The National Council of State Boards of Nursing has launched the NCLEX Practice Exam (NPE) to aid candidates in the US and Canada in preparing for the NCLEX Exams "with an experience that is similar to the look and the feel of the actual test" using retired NCLEX items. The cost of the NPE is $150 US and includes two 125-question exams (computer adaptive test) to be completed in 5 or 6 hours, a tutorial for the different question types, and a score report showing percentage of questions answered correctly.