Practice Questions

Please note that the look and feel of the test is changing this year. A revised set of practice questions in the new format are now available to prospective candidates. Please note that the content of the test, its sections and the timing of the each section remain unchanged.

To help you prepare for the UK Clinical Aptitude Test, practice questions for the first four sections of the test, verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract reasoning and decision analysis, are provided below. In addition, a sample of the fifth section of the test, non-cognitive questions, is provided below in a PDF document. Please note that these practice questions do not generate marks. If you want to know how well you did in the practice test, keep a paper note of your answers. When you have finished the practice questions for the first four sections you can check your answers against the answer key provided as a download below. The non-cognitive (fifth section) sample questions document does not include an answer key.

Please note the following:

  • In the real test you will have one minute to read the instruction screen for each section. After you have begun each section you will not be able to go back and review the instructions.
  • In the 'short' practice test you will be presented with 12-15 questions per section and this test could be suitable if you only have 30 minutes available to practice.
  • In the real test some questions will require you to review additional information such as a text passage or table.
  • The practice questions are for use on PC based systems only. The practice questions will not run on MAC based computers.

The actual test consists of the following five sections: verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract reasoning, decision analysis and non-cognitive analysis. When you take the actual test, each of the first four sections will consist of approximately 40 questions to be completed in roughly 20 minutes. The last section should take no more than 30 minutes to complete (to view the exact times and number of questions for each section, please see below).

To use the .exe files, you should download (save) them to your own computer and then run them as you would run any other programme. If you are downloading the practice questions, please be advised that broadband is preferable. To read and print .pdf downloads, you will need the free Reader programme from Adobe.

Practice Test - Regular Timing, Special Needs and Extended Timing

UKCAT Practice Test - EXE (50MB) 14/05/2009

Answer Keys

Regular timing, special education needs timing and no time limit practice tests:
Answer key - Verbal Reasoning PDF (14 KB) 12/02/2009
Answer key - Quantitative Reasoning PDF (61 KB) 12/02/2009
Answer key - Abstract Reasoning PDF (21 KB) 12/02/2009
Answer key - Decision Analysis PDF (50 KB) 12/02/2009

Answer key - Short Version Practice Test PDF (34 KB) 14/05/2009

Section 5 Sample Questions:
Section 5 Non Cognitive Sample Questions PDF (22 KB) 14/04/2009

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These practice tests are available with the following timings:

UKCAT Practice Test - Regular Timing

Section Time (includes introduction) Items
Verbal Reasoning 22 minutes 44 items
Quantitative Reasoning 22 minutes 40 items
Abstract Reasoning 16 minutes 65 items
Decision Analysis 30 minutes 26 items

UKCATSEN Practice Test - Special Educational Needs

Section Time (includes introduction) Items
Verbal Reasoning 28 minutes 44 items
Quantitative Reasoning 28 minutes 40 items
Abstract Reasoning 20 minutes 65 items
Decision Analysis 37 minutes 26 items

UKCAT Practice Test - Not timed

Section Time (includes introduction) Items
Verbal Reasoning Not timed 44 items
Quantitative Reasoning Not timed 40 items
Abstract Reasoning Not timed 65 items
Decision Analysis Not timed 26 items

UKCAT Practice Test - Short version

Section Time (includes introduction) Items
Verbal Reasoning 5 mins 12 items
Quantitative Reasoning 5 mins 12 items
Abstract Reasoning 5 mins 15 items
Decision Analysis 15 mins 11 items