Our sources
We do not ask you to take our word for it. Everything we build from is published by ASE and free to download — here is the list, so you can check any claim yourself.
Last checked: July 17, 2026
Task Lists and test specifications
These are the blueprints. Each study guide lists the areas of a test, the tasks under each area, and how many scored questions each area is worth — which is exactly what our questions are written against, and what our coverage figures are measured on.
- ASE Automobile Study Guide (2026) — the Task List and test specifications for the Automobile tests (A1–A9).
- ASE Auto Maintenance & Light Repair Study Guide (2026) — the Task List and test specifications for Auto Maintenance & Light Repair (G1).
- ase.com/ase-study-guides — ASE's download page for every current study guide, including the series we have not launched yet.
Test administration
- ASE Certification Test Series — the full list of certification test series and their codes.
- Dates, Fees & Test Times — registration fees, test fees, appointment windows and test lengths. Our simulator timings and the figures on our cost pages come from here.
- ASE Certification: Need to Know (2026) — what certification is, who it is for, how many tests Master status requires, and how long a certification lasts.
Recertification
- ASE Renewal App — ASE's own renewal route. We say so plainly: for some series it may be a better fit than a recertification test, and we would rather you know that than not.
How we use them
We reuse only the public specification — area titles, task lists and scored-question counts. Questions, explanations and illustrations are all our own original work; nothing is copied from ASE's materials or from any other study product. How that work is written and checked is described on our methodology page.