Prepare with ASE Study Guides
Select your test series to view available study guides that help you prepare for your ASE certification test.
Test Prep & Training Overview
Want to become ASE Certified? Your path to success starts here.
Taking an ASE certification test doesn’t have to be a high-stress challenge. This section of the ASE website will help you create a path that’s tailored to your specific needs. Follow this path, and you’ll boost both your knowledge and your confidence — two of your most important tools as a test-taker.
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Official ASE Practice Tests
The best way to gauge ASE Test readiness
The Official ASE Practice Tests, delivered exclusively online, help service professionals prepare for their next ASE certification test by trying out questions of similar content and format to those used on the real ASE tests.
What does the practice test cover and how does it work?
The Official ASE Practice Tests cover:
- Automobile Tests A1 – A8
- Medium/Heavy Truck Tests (currently T2, T4, T6, and T8 only)
- Automobile Service Consultant Test (C1)
- Automobile Maintenance and Light Repair Test (G1)
- Automobile Advanced Engine Performance Specialist Test (L1)
- Automobile Parts Specialist Test (P2)
The practice tests are half the length of the regular ASE tests and provide feedback in the form of a performance report with explanations for both correct and incorrect answers.
Practice Test Pricing
The online practice tests give service professionals the chance to try out ASE-style tests without the stress and high stakes of the real thing. Practice tests can be purchased for individuals or employers can purchase vouchers in larger quantities for employees.
$14.95 per test
Quantity: 1 to 2 vouchers
$12.95 per test
Quantity: 3 to 24 vouchers
$11.95 per test
Quantity: 25 or more vouchers
Need more than 500 tests?Please contact ASE for special pricing on quantities over 500.
Take a Free Test Drive
Using a series of sample questions, you will experience the look and feel of an actual test using the ASE testing platform.
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Officially Licensed Test Prep Partners
Partner requirements
- Collaborative content and ASE style guide review between ASE and Partner
- Partner must maintain a current library with a minimum of covering at least 1 entire ASE Master test series of ASE Test Prep products. To be considered “current”, library must include test prep materials focused on ASE Task Lists utilized for current tests.
- Partner must be a current or in the process of becoming an ASE Accredited Training Provider through the ATMC.
- Partner must be a current active ATMC member
- Partner must be an ASE Education Foundation Partner and/or ASE Instructor Training Conference sponsor.
- Partner recognizes ASE Certified professionals through support of the annual ASE Service Professional Awards program.
Partners will have use of the Officially Licensed ASE Test Prep Partner logo along with placement on the ASE website. If you are an organization that has ASE test prep materials and are interested in applying, email [email protected] for fees and additional details.
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ASE Accredited Training Providers
You can choose from a variety of training programs, both instructor-led and self-directed, that have been evaluated through a quality-assurance process and earned the distinction of being an ASE Accredited Training Provider.
Automotive Training Managers Council
The ATMC is a professional organization of trainers organized by business type and market sector (OEMs, aftermarket suppliers, assorted vendors, training organizations, etc.). This group shares ideas an solutions to help members with the ever-changing industry technology and challenges. Visit their website for training resources, to see forum posts, documents, and more.
ASE Testing Myths and Misunderstandings
ASE tests focus on knowledge of the skills required to do a certain task, not on theory. This makes ASE tests relevant to what's done on the job, not in some laboratory. Official ASE Practice Tests provide an interactive look at the different types of ASE questions.
ASE lists the number of questions and allowed times for each of its tests in the Study Guides. To learn how to use the computer testing interface, including time-saving tips, review the YouTube video, “A Look at the ASE Testing Platform” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfNePc5kOA
If English is your second language, you may bring a standard, published English-to-foreign language dictionary to use during testing. If you speak Spanish, every ASE test features a button on the testing interface that launches an English-Spanish Glossary of Technical Terms.
Relax. ASE offers its tests at nearly 500 secure, proctored centers across the country and has a wide availability of times for testing appointments. You can search for a test center and testing appointment before you register and pay for tests.
You may take all certification tests without having yet earned the necessary experience, but keep in mind, some L series tests have prerequisites.
Regardless of how long it's been since your certifications expired, you're eligible to take the recertification versions of those tests. Except for the Advanced-Level series Recertification tests to have about half the number of questions as the regular tests, so this can ease the burden of recouping the certification status you seek.
You don’t have to be a computer nerd to take an ASE Computer-Based Test (CBT). In fact, you don’t even need to know how to use a PC’s operating system. To see how easy it is, take a test drive of the system to help prepare and feel comfortable with the testing technology.
The best place to start is with a free ASE Study Guide. Select your test series to view study guide materials. The guides contain a detailed "roadmap" for each test, along with sample questions and information on training resources. Also be sure to check out the Official ASE Practice Test: ASEpractice.com
