KIIP Level Test: 5 Sample Questions, With Answers
The KIIP level test β μ¬μ νκ° (sajeon pyeongga), the pre-evaluation β is the exam that decides where you start in Koreaβs Social Integration Program β μ¬νν΅ν©νλ‘κ·Έλ¨ (sahoe tonghap program), the long Korean name you will see on every official page. People call the exam the KIIP test, the KIIP exam or the placement test; it is all the same sitting. It is not a pass-or-fail test. It is a placement test, and the level it puts you in decides how many hours of class you sit through and how much you pay for them.
Which makes it one of the few exams where the difference between two afternoons of preparation and none is measured in money.
Here is what it asks, with five practice questions and the answers worked through.
We are not the Ministry of Justice. Balli Balli Seoul has no connection to KIIP, the Korea Immigration and Integration Program, or any official body. The questions below are practice questions we wrote, in the published format.
The official site is kiiptest.org, run by the Korea Immigration Foundation (νκ΅μ΄λ―Όμ¬λ¨). Schedules, applications, results and the rules for your own sitting all live there, and it is the only source that is actually authoritative.
Why the level is worth money
KIIP runs from level 0 to level 5. The test places you somewhere in that ladder, and every level you skip is a block of class hours you never have to attend.
A rough shape of it: level 1 is near-beginner Korean, levels 2 and 3 are the long middle, level 4 is comfortable daily Korean, and level 5 adds the Korean society course that the programme ends with. Score well and you start higher up; score badly, or skip the test entirely, and you start at the bottom.
Your result appears under your own account on the official sites after the sitting, along with the level you have been assigned β which is the number the rest of the programme runs on.
Since 2025 the course itself is paid. As of October 2026, published fees run around β©100,000 for each of levels 1 to 4, and the evaluation itself costs β©38,000 per sitting. One level skipped is roughly a hundred hours of class and a hundred thousand won.
That is the entire argument for preparing. Not pride β arithmetic.
Fees and levels do get revised, so confirm the current numbers on kiiptest.org before you budget around them.
What the test looks like
Two parts, written and spoken.
| Part | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Written (νκΈ°) | 50 questions β mostly multiple choice, with a couple of short written answers |
| Spoken (ꡬμ ) | 5 questions, in a short interview |
The written part mixes four things: vocabulary, grammar, reading, and Korean society and culture. The language sits around TOPIK level 1β2, which means ordinary daily Korean rather than anything academic β and the culture questions are about living here, not history exams.
The exact split between vocabulary, grammar and reading is not published, and the timing has changed between sittings, so check the notice for the round you are taking on kiiptest.org rather than trusting any blog, including this one. Applications, the test calendar and your result all go through the same site, and the evaluation is sat at a CBT centre rather than on paper.
The two official websites, and which one does what
This is where most people lose an afternoon, because the programme runs on two separate government sites and they do different jobs.
| Site | Korean name | What you do there |
|---|---|---|
| socinet.go.kr | μ¬νν΅ν©μ λ³΄λ§ | Sign up as a participant (with your residence card number), find an operating institution near you, enrol in classes, and check your assigned level |
| kiiptest.org | νκ° ννμ΄μ§ (Korea Immigration Foundation) | Apply and pay for the evaluation itself, pick your test date and CBT centre, and see your result |
The order that works: register on socinet first, then apply for the evaluation on kiiptest, then enrol in the class your result puts you in.
Two practical notes. Evaluation seats are first come, first served and open at a set time in the morning, so the popular dates and centres go quickly. And your result shows up in the my-page area of both sites rather than arriving by post.
Five questions, with the answers
λ°μ€ μΉ λΆλΆκ³Ό λ°λλλ λ»μ κ°μ§ κ²μ κ³ λ₯΄μμμ€.
- β κ°λ²Όμμ
- β‘λΉμΈμ
- β’μμμ
- β£λ§μμ
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β κ°λ²Όμμ. The opposite of 무κ²λ€ (heavy) is κ°λ³λ€ (light). The others are opposites of different words β λΉμΈλ€ pairs with μΈλ€, μλ€ with ν¬λ€, λ§λ€ with μ λ€.
Opposite-pairs are the most common vocabulary question type here, and they are worth learning as pairs rather than as single words.
λ€μ (γ)μ λ€μ΄κ° κ°μ₯ μλ§μ κ²μ κ³ λ₯΄μμμ€.
- β μμ β μ
- β‘μ β μ
- β’μ β μ
- β£μ β μμ
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β£ μ β μμ. Time takes μ (ν μμΌμ); a place where an action happens takes μμ (λμκ΄μμ).
The trap is that both attach to nouns that look alike in English β "on Saturday", "at the library" β and Korean splits them by function. If you learn one grammar point for this test, make it μ versus μμ.
λ€μ κΈμ λ΄μ©κ³Ό κ°μ κ²μ κ³ λ₯΄μμμ€.
- β μμ μ νμΌμ ν©λλ€.
- β‘μμ λ£λ₯Ό λ΄μ§ μμ΅λλ€.
- β’μμ μ 1μΈ΅μμ ν©λλ€.
- β£μΈν°λ·μΌλ‘λ§ μ μ²ν μ μμ΅λλ€.
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β‘ μμ λ£λ₯Ό λ΄μ§ μμ΅λλ€. λ¬΄λ£ means free, so "you do not pay" matches. β fails because Saturday is not a weekday, β’ because the notice says the third floor, β£ because you apply by phone or in person β not only online.
Reading questions are nearly all notices like this one. The skill being tested is checking each option against the text, not reading speed. (Those community centre classes are real β the free ones are listed in how to learn Korean in Seoul.)
μ§μ λΆμ΄ λ¬μ΅λλ€. λͺ λ²μ μ νν΄μΌ ν©λκΉ?
- β 119
- β‘112
- β’110
- β£1345
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β 119. Fire and ambulance is 119; police is 112; 110 is the government complaints line; 1345 is the immigration contact centre, which takes calls in many languages and is worth saving on your phone regardless of this exam.
The culture section asks things like this β the practical knowledge of living here that the programme is meant to teach.
(γ)μ λ€μ΄κ° μλ§μ λ§μ κ³ λ₯΄μμμ€.
- β μ λ¦¬λ³ μκ±°ν¨μ κ·Έλ₯ λ£μΌμΈμ
- β‘μμλ¬Ό μ°λ κΈ°ν΅μ λ£μΌμΈμ
- β’μ λ¬Έμ§μ μΈμ μ’ λμ λ΄ν¬μ λ£μΌμΈμ
- β£λΉλλ₯ μκ±°ν¨μ λ£μΌμΈμ
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β’ μ λ¬Έμ§μ μΈμ μ’ λμ λ΄ν¬μ λ£μΌμΈμ. Broken glass is not recycled β it is wrapped in newspaper so that nobody handling the bag is cut, and it goes in the paid general-waste bag.
Useful whether or not you sit the exam, and the sort of question where living here properly beats studying. The rest of the rules are in how to throw away trash in Korea.
How to prepare, honestly
The written part rewards two weeks of ordinary study. Opposite pairs, particles, and reading short notices β that is most of the marks, and all of it is TOPIK 1β2 material you can revise from anything.
The spoken part rewards practice out loud, which is the part people skip. Five questions in a short interview, about you and your life here: where you live, what you do, what you did at the weekend. Nobody is grading your accent.
The culture part rewards living here with your eyes open. Emergency numbers, rubbish, public offices, basic manners.
If you are taking the test and also sitting TOPIK, the two overlap more than people expect β what TOPIK is and how the levels work is in TOPIK explained.
Get it sorted
We arrange Korean lessons in English, and the pre-evaluation is one of the things our tutors prepare people for β particularly the spoken part, which is hard to practise alone.
Tell us your level and when you are sitting the test, and we will set up practice sessions around it. The Korean lessons page has the prices.
More questions, and the rest of the format, are coming in this series.