or online with OnVUE proctoring from home or an office. You can schedule only after you have applied and received an Authorization to Test email.¹ For OnVUE, check your computer, camera and room beforehand.

The city does not publish the pass mark. The department’s 2022 FAQ says candidates who pass go on the eligibility list in lottery order, not score order;² check whether this still applies to your cycle.

You can take one exam in a 12-month period, according to the department’s 2022 FAQ.² Treat your attempt as the one that counts and use a full simulation before your date.

The hard part is Section II: 61 items in almost two hours, many with a passage, a table or a picture, and three visual abilities most candidates have never practiced.¹ No police knowledge is needed. Section I goes fast at about 24 seconds a statement.

There is no fee, according to the 2022 FAQ.² You must be at least 20 on the exam date.³ The 2022 FAQ also asked for 60 semester hours of college by hire, with waivers for qualifying active-duty military service, and residency in Chicago once hired.²

Personal History Questionnaire, paperwork and drug screen; a practice Pre-POWER test; the background investigation with a home or virtual interview and possibly a polygraph; the final POWER test (pass/fail); then psychological and medical screening, a job offer and the Police Academy. The course has guides for the background, the polygraph, the POWER test (fitness) and the psych evaluation; the paperwork, drug screen and medical steps are not covered.

The Police Officer Wellness Evaluation Report: sit-and-reach, sit-ups, a one-repetition maximum bench press and a 1.5-mile run. The Pre-POWER test is practice; the final POWER test is pass/fail.³ The city links the standards to an Illinois training board document; check them before you train, and start in week one.

One payment of $68 opens Police Prep 2026 on the Chicago path: the guide and lesson video, the fitness guide, units R, W, LG and VS with 12 timed drills, three behavioral questionnaires, two simulations with 89 statements and 61 cognitive items each, and the guides for the oral board, background, polygraph and psych evaluation. Access starts right after checkout and lasts 90 days. If it is not right for you, email support within 7 days for a full refund.

No. Prepterminal is independent test prep and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the City of Chicago, the Chicago Police Department, I/O Solutions or Pearson VUE. All practice items are written by us.