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QBCU Certification Prep

Practice for the Intuit QuickBooks® Online Certified User exam. A free practice quiz, a timed practice exam and three skills assessments, each scored and explained. The book teaches QuickBooks® Online; this is where you test yourself before you book the exam.

Free quiz · No sign-up · Ten questions

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Independent prep · Not affiliated with Intuit or Certiport.

The exam

QuickBooks® Online Certified User

  • 37 questions in 50 minutes
  • Five areas: Administration; Sales and Money-In; Vendors and Money-out; Bank Accounts, Transaction Rules, and Receipts; Basic Reports and Views
  • A $130 voucher from Certiport, with one retake if you don’t pass
  • Taken at a testing centre, or online with a remote proctor
Buy an exam voucher at CertiportOfficial exam page

Certiport’s store sells vouchers in the United States; elsewhere, start from the official exam page.

Two parts

Learn in the book. Practice here.

The book teaches QuickBooks® Online chapter by chapter. Certification prep checks you against the exam and points you back to the chapters you need.

The book

QuickBooks® Online Step-by-Step

  • Chapters with screenshots and steps beside each lesson
  • Hands-on work in QuickBooks® Online, checked by the smart grader
  • A practice quiz and a chapter exam at the end of each chapter
About the book
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Practice platform

QBCU Certification Prep

  • A free 10-question practice quiz and a timed practice exam
  • Three skills assessments, scored skill by skill
  • Practice questions with every answer explained
From the book · Appendix C

Every exam objective, in the book

The book's Appendix C maps all 68 QBCU objectives to the pages that teach them. Pick an area to see its objectives and open each page.

See every objective with its pages
Practice exams

Practice across the five exam areas

The 10-question quiz is free with no sign-up. The full timed practice exam and its per-area diagnostic are included with Lite and Standard.

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Read the free quiz’s ten questions, with answers
Skills assessments

Three assessments, scored by skill

Each one explains every answer and names the chapter to read for anything you missed. Setting up & selling is free with your account; Lite and Standard include all three. Untimed.

Start here

QBO Skills

Setting up & selling

Chapters 1 to 4

Free with your account

  • Accounting foundations & the QBO interface
  • Company setup, Chart of Accounts & lists
  • Customizing QBO: terms, sales tax, classes, users
  • Customer sales: invoices, sales receipts, payments & deposits
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QBO Skills

Expenses, banking & reports

Chapters 5 to 8 and 10

Included with Lite and Standard

  • Vendor expenses: bills, checks, cards, billable costs & 1099s
  • Managing A/R & A/P: credits, refunds, bounced checks, bad debt
  • Bank feeds, rules, receipts & reconciliation
  • Reports & analysis
  • Advanced workflows: recurring, journal entries, contractors, loans
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Accounting Knowledge

Accounting fundamentals

The bookkeeping behind the software

Included with Lite and Standard

  • The accounting equation, account types & normal balances
  • Transactions, journal entries & the accounting cycle
  • Receivables, payables & cash application
  • Cash, bank reconciliation & internal controls
  • Financial statements & analysis
  • Payroll, sales tax, 1099s, fixed assets & period close
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Browse the skills questions, with answers
How to prepare

From your first quiz to the exam

  1. Step 1

    Take the free quiz

    Ten questions, two per exam area, so you see which areas to work on first.

  2. Step 2

    Learn the weak areas

    Find each objective’s pages in the book, read them and do the hands-on work in QuickBooks® Online.

  3. Step 3

    Check your skills

    The skills assessments score each skill and name the chapter for anything you missed.

  4. Step 4

    Sit the practice exam

    A full timed practice exam with a diagnostic for each of the five exam areas.

  5. Step 5

    Book the real exam

    Buy a voucher from Certiport and sit it at a testing centre or online.

Common questions

The things people ask first

What is the QBCU exam?
The Intuit QuickBooks® Online Certified User exam, delivered by Certiport: 37 questions in 50 minutes, across five areas. You buy a voucher from Certiport ($130, one retake included) and sit the exam at a testing centre or online with a remote proctor.
Is this the official exam?
No. This is independent practice, not affiliated with Intuit or Certiport. Certiport lists our textbooks as in line with the Intuit QuickBooks® Online exam, and the practice here follows its five areas.
What is free?
The 10-question practice quiz, with no sign-up, and the Setting up & selling skills assessment with a free account. The timed practice exam and the other two skills assessments are included with Lite and Standard.
Do I need the book?
Not to start. The free quiz and the free assessment show where you stand. To close the gaps, the book teaches each area step by step, with hands-on work in QuickBooks® Online that the smart grader checks.
What do I get when I finish an assessment?
Your score for each skill, every answer explained, and your skills map updated on the spot, with the chapter to read for anything you missed.
Can I use this with a class or team?
Yes. Seats for a class or team include Standard, so every member can take all three skills assessments and the timed practice exam alongside the book.
The book

Close the gaps in the book

Every assessment names the chapter to read next, and the book teaches it with hands-on work in QuickBooks® Online.

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