Is this Neurology 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 520 questions.

Are these real Neurology exam questions?

They are original questions written to the official Neurology 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and drawn from our full bank - not leaked or recalled items, which would breach exam security and are frequently out of date.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 Neurology exam?

60%, for DHA exam NRO5011. 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 Neurology exam cover?

The published blueprint splits into 13 domains covering 260 testable sub-topics: Cerebrovascular Disorders, Epilepsy and Paroxysmal Disorders, Cephalgia and Headache Disorders, Neuromuscular Disorders, Neuro-Immunological and Demyelinating Disorders, Neuro-Infectious Disorders, Movement Disorders, Cognitive Disorders, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomical Localization and Neuroimaging, Neurology of Systemic Diseases (including Nutritional, Metabolic and Toxic), Neuro-oncology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuro-otology and Sleep Neurology, Patient Safety and Quality in Neurological Care, Professionalism, Ethics and Communication. The full weighting table is on this page.

How long is the Neurology exam and how many questions?

~150 (DHA Specialist Neurology NRO5011 = 150; MOHAP/QCHP/OMSB ~150; SCFHS Neurology licensing paper = 200). Duration: 3 hours (DHA, MOHAP, QCHP, OMSB - DHA duration includes registration and process introduction); SCFHS Neurology = 4 hours; NHRA 3 hrs seating / ~2.5 hrs 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 Neurology mock exam

25 real questions from our Neurology bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 60% pass mark. You will see exactly which of the 13 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 Neurology bank - one from each domain on the official blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real NRO5011 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 Neurology licensing exam looks like

Neurologys applying to practise in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code NRO5011, 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 Cognitive Disorders, Cephalgia and Headache Disorders, Neuro-oncology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuro-otology and Sleep Neurology, Neurology of Systemic Diseases (including Nutritional, Metabolic and Toxic) and 9 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 Neurology exam: the full blueprint

The published blueprint splits into 13 domains and 260 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.

Cerebrovascular Disorders15%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint
Epilepsy and Paroxysmal Disorders15%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint
Cephalgia and Headache Disorders15%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint
Neuromuscular Disorders7%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint
Neuro-Immunological and Demyelinating Disorders7%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint
Neuro-Infectious Disorders7%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint
Movement Disorders7%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint
Cognitive Disorders7%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint
Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomical Localization and Neuroimaging5%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint; localization/imaging content is examined throughout, per the Brazis 'Localization in Clinical Neurology' reference
Neurology of Systemic Diseases (including Nutritional, Metabolic and Toxic)5%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint; footnoted as including nutrition, metabolic, etc.
Neuro-oncology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuro-otology and Sleep Neurology~8%20 topics
est.; not a separate section in the official DHA/SCFHS blueprint - this content is assessed within the Cognitive, Movement, Systemic Diseases and Clinical Neurophysiology sections, but is commonly examined and must not be omitted
Patient Safety and Quality in Neurological Care5%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint; reference: SCFHS 'Essentials of Patient Safety'
Professionalism, Ethics and Communication5%20 topics
official - DHA/SCFHS blueprint; reference: SCFHS 'Professionalism and Ethics, Handbook for Residents'

Questions: ~150 (DHA Specialist Neurology NRO5011 = 150; MOHAP/QCHP/OMSB ~150; SCFHS Neurology licensing paper = 200)
Duration: 3 hours (DHA, MOHAP, QCHP, OMSB - DHA duration includes registration and process introduction); SCFHS Neurology = 4 hours; NHRA 3 hrs seating / ~2.5 hrs testing
Pass mark: 65% (DHA Specialist Neurology - explicitly higher than the 60% used for most DHA papers); SCFHS 65% Registrar / 70% Senior Registrar; 60% for MOHAP, QCHP, OMSB and most NHRA papers

Single-best-answer MCQs, predominantly clinical vignettes with imaging, EEG/EMG/NCS traces and CSF/laboratory data. DHA fee USD 280; OMSB viva fee ~OMR 100 additional. DHA and SCFHS publish an identical 12-section coverage list (Cerebrovascular; Epilepsy & Paroxysmal; Cognitive; Movement; Neuro-Immunological; Neuro-Infectious; Neuromuscular; Cephalgia & Headache; Neurology of Systemic Diseases; Clinical Neurophysiology; Patient Safety; Professionalism & Ethics) and the same reference list (MedLink; Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice; AAN Continuum; Brazis/Masdeu/Biller Localization in Clinical Neurology 6e; SCFHS Essentials of Patient Safety; SCFHS Professionalism and Ethics Handbook for Residents). SCFHS states blueprint distribution may vary +/-3% per category (the Saudi Board Part One neurology paper allows +/-5%). Note the two non-clinical sections (Patient Safety and Professionalism & Ethics) together carry 10% of the paper and are routinely under-prepared by candidates. Oral route (DHA Consultant, SCFHS Consultant): >=5 clinical scenarios, 20-30 minutes, ethics/professionalism/communication formally graded, unanimous pass required at DHA.

A worked Neurology 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.

Cognitive Disorders

Which single clinical feature best distinguishes delirium from an established dementia?

AImpairment of episodic memory
BAcute onset with a fluctuating disturbance of attention and awarenessCorrect
CThe presence of visual hallucinations
DImpaired confrontation naming

Why: The DSM-5 core of delirium is an acute (hours to days) disturbance of attention and awareness that fluctuates in severity over the course of the day, usually with an identifiable medical precipitant. Episodic memory impairment and naming difficulty occur in both conditions and are not discriminating, and visual hallucinations are common in delirium but also characterise dementia with Lewy bodies. Attention is the domain to test at the bedside (digit span, months backwards) when delirium is suspected.

Source: DSM-5-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2022); NICE clinical guideline CG103, Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and management (updated 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.