4 practice exams · 40 questions · 45 minutes
KNM practice exam A2 PDF with questions and answers
The practice exams
40 questions · answer key included
40 questions · answer key included
40 questions · answer key included
40 questions · answer key included
What does the KNM exam test?
KNM is a knowledge exam written in simple Dutch, not a language exam. The questions are practical: where you collect a prescription, who represents employees in a company, at what age children start primary school.
Many questions open with a short situation about a person. You do not need to know that person. The situation gives you the context, and the question tests whether you know how things are arranged in the Netherlands.
The KNM exam for the A2 route is the same exam as the KNM exam for the B1 route. There is only one KNM exam, with the same format, the same time and the same pass mark for everyone.
What is in each KNM practice exam?
Each paper is a full-length practice exam: 40 questions covering all eight KNM themes. Work and income has the most questions, eight per paper. Education and raising children has three.
Every question has three answer options, A, B or C, just like the DUO exam. The answer key at the back turns each paper into a KNM questions and answers PDF: for every question it gives the right answer and explains why it is right.
KNM PDF free download: how to use it
Download one of the PDFs above, or open a practice exam and print it. Set a clock to 45 minutes and answer all 40 questions without help. You need nothing else: no account, no email address, no dictionary.
Only check the answer key at the back when you have finished. To pass the real exam you need at least 28 of the 40 right, so use 28 as your target when you practise.
Read the explanation for every question you got wrong, and note which theme the mistakes come from. Revise that theme before you start the next practice exam.
Why is this version text-only?
In the real exam many questions come with a photo, and you can have the question read aloud. These printable practice exams leave out both, so every question can be answered from the text alone. Nothing refers to an image.
To practise with the audio and the photos, use the simulator, where KNM runs in the layout DUO uses.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in the KNM exam?
40 questions in 45 minutes. Each practice exam below also has 40 questions, spread across the eight KNM themes.
How many questions do you need right to pass?
At least 28 of the 40. DUO states that number itself in its practice exam. You can make twelve mistakes and still pass.
Is the KNM exam A2 or B1?
KNM has no language level of its own. It is one knowledge exam in simple Dutch. Whether you take the other inburgering exams at A2 or at B1, the KNM exam is the same for both routes.
Why are there no photos in these KNM questions?
Because they are made to be printed. In the real exam many questions come with a photo. These papers are written so the question is fully answerable without one. To practise with images and audio, use the simulator.
Which topics are on the KNM exam?
Eight themes: work and income, government bodies, health and care, the constitution and rule of law, history and geography, housing, education and raising children, and social norms and values.
Are these real DUO exams?
No. They are practice exams that follow the DUO format: 40 questions, three options each, the same eight themes and the same time limit. DUO does not publish its real exams. inburgeringprep.com is an independent study platform, not DUO or the Dutch government.
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Prefer to practise on screen, with a timer and instant marking? Take KNM in the exam simulator.
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