Free DHA Clinical Psychologist mock test
12 original exam-style questions from our Clinical Psychologist bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 55% DHA pass mark. They span 5 of the 8 blueprint domains, so you will see exactly where you are weakest - free, no sign-up.
Sit 12 original exam-style questions at real exam pace
These are 12 original questions taken from our Clinical Psychologist bank, spread across 5 of the 8 domains of the published blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real CPS5071 exam (14 minutes for 12). At the end you will see which domains you are weakest in, and the full worked reasoning for every question.
- 12
- questions
- 14:24
- time limit
- 55%
- DHA 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 Clinical Psychologist licensing exam looks like
Candidates for a Clinical Psychologist licence in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code CPS5071, delivered through Prometric for DHA, MOHAP and SHA, and through Pearson VUE for DOH Abu Dhabi. The DHA pass mark is 55% (DHA CBT Guideline, Sep 2026); other authorities set their own, so confirm yours before booking. The result is reported to you as pass or fail only - your score is never released.
Pass marks at a glance: DHA exam codes and pass marks for all written exams in one sourced table.
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 from across Child, Adolescent and Developmental Psychology, Professional Ethics and Law, Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics, Psychopathology and Diagnosis and 1 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 880 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 Clinical Psychologist exam: the full blueprint
The published blueprint splits into 8 domains and 50 testable sub-topics. The diagnostic above samples across them, which is why its breakdown maps onto the structure the real paper is built from.
- Psychopathology and Diagnosis~20%8 topics
- Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics~15%7 topics
- Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions~18%8 topics
- Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention~10%5 topics
- Child, Adolescent and Developmental Psychology~10%6 topics
- Neuropsychology and Health Psychology~9%5 topics
- Research Methods and Statistics~8%5 topics
- Professional Ethics and Law~10%6 topics
- Questions
- 150 multiple-choice (DHA CPS5071)
- Duration
- 3 hours, including registration
- DHA pass mark
- 55% - reported as pass or fail only
Figures for the DHA exam, from the DHA CBT Guideline, Sep 2026. DOH, MOHAP, SCFHS, QCHP, NHRA and OMSB set their own length, timing and pass mark. See the DHA exam guide and pass marks for every DHA exam.
A worked Clinical Psychologist 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.
Child, Adolescent and Developmental Psychology
Under DSM-5-TR, which is required for an ADHD diagnosis?
- ASymptoms present in one setting only
- BOnset after adolescence
- CAn abnormal brain MRI
- DSeveral symptoms present before age 12Correct
Why: ADHD requires several symptoms before age 12, present in two or more settings and causing impairment. There is no imaging test for ADHD.
Source: DSM-5-TR, American Psychiatric Association 2022
Clinical Psychologist sample questions with answers
4 more original exam-style Clinical Psychologist questions, worked in full. They are not real or recalled exam questions, and none of them is in the diagnostic above, so sit that first if you have not.
Question 1 · Child, Adolescent and Developmental Psychology
Parents of a 7-year-old with oppositional defiant disorder ask for help. Which intervention has the strongest evidence?
- AIndividual play therapy alone
- BStimulant medication
- CPsychodynamic child therapy
- DParent management training
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Parent management training
Parent training programmes teaching consistent praise, rewards and calm consequences are first-line for oppositional behaviour in young children. Stimulants treat ADHD symptoms, not oppositional behaviour alone.
Reference: NICE Guideline CG158: Antisocial Behaviour and Conduct Disorders in Children
Question 2 · Neuropsychology and Health Psychology
A man with long-term alcohol use cannot learn new information, confabulates and has preserved remote memories and attention. What deficiency underlies this syndrome?
- AVitamin B12
- BFolate
- CNiacin
- DThiamine
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Thiamine
Korsakoff syndrome follows thiamine deficiency, often after Wernicke encephalopathy, causing severe anterograde amnesia and confabulation. Niacin deficiency causes pellagra with dermatitis, diarrhoea and dementia.
Reference: Lezak, Neuropsychological Assessment, 5th ed.
Question 3 · Professional Ethics and Law
A client credibly states he will kill his former partner, names her and describes a plan. What is the psychologist's obligation?
- AKeep the disclosure confidential in all cases
- BWait to see if he repeats the threat later
- CTake protective action as local law requires
- DAdvise the client to tell the partner himself
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Take protective action as local law requires
A serious, credible threat against an identifiable person creates a duty to protect, which may require warning the person or notifying authorities in line with local law. Absolute confidentiality does not apply when there is serious risk to others.
Reference: APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, Standard 4.05
Question 4 · Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions
Which approach characterises behavioural activation for depression?
- AChallenging core beliefs formed in early childhood
- BScheduling valued activities to counter avoidance
- CExploring transference in sessions
- DTeaching breathing for panic attacks
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Scheduling valued activities to counter avoidance
Behavioural activation targets avoidance and withdrawal by monitoring mood and scheduling rewarding, value-based activities. Challenging core beliefs is the focus of cognitive therapy.
Reference: NICE Guideline NG222: Depression in Adults
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.