An independent, unofficial guide to the current National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) — not affiliated with or endorsed by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT).
MusculoskeletalNeuromuscular Cardiovascular & PulmonaryIntegumentary Metabolic & EndocrineGastrointestinal Genitourinary & RenalEquipment & Devices Therapeutic InterventionsSafety & Professional Resp. Research & EBPTeaching & Learning
| Content Domain | Category |
|---|---|
| Musculoskeletal | System-specific |
| Neuromuscular | System-specific |
| Cardiovascular & Pulmonary | System-specific |
| Integumentary | System-specific |
| Metabolic & Endocrine, Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary & Renal | System-specific |
| Equipment & Devices, Therapeutic Interventions | Non-systems |
| Safety & Professional Responsibilities, Research & EBP, Teaching & Learning | Non-systems |
Independently researched from FSBPT's publicly released NPTE content outline — verify current domain weighting against FSBPT's own materials before relying on it for study planning.
The real NPTE mixes all twelve content domains together within each of its five 50-question blocks, rather than testing them as separate named sections with their own timers. This portal instead lets you drill one domain at a time: pick a domain below and take a focused, timed testlet (15 questions, or fewer for smaller domains like Research & Evidence-Based Practice), paced at roughly the real exam's overall minutes-per-question. It won't feel like sitting a real 50-question block, but it's built for honest, untimed-then-timed review of each domain.
The real NPTE converts your raw score to a single scaled score (roughly 200-800, passing at 600) using FSBPT's own proprietary conversion, which is not publicly reproducible — and up to 30 of the 250 real items are unscored pretest questions you can't identify while testing. This portal cannot recreate that conversion, so testlet results here report plain accuracy (percent correct) on a fixed testlet, with a study-signal label — not a scaled score of any kind.