Is this General Surgery mock exam really free?

Yes. All 25 questions, your score, the domain breakdown and the full worked answers are free, with no sign-up and no email required. The paid bank is a separate, much larger set of 488 questions.

Are these real General Surgery exam questions?

They are original questions written to the official General Surgery blueprint and drawn from our full bank - not leaked or recalled items, which would breach exam security and are frequently out of date. They match the real exam's format, difficulty and domain weighting.

What is the pass mark for the General Surgery exam?

60%, for DHA exam GEN5341. The authority reports only pass or fail - your actual score is never released to you, which is why a diagnostic like this is the only way to see where you stand.

Does passing this mock mean I will pass the real exam?

No, and we will not claim otherwise. 25 questions cannot predict a full-length paper. What it does reliably show is which blueprint domains you are currently weakest in.

How many attempts do I get at the real exam?

Three in total across all UAE authorities under the Unified Professional Qualification Requirements - not three per authority. Each attempt costs roughly AED 1,030.

What topics does the General Surgery exam cover?

The published blueprint splits into 13 domains covering 244 testable sub-topics: Fluid, Electrolyte, Acid-Base and Surgical Nutrition, Shock, Haemostasis, Transfusion and Coagulation, Surgical Infection, Sepsis and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Perioperative Care, Anaesthesia, Pain and Surgical Complications, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hernia, Abdominal Wall, Skin and Soft Tissue, Upper GI, Foregut and Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery, Colorectal, Appendix and Perianal Surgery, Acute Abdomen and Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Hepatobiliary, Pancreas and Spleen, Subspecialty Surgery (Vascular, Paediatric, Thoracic, Plastic) and Transplantation, Professionalism, Ethics, Patient Safety and Evidence-Based Surgery. The full weighting table is on this page.

How long is the General Surgery exam and how many questions?

~150 (DHA Specialist General Surgery = 150; QCHP = 150; DOH ~150; MOHAP ~150. SCFHS Saudi Board final written = 2 papers x 100-125 SBA MCQs, i.e. 200-250 total). Duration: 3 hours (DHA 3 h inclusive of registration and introduction; QCHP 3 h; DOH ~2.5-3 h; NHRA 3 h seating / 2.5 h testing). Question count, duration and pass mark vary by authority and must be confirmed against the current candidate bulletin.

Do I need to create an account to take this mock exam?

No. There is no sign-up, no email capture and no payment. The questions, your score, the domain breakdown and the full worked answers are all free, and nothing is held back behind a form.

Free General Surgery mock exam

25 real questions from our General Surgery bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 60% pass mark. You will see exactly which of the 12 blueprint domains you are weakest in - free, no sign-up.

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Sit 25 real questions at real exam pace

These are 25 genuine questions taken from our General Surgery bank - one from each domain on the official blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real GEN5341 exam (30 minutes for 25). At the end you will see which domains you are weakest in, and the full worked reasoning for every question.

25: questions
30:00: time limit
60%: pass mark

A short diagnostic cannot predict whether you will pass - only the real exam does that. It will show you, honestly, where you currently stand.

What the real General Surgery licensing exam looks like

General Surgerys applying to practise in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code GEN5341, delivered through Prometric for DHA, MOHAP and SHA, and through Pearson VUE for DOH Abu Dhabi. The pass mark is 60%, and the result is reported to you as pass or fail only - your score is never released.

The paper is built to a published blueprint, which is why a domain-by-domain diagnostic is more useful than a raw percentage. Your questions above were drawn one per domain across Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Shock, Haemostasis, Transfusion and Coagulation, Hepatobiliary, Pancreas and Spleen, Acute Abdomen and Gastrointestinal Bleeding and 8 more - the same areas the real paper weights.

Before you can book the exam at all you need Dataflow primary source verification of your degree, licence and experience, which typically runs several weeks. Candidates routinely underestimate this and end up sitting the exam sooner after study than they planned. Check where you stand with our free eligibility checker or confirm whether your title even requires an exam using the Prometric exam checker.

You get three attempts in total across all UAE authorities - not three each - under the Unified Professional Qualification Requirements. At roughly AED 1,030 per attempt, plus the licensing delay each failure adds to your visa and start date, the cost of going in underprepared is not really the exam fee.

What is on the General Surgery exam: the full blueprint

The published blueprint splits into 13 domains and 244 testable sub-topics. The diagnostic above samples across all of them, which is why its breakdown maps onto the structure the real paper is built from.

Fluid, Electrolyte, Acid-Base and Surgical Nutrition~5%15 topics
SCFHS published; DHA lists 'Fluid and Electrolytes'
Shock, Haemostasis, Transfusion and Coagulation~5%16 topics
SCFHS published; DHA lists 'Shock'
Surgical Infection, Sepsis and Antimicrobial Stewardship~5%16 topics
SCFHS published; DHA lists 'Sepsis and Surgical Infections'
Perioperative Care, Anaesthesia, Pain and Surgical Complications~9%20 topics
SCFHS 5% pre-op/anaesthesia/pain + 5% surgical complications, merged; DHA lists 'Perioperative Care'
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care~5%19 topics
SCFHS published; DHA lists 'Trauma and Critical Care'
Breast and Endocrine Surgery~10%20 topics
SCFHS published; DHA lists 'Endocrine and Breast'
Hernia, Abdominal Wall, Skin and Soft Tissue~6%18 topics
SCFHS 5% hernia/abdominal wall/soft tissue tumours; DHA lists 'Hernia (all)' and 'Skin and Soft Tissue'
Upper GI, Foregut and Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery~11%19 topics
SCFHS 7% upper GIT + 5% obesity surgery; DHA lists 'Upper GI'
Colorectal, Appendix and Perianal Surgery~8%20 topics
SCFHS published; DHA lists 'Colorectal and Perianal'
Acute Abdomen and Gastrointestinal Bleeding~11%19 topics
SCFHS 7% acute abdomen + 5% GI bleeding, merged
Hepatobiliary, Pancreas and Spleen~13%23 topics
SCFHS published - largest single section; DHA lists 'Hepato-biliary' and 'Pancreas and Spleen'
Subspecialty Surgery (Vascular, Paediatric, Thoracic, Plastic) and Transplantation~9%21 topics
SCFHS 5% subspecialty + 5% transplant; DHA lists 'Vascular', 'Pediatrics'
Professionalism, Ethics, Patient Safety and Evidence-Based Surgery~3%18 topics
est.; DHA explicitly lists 'Professionalism and Ethics' and 'Patient safety' as separate coverage items; SCFHS states these are embedded across domains

Questions: ~150 (DHA Specialist General Surgery = 150; QCHP = 150; DOH ~150; MOHAP ~150. SCFHS Saudi Board final written = 2 papers x 100-125 SBA MCQs, i.e. 200-250 total)
Duration: 3 hours (DHA 3 h inclusive of registration and introduction; QCHP 3 h; DOH ~2.5-3 h; NHRA 3 h seating / 2.5 h testing)
Pass mark: 65% (DHA Specialist General Surgery, code GEN5341 - explicitly higher than the 60% DHA default); 60% (MOHAP, NHRA, QCHP GP paper; QCHP specialty papers often 65%); ~65% (OMSB threshold to progress to viva); SCFHS Saudi Board 70% with a floor of 65%

Single-best-answer MCQs, 4 options, predominantly clinical-vignette (K2: interpretation, analysis, reasoning, decision-making) with a minority of recall items (K1). Up to 10% unscored pretest items may be embedded (SCFHS explicitly). Delivered by Prometric for DHA, MOHAP, SCFHS, QCHP, NHRA and OMSB; DOH Abu Dhabi uses Pearson VUE. Result released as Pass/Fail only with no score disclosed (DHA). DHA Specialist General Surgery exam code GEN5341, fee USD 280. Where an oral is required (DHA Consultant, MOHAP surgical viva, OMSB viva, DOH consultant, SCFHS consultant interview), the oral is a separate stage with its own fee and, where both apply, the CBT must be passed first. Oral duration: DHA 20-30 min minimum with >=5 scenarios; DOH reported 45-60 min with 5-6 scenarios; SCFHS consultant interview 2 x 30 min sessions.

A worked General Surgery exam question

Every question in the diagnostic and in the paid bank is written to this standard: a clinical stem, four plausible options and the reasoning for the answer, with its source.

Breast and Endocrine Surgery

A 19-year-old woman has a 2 cm smooth, firm, highly mobile breast lump. Ultrasound shows a well-defined, wider-than-tall, homogeneous hypoechoic lesion, and core biopsy confirms fibroadenoma. She is not troubled by the lump. What is the most appropriate advice?

AExcision is required because all fibroadenomas eventually become malignant
BTamoxifen should be prescribed to shrink the lesion
CReassurance and observation, with excision reserved for growth, symptoms or patient preferenceCorrect
DVacuum-assisted mammotome excision is mandatory for lesions above 1 cm

Why: A triple-assessed fibroadenoma in a young woman can be safely observed; many involute and the malignant risk is negligible. Excision or vacuum-assisted removal is offered for large or growing lesions, symptoms, or patient choice, not routinely. Tamoxifen is not indicated for benign fibroadenoma.

Source: NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary, Breast Lump in Women (2023); Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery, 28th ed (2023)

How to use this diagnostic properly

1Sit it cold, once. Do not look anything up. A diagnostic you help yourself through tells you nothing. The number you get is only useful if it is honest.
2Read every rationale - especially the ones you got right. Getting a question right by elimination is not the same as knowing it. The worked reasoning is free above, whether or not you buy anything.
3Work weakest domain first. The breakdown orders your domains worst-first for exactly this reason. Studying what you are already good at feels productive and moves nothing.
4Re-sit under full exam conditions later. The real paper is far longer than this and stamina matters. Full-length timed papers are what the paid bank is for.