Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 912 original practice questions covering the full scope of an international relations course, organized chapter by chapter — and it opens soon. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s International Relations program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking an international relations course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The bank holds 912 original questions across 10 chapters plus three International Relations in Depth sets spanning the course’s theories, institutions, and issue areas, plus applied and synthesis sets, covering globalization and interdependence, realist, liberal, social, and critical theories, foreign policy decision making, international conflict and war, military force, terrorism, and security, international organizations and international law, human rights and global justice, international trade and global finance, and international integration, environment, and development. There is no licensing exam at the end of an international relations course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s International Relations program is a chapter-simulation program for the undergraduate international relations course: 912 original practice questions across 10 chapters plus three International Relations in Depth sets, an applied set, and a synthesis set, organized by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams match the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of an international relations course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
912 questions, organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 10-chapter structure that mirrors the standard international relations course, from globalization and interdependence in world politics through international integration, environment, and development, plus three International Relations in Depth sets spanning the course’s theories, institutions, and issue areas, plus applied and synthesis sets. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the realism lectures? Drill that chapter until telling a balance-of-power claim from a security-dilemma claim feels automatic. Trade test in ten days? Work the trade and finance chapter in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, foreign policy decision making, or international trade and global finance — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
International Relations has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what an international relations course covers and how to study it, see our International Relations study guide.
| Undergraduate international relations — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (the standard introductory world politics survey; commonly required for political science majors and frequently taken as a social-science elective) |
| Standard scope | Globalization and interdependence in world politics; realist theories of international relations; liberal, social, and critical theories; foreign policy decision making; international conflict and war; military force, terrorism, and security; international organizations and international law; human rights and global justice; international trade and global finance; international integration, environment, and development |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | 912 original questions across 10 chapters + International Relations in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
Every question in the bank carries the chapter it belongs to. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered file — they sum to 912.
| Chapter | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| 1. Globalization and Interdependence in World Politics | 51 |
| 2. Realist Theories of International Relations | 49 |
| 3. Liberal, Social, and Critical Theories | 51 |
| 4. Foreign Policy Decision Making | 50 |
| 5. International Conflict and War | 49 |
| 6. Military Force, Terrorism, and Security | 51 |
| 7. International Organizations and International Law | 50 |
| 8. Human Rights and Global Justice | 51 |
| 9. International Trade and Global Finance | 48 |
| 10. International Integration, Environment, and Development | 50 |
| International Relations in Depth I | 88 |
| International Relations in Depth II | 97 |
| International Relations in Depth III | 51 |
| Applied Analysis | 77 |
| Synthesis and Integration | 99 |
| Total | 912 |
Depth follows the bank’s own structure: the Synthesis and Integration set (99 questions) is the bank’s largest single set, with International Relations in Depth II close behind at 97 — the three depth sets together revisit every core chapter at second-pass difficulty, because this course is graded on applying frameworks to events, and the bank’s weight sits where the course’s finals sit.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select International Relations, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — international relations builds theory on theory — the conflict, institutions, and issue-area chapters all spend the realist and liberal frameworks from the opening chapters, so a shaky grip on the theories resurfaces wherever the course turns.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. International Relations is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official international relations exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the undergraduate course.
How many practice questions are in the program? The bank holds 912 original questions: the 10 chapters of the standard course, three International Relations in Depth sets, an applied-analysis set, and a synthesis set. Every question is tagged to its chapter, so drills and simulations can be built over exactly the chapters your test covers.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the international relations course, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps the bank onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
Does the program take a political position? No. The program teaches the discipline’s frameworks the way the course does — realism, liberalism, constructivism, and critical perspectives each presented in their own terms, with the evidence and events each claims to explain. Exams in this course grade how accurately students can use a framework, not whether they share it.
How much history do I need before starting? The course supplies the history it uses: the major wars, settlements, and crises appear inside the chapters that analyze them. Students with recent world-history coursework will recognize the cases sooner, but the graded skill is applying frameworks to described events, and the descriptions carry the facts the items require.
What are the International Relations in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets? Second-pass material. The in-depth sets revisit the course’s theories, institutions, and issue areas in three layered sets at finer discrimination; the applied set presents compact world-politics scenarios; the synthesis set combines chapters the way cumulative finals do — trade conflict read through security theory, for example.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
My course calls this world politics or global politics. Is it the same course? In most programs, yes — international relations, world politics, and global politics name the same introductory course, with emphasis varying by instructor: some sections weight security more heavily, others political economy. The bank’s chapter structure covers the shared core all three names describe.
How current are the events in the program? The program teaches the durable frameworks and the settled cases the course itself teaches — the theories, institutions, and conflicts that anchor the discipline. Your instructor’s lectures govern this term’s developments and any current-events component your syllabus describes.
When can I start using the International Relations program? Soon — the 912-question bank is complete and quality-checked, and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of an international relations course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.