What topics are on the CPALE RFBT exam, and how are they weighted?

Law on Business Organization is the largest group in CPALE Regulatory Framework for Business Transactions, at 44 of the 100 items. Corporations alone accounts for 30.

	Topic	Weight	Items
A	Law on Business Transactions	18%	18
1	Obligations	6%	6
2	Contracts	6%	6
3	Sales	3%	3
4	Credit Transactions	3%	3
B	Bouncing Checks	2%	2
C	Consumer Protection	2%	2
D	Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency	5%	5
E	Philippine Competition Act	2%	2
F	Government Procurement Law	2%	2
G	Law on Business Organization	44%	44
1	Partnerships	6%	6
2	Corporations	30%	30
3	Insurance	3%	3
4	Cooperatives	5%	5
H	Law on Other Business Transactions	25%	25
1	PDIC Law	2%	2
2	Secrecy of Bank Deposits	2%	2
3	Truth in Lending Act	2%	2
4	AMLA Law	6%	6
5	Intellectual Property Law	2%	2
6	Data Privacy Act	3%	3
7	Electronic Commerce Act	2%	2
8	Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Delivery of Government Service Delivery Act	2%	2
9	Labor Law	2%	2
10	Social Security Law	2%	2
	Total	100%	100

The Table of Specifications sets the difficulty mix at 30% easy (remembering and understanding), 40% moderate (applying) and 30% difficult (analyzing, evaluating and creating). Weights are shown as printed in the Table of Specifications and are rounded; item counts are exact.

Group totals are shown with the topics inside them.

Sources

Table of Specifications for the six CPALE subjects, effective October 2022 (PRC Board of Accountancy) (pp. 23–34)

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