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  1. Which section of the CNA exam is most likely to include questions about net present value and capital budgeting?

    Answer: Business Environment and Concepts

    Business Environment and Concepts covers managerial accounting topics including capital budgeting, NPV, and financial decision-making.

  2. A candidate who does not pass one section of the CNA exam must typically:

    Answer: Only retake the failed section within the credit retention window

    Candidates retain credit for passed sections and only need to retake the section(s) they failed, subject to the 18-month credit window rules.

  3. On the CNA exam, 'written communication' tasks most frequently appear in which section?

    Answer: Business Environment and Concepts

    Business Environment and Concepts is the section that historically includes written communication tasks requiring candidates to compose professional memos or letters.

  4. What happens to a candidate's exam scores if they do not complete all sections within the credit retention window?

    Answer: Credits expire and the candidate must retake expired sections

    Credits for passed sections expire after the 18-month window, requiring the candidate to retake those sections to regain credit.

  5. Which of the following describes the adaptive testing feature used on the CNA exam?

    Answer: Question difficulty adjusts based on the candidate's responses

    Computer adaptive testing adjusts the difficulty of subsequent questions based on whether the candidate answered previous questions correctly.

  6. Which scoring model does the CNA exam use to convert raw scores to the reported 0–99 scale?

    Answer: Scaled scoring using Item Response Theory

    Item Response Theory (IRT) is used to equate scores across different exam versions, ensuring fairness regardless of which question set a candidate receives.

  7. A candidate receives a score of 72 on a CNA section. What does this result mean?

    Answer: The candidate failed and must retake the section

    The minimum passing score for CNA sections is 75, so a score of 72 means the candidate did not pass and must retake that section.