Frequently asked questions

Yes — completely free during the beta period. There's no catch, no credit card required, and no hidden limits. I'm building this in the open and want real feedback from real accessibility professionals before thinking about charging anything.

If I ever introduce a paid tier in the future, you'll receive advance notice well before any changes take effect. Early beta users will always get a grandfathered deal — I genuinely believe in rewarding the people who help shape this.

There's no fixed end date for the beta. When the product feels stable and comprehensive enough, I'll think about a pricing model — but "the beta ends" doesn't mean everything disappears overnight.

Some free content will remain — enough to get a feel for the platform and study some of the material. But full access to all questions, flashcards, and progress tracking will likely come with some limitations. There's no firm plan for that yet, so there's nothing worth overthinking right now. If anything changes, I'll give you fair warning well in advance.

Absolutely — in fact, the CPACC is designed precisely for non-developers. The exam covers disability models, assistive technology categories, universal design principles, and accessibility standards like WCAG, Section 508, and the EU Accessibility Act. There is almost no code involved.

If you work on digital products and interact with any accessibility-related requirements, the credential signals real competence — not just "I attended the training."

Maybe the introductory flashcards, but probably not the exam itself. The CPACC BoK covers a surprisingly wide range of topics — international legal frameworks, assistive technology specifics, disability statistics, and nuanced definitions — that even experienced practitioners sometimes have blind spots in.

The diagnostic feature maps your performance by domain, so you'll quickly see which areas you actually know cold and which areas are worth studying. Most practitioners find they're strong in WCAG and weak in legal frameworks or disability theory. The platform adapts accordingly.

The IAAP Body of Knowledge itself is around 80 pages — but it references approximately 200 external links pointing to additional resources, research, and guidance. In practice, many of those links are broken, archived, or redirect somewhere else entirely. Building coherent study notes from it is harder than it sounds.

A11yPrep doesn't reinvent the wheel. The knowledge comes from IAAP's freely available BoK — I haven't invented any new accessibility theory. What I've done is work through all of it, write every question and flashcard myself, and build a system that turns passive reading into active practice.

Spaced repetition surfaces the cards you're most likely to forget right before you forget them. Adaptive quizzes skew toward your weak domains. A live dashboard shows you domain-by-domain readiness scores so you can answer "am I ready to book the exam?" with data rather than a gut feeling.

I also write questions that match real CPACC difficulty — longer stems, plausible distractors, scenario-based framing — rather than simple definition recall.

The CPACC exam draws 100 questions from a large IAAP-managed item bank. A11yPrep currently has over 450 practice questions and over 600 flashcards spread across all three CPACC domains:

Domain proportions match the published exam blueprint — Domain 1 gets the most coverage.

More importantly, question design prevents pattern memorisation. Wrong answer options are randomised each session, scenario stems vary, and I regularly add new items. When your domain scores are consistently above 80% across multiple sessions, you're in a good position to book — though no platform can guarantee a pass rate. The real exam is administered by IAAP, and no study tool can predict your result.

It depends heavily on your baseline. As a rough guide:

• If you already work in accessibility full-time: 3–4 weeks of daily 20-minute sessions is usually enough. You likely know the WCAG and AT content well; focus on disability law and statistics.

• If you're transitioning into accessibility: 6–8 weeks. You'll need to build mental models from scratch in some domains.

• If you're coming from an adjacent field (UX, frontend, QA): 4–6 weeks. Strong technical foundation but gaps in disability theory and legal frameworks.

My recommendation: start with the full diagnostic, let the dashboard tell you where your gaps are, and book the exam when you've held 80%+ across all domains for at least a week straight.

Every question in A11yPrep comes with a full explanation — not just for the right answer, but for every wrong option too. This is deliberate: understanding why a plausible distractor is wrong consolidates the underlying concept far more than simply being told the correct answer.

Distractor options are randomised on every attempt so you can't rely on position memory. Each question is mapped to the IAAP Body of Knowledge, and sessions are weighted by domain to reflect real exam proportions.

You can also configure each session yourself — choose a specific domain or module, set the question count from 10 to 40, and switch between Practice mode (with hints and immediate feedback) and Exam mode (no feedback until the end).

A11yPrep uses the Leitner 5-box spaced repetition system. Cards are distributed across 5 boxes, each with a different review interval: Box 1 reviews the next day, Box 5 waits 16 days. Answer correctly and the card moves up a box. Answer incorrectly and it drops back to Box 1.

Each session pulls cards that are due today — a mix of cards you haven't seen yet and ones scheduled for review. You rate your recall as Correct, Unsure, or Incorrect, and the algorithm adjusts accordingly.

The result: you spend almost no time on concepts you know cold and a lot of time on the ones that keep slipping.

Your dashboard tracks accuracy across all IAAP CPACC domains, your average response time (important — the exam is timed), and a composite readiness score compared against the 70% pass threshold.

The system surfaces your weakest modules as focus areas so your next session targets exactly what needs work. When your readiness score is consistently above 70 across multiple sessions, you're ready to book.

All data persists across sessions, so you can track your improvement over days or weeks — not just within a single practice run.

Yes — and this matters a lot to me. An accessibility exam prep tool that isn't accessible would be deeply ironic.

I target WCAG 2.2 Level AA conformance across all pages. This means full keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility (tested with VoiceOver), sufficient colour contrast ratios, focus management on dynamic interactions, and no reliance on colour alone to convey information.

If you find a bug, please report it via the feedback button or email me directly. Accessibility issues are treated as P1 bugs.

Yes. The app is fully responsive and designed mobile-first. Flashcard sessions work well on a phone during a commute; longer quiz sessions are better on a larger screen simply because of reading comfort.

There's no native app yet (iOS or Android), but the web app is installable as a PWA from any mobile browser. Tap "Add to Home Screen" in Safari or Chrome — you'll get a full-screen, offline-capable experience without going through an app store.

WAS is the obvious next step and it's on my roadmap — but I'm not rushing it. The WAS is a harder, more technical exam with significantly more depth in WCAG conformance testing and assistive technology interaction patterns. Building a quality question bank for it takes time.

A11yPrep launched in 2026, and we're already past the halfway point of the year. Realistically, WAS content wouldn't enter development before 2027 at the earliest. I'd rather build it right than ship something half-baked to hit a date.

Yes. I'm already thinking about team licenses — a way for accessibility leads to assign study tracks to their team, track progress across members, and report on certification readiness to management.

If you work at an organisation that would value this, I'd love to talk. Email me at damianmarusarz@maupa.outlook.com and I'll add you to my early access list for enterprise features. Your feedback directly shapes what gets built.

Yes — and this one's a bit different. I'm working on a narrative ebook (with an audiobook version) built around the IAAP Body of Knowledge and everything you need to know to pass the CPACC exam.

Instead of a dry summary of concepts, it's a story. You follow characters, a plot, real situations — and along the way, you absorb the accessibility knowledge the exam covers. Think of it as fiction that happens to teach you what you need to know.

The idea is that reading (or listening to) a story engages your brain differently from drilling flashcards or answering quiz questions — and the two formats reinforce each other. No release date yet, but it's in progress.