Official College Board CLEP Content Domains & Weights
Domain 128% of Exam
Scarcity, Supply & Demand, Price Elasticity & Surplus
Comparative Advantage & Production PossibilitiesPrice, Income & Cross-Price Elasticity of DemandConsumer/Producer Surplus, Price Ceilings/Floors & Tax Incidence
Domain 228% of Exam
Production, Short-Run/Long-Run Costs & Perfect Competition
Diminishing Marginal Returns & Economies of ScaleMC, ATC, AVC & Shutdown RuleShort-Run vs. Long-Run Competitive Equilibrium
Domain 324% of Exam
Monopoly, Oligopoly Game Theory & Monopolistic Competition
Profit-Maximizing Monopoly (MR = MC) & Price DiscriminationOligopoly Interdependence, Cartels & Nash EquilibriumExcess Capacity in Monopolistic Competition
Domain 420% of Exam
Factor Markets, Externalities, Public Goods & Antitrust
Marginal Revenue Product (MRP = MRC) Labor DemandPositive/Negative Externalities & Pigouvian TaxesPublic Goods, Asymmetric Information & Regulation
Official Exam Specifications
Official Exam Length80 Questions / 90 Mins
ACE Passing Scaled Score50 (Scale 20–80)
Open-Sit Registration Fee$93 ($0 DANTES Military)
Accepting Institutions2,900+ Accredited Colleges
Licensure Career Bridge
Mastering CLEP Principles of Microeconomics builds direct foundational fluency for CMA Marginal Analysis, CPA BAR & CFA Economics while earning 3 college credits toward the 150-hour CPA bridge.