SHRM-CP (SHRM Certified Professional) Cheat Sheet PDF (2026)

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2026 SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge (SHRM BASK) (in force from 2026): The 2026 SHRM BASK combines the Inclusion & Diversity and Global Mindset competencies into one competency, Inclusive Mindset, in the Leadership cluster, and adds content and examples on the use of artificial intelligence in HR.

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You can retake it under Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)'s rule: you cannot retest in the same testing window. To retake, apply as a new candidate for the next or a later window and pay the full exam fee; there is no limit on how many times you can reapply and test. Confirm the current policy with Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) before you book.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) — exam delivered by Prometric. Delivered by computer at Prometric test centers in two testing windows a year; in 2026 they run May 1 – July 15 and Dec. 1, 2026 – Feb. 15, 2027. SHRM weights the exam by the six parts of the SHRM BASK: Leadership 19%, Business 17.5%, Interpersonal 13.5% (behavioral competencies) and People 19%, Organization 18%, Workplace 13% (HR knowledge). 40% of items are situational judgment, 10% foundational knowledge and 50% HR-specific knowledge.

134 questions (110 scored, 24 unscored pretest). 80 knowledge items and 54 situational judgment items, 24 of them unscored field-test items mixed in at random, so you cannot tell which ones they are.

220 minutes. Two independently timed sections of up to 110 minutes each; unused time in section 1 does not carry over and you cannot return to a finished section. The appointment also includes a 2-minute confidentiality reminder, a 10-minute tutorial and an 8-minute survey.

Not published by SHRM. SHRM sets the passing score with the Modified Angoff method and reports scaled scores from 120 to 200; every passing candidate receives the maximum score of 200, so the cut score itself is not published as a number.

$350 — Early bird rate, SHRM member (SHRM, per attempt, from 2026-06-03); $450 — Early bird rate, nonmember (SHRM, per attempt, from 2026-06-03); $399 — Standard rate, SHRM member (SHRM, per attempt); $499 — Standard rate, nonmember (SHRM, per attempt). The same prices apply to the SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP. Every rate includes a $50 nonrefundable application fee, and the standard rate adds a $49 nonrefundable deadline fee. For the Dec. 2026 – Feb. 2027 window the early-bird period closed on Aug. 31, 2026 and standard applications run Sept. 1 – Dec. 24, 2026. SHRM also prints military and student rates, and Prometric charges its own fee to cancel or reschedule close to the appointment.

English · Arabic · Korean. SHRM offers the exams in Arabic and Korean at Prometric test centers only. Candidates living in South Korea or in a listed Arabic-speaking country are assigned the translated form and may ask in writing for the English version.

Yes — SHRM-CP (SHRM Certified Professional) Cheat Sheet PDF (2026) downloads as PDF, 6 pages. The download link is emailed the moment payment clears and does not expire.

$9.99, once. There is no subscription and no account to create; the PDF file is yours to keep.

Yes — 402 of them, free to use with no signup and an explanation on every one. They are separate from this cheat sheet, which is what you are buying here. The same free, no-account system also has practice modes (adaptive, new questions, spaced review of misses, weak-topic focus, saved, my mistakes); a timed mock exam (50 questions, 82 minutes) with a score report by topic; a 10-question readiness check (about 5 minutes); 6 study chapters. None of it needs this cheat sheet.

Yes. SHRM-CP (SHRM Certified Professional) + Cheat Sheet is $27.99 for 2 files in one checkout — 19% less than the $34.98 those items cost bought separately today. It adds SHRM-CP — Complete Study Guide (2026). The saving is measured against the items' real current prices; there is no struck-through "original" price on this site.

No. This is an independent cheat sheet and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the exam's awarding body. Its figures come from SHRM Certification Handbook and the SHRM BASK, and the PDF lists the sources and the date each figure was checked. Always confirm current requirements with the body that issues your licence.