Is this Pulmonology 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 Pulmonology exam questions?

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and drawn from our full bank - not leaked or recalled items, which would breach exam security and are frequently out of date.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

60%, for DHA exam PUL5081. 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 Pulmonology exam cover?

The published blueprint splits into 13 domains covering 260 testable sub-topics: Obstructive Lung Disease, Interstitial and Inflammatory (Diffuse Parenchymal) Lung Disease, Respiratory Infections and Tuberculosis, Sleep Medicine and Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Pulmonary Vascular Disorders, Thoracic Neoplasms and Lung Cancer, Pleural Diseases, Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease, Congenital, Neuromuscular, Chest Wall and Airway Structural Disorders, Critical Care Medicine and Respiratory Failure, Respiratory Physiology, Pulmonary Function Testing and Thoracic Imaging, Interventional Pulmonology, Bronchoscopy and Lung Transplantation, Patient Safety, Professionalism, Ethics and Communication. The full weighting table is on this page.

How long is the Pulmonology exam and how many questions?

~150 (DHA Specialist Pulmonary Disease, code PUL5081 - CONFIRMED). SCFHS Pulmonology classification exam is 200 MCQs. SCFHS Adult Respiratory Medicine Fellowship final written paper is 100-120 single-best-answer MCQs. OMSB theory paper is 150 MCQs. QCHP/NHRA/MOHAP specialty papers are typically ~150; not published per specialty.. Duration: 3 hours (DHA, inclusive of registration and process introduction; also OMSB). SCFHS classification exam 4 hours. NHRA 3-hour seating with 2.5 hours of actual exam time. DOH/QCHP/MOHAP durations for this specialty unverified.. 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 Pulmonology mock exam

25 real questions from our Pulmonology 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 Pulmonology bank - one from each domain on the official blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real PUL5081 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 Pulmonology licensing exam looks like

Pulmonologys applying to practise in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code PUL5081, 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 Sleep Medicine and Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Critical Care Medicine and Respiratory Failure, Obstructive Lung Disease, Patient Safety, Professionalism, Ethics and Communication 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 Pulmonology 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.

Obstructive Lung Disease~20%20 topics
SCFHS Pulmonology Blueprint published: 20%; DHA lists 'Obstructive Lung Disease' as its first named coverage area
Interstitial and Inflammatory (Diffuse Parenchymal) Lung Disease~12%20 topics
SCFHS published: 12%; DHA lists 'Interstitial and Inflammatory Lung Disease'
Respiratory Infections and Tuberculosis~10%20 topics
SCFHS published: Infections 10%; DHA lists 'Infections'
Sleep Medicine and Sleep-Disordered Breathing~10%20 topics
SCFHS published: 10%; DHA lists 'Sleep Medicine'
Pulmonary Vascular Disorders~10%20 topics
SCFHS published: Vascular Disorders 10%; DHA lists 'Vascular Disorders'
Thoracic Neoplasms and Lung Cancer~8%20 topics
SCFHS published: Neoplasms 8%; DHA lists 'Neoplasms'
Pleural Diseases~5%20 topics
SCFHS published: 5%; DHA lists 'Pleural Diseases'
Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease~5%20 topics
SCFHS published: 5%; DHA lists 'Occupational and Environmental Diseases'
Congenital, Neuromuscular, Chest Wall and Airway Structural Disorders~5%20 topics
SCFHS published: Congenital, Neuromuscular, and Skeletal Abnormalities 5%; DHA lists the identical heading
Critical Care Medicine and Respiratory Failure~5%20 topics
SCFHS published: Critical Care Medicine 5%; DHA lists 'Critical Care Medicine'
Respiratory Physiology, Pulmonary Function Testing and Thoracic Imaging~5%20 topics
est. - not a standalone SCFHS/DHA blueprint heading, but the SCFHS Respiratory Medicine curriculum devotes full appendices to Physiology, Pulmonary Function Test and Thoracic Radiology, and PFT/imaging stimulus is embedded throughout every other section
Interventional Pulmonology, Bronchoscopy and Lung Transplantation~5%20 topics
est. - not a standalone SCFHS/DHA blueprint heading, but the SCFHS Respiratory Medicine curriculum mandates bronchoscopy and pleural-ultrasound workshops, a logbook of 50 bronchoscopies and 10 ultrasound-guided thoracenteses, and a full Lung Transplant appendix; heavily sampled in oral assessment
Patient Safety, Professionalism, Ethics and Communication~10%20 topics
SCFHS published: Patient Safety 5% and Professionalism and Ethics 5%; DHA lists both 'Patient Safety' and 'Professionalism and Ethics' as named coverage areas

Questions: ~150 (DHA Specialist Pulmonary Disease, code PUL5081 - CONFIRMED). SCFHS Pulmonology classification exam is 200 MCQs. SCFHS Adult Respiratory Medicine Fellowship final written paper is 100-120 single-best-answer MCQs. OMSB theory paper is 150 MCQs. QCHP/NHRA/MOHAP specialty papers are typically ~150; not published per specialty.
Duration: 3 hours (DHA, inclusive of registration and process introduction; also OMSB). SCFHS classification exam 4 hours. NHRA 3-hour seating with 2.5 hours of actual exam time. DOH/QCHP/MOHAP durations for this specialty unverified.
Pass mark: 60% (DHA Specialist Pulmonary Disease - CONFIRMED, the DHA default rather than the 65% applied to some other physician titles). SCFHS 65% Registrar / 70% Senior Registrar. NHRA 60%. OMSB minimum 60%. QCHP 60% general, 65% for several specialty papers. DOH and MOHAP pulmonology cut scores unverified.

Single-best-answer MCQs, predominantly clinical vignettes carrying chest radiographs, HRCT images, spirometry and flow-volume loops, full PFT/DLCO tables, arterial blood gases, polysomnography hypnograms and AHI reports, ventilator waveforms and pleural-fluid biochemistry. DHA/MOHAP/SCFHS/QCHP/NHRA deliver through Prometric; DOH and OMSB deliver through Pearson VUE. DHA reports Pass/Fail only and does not release the numeric score. SCFHS may lower the pass score one mark at a time to reach the target pass rate but never below the stated floor, and states blueprint distribution may vary +/-3% per category. Where an oral assessment applies (DHA Consultant, SCFHS Consultant classification, OMSB viva), the oral is a separate additional hurdle and, where both are required, the CBT must be passed first. DHA oral assessment: not fewer than 5 clinical scenarios, English only, panel-delivered, with ethics/communication assessed alongside clinical reasoning.

A worked Pulmonology 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.

Sleep Medicine and Sleep-Disordered Breathing

A 45-year-old commercial heavy-goods vehicle driver is diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnoea (AHI 58/h). He admits to falling asleep at traffic lights and has had one near-miss. He asks you not to tell anyone as he will lose his job. What is the most appropriate action?

ARespect confidentiality absolutely and simply start CPAP
BAdvise him that he must stop driving until effectively treated, document this advice, and inform the licensing authority if he continues to driveCorrect
CAllow him to continue driving provided he limits himself to daytime routes
DDefer any advice until three months of CPAP adherence data are available

Why: Excessive sleepiness with impaired driving in a vocational driver poses a serious risk to the public, so the duty of confidentiality is outweighed by the duty to prevent foreseeable harm. The correct sequence is to advise the patient to stop driving and to notify the licensing authority himself, document that advice, and only disclose to the authority if he fails to comply. Restricting to daytime routes does not mitigate the risk, and delaying advice for three months leaves an unsafe driver on the road.

Source: ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: Sleep Apnea, Sleepiness, and Driving Risk in Noncommercial Drivers, Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013); GMC Confidentiality: patients' fitness to drive (2017)

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.