NCIDQ Interior Design Qualification Vocabulary Game

Yes. The game is free to play with no sign-up. Signing in adds AI explanations for any term.

There are 4 games built on 20 NCIDQ terms. In Guess the Term, a clue describes one term and you have six tries to spell it, with green, yellow and gray letters showing how close you are. In Term Match, six terms appear as colored tiles; swap neighbors to line up three or more of the same term, and each match shows what the term means. In Term Pairs, twelve face-down cards hide six pairs of terms; flip two at a time to find each pair, and every pair you find shows what the term means. In Term Search, five terms hide in a grid of letters, reading across, down or diagonally; drag across a term to circle it, and each term you find shows what it means.

OpenExamPrep researched each term from the CIDQ (Council for Interior Design Qualification) content outline and primary sources, listed under Sources on this page. The game is independent study material, not an official exam resource.

CIDQ publishes pass rates by section, not an overall NCIDQ rate. For the Spring 2026 administration, the pass rates were 53% for IDFX, 60% for IDPX, and 61% for IDIX, the Implementation Exam that replaced PRAC in 2026. From Spring 2022 to Spring 2026, IDFX pass rates ranged from 48% to 55%.

The NCIDQ is considered challenging due to its comprehensive coverage of interior design practice and its focus on protecting public health, safety, and welfare. IDFX covers programming through schematic design (3 hours), IDIX covers design development and construction documentation (4 hours), and IDPX covers construction administration and project management (3 hours). All three sections mix multiple-choice questions with drag-and-place, fill-in-the-blank, and hot-spot items, so expect to apply codes and read drawings rather than only recall facts. Most successful candidates study 100-150 hours per section over 2-4 months.