A client with new back pain also reports fever, night sweats, weight loss and a past history of cancer. What is the correct action?

Refer for urgent medical assessment before any cupping

Treat the painful area with wet cupping straight away

Use dry cupping only and review weekly

Advise rest and offer wet cupping again in a month

A practitioner cuts a finger on a blade used on a client. What is the correct immediate response?

Wash with soap and water, report it, seek PEP advice

Squeeze the wound hard and apply bleach to it

Ignore it if the client looks healthy

Wait to see whether any symptoms appear over the next weeks

While waiting for treatment, a 58-year-old client develops central chest pain spreading to the left arm with sweating. What should the practitioner do?

Stop and call emergency medical services

Apply cups to the chest to relieve pain

Ask him to rest and continue in 30 minutes

Give hijama between the shoulder blades

Free DHA Hijama (Cupping) Therapist mock test

12 original exam-style questions from our Hijama (Cupping) Therapist bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 60% DHA pass mark. They span 5 of the 7 blueprint domains, so you will see exactly where you are weakest - free, no sign-up.

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Sit 12 original exam-style questions at real exam pace

These are 12 original questions taken from our Hijama (Cupping) Therapist bank, spread across 5 of the 7 domains of the published blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real HIJ5862 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
60%: 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 Hijama (Cupping) Therapist licensing exam looks like

Candidates for a Hijama (Cupping) Therapist licence in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code HIJ5862, delivered through Prometric for DHA, MOHAP and SHA, and through Pearson VUE for DOH Abu Dhabi. The DHA pass mark is 60% (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 Applied Anatomy and Physiology, Complications and First Aid, Ethics, Consent and Scope of Practice, Foundations of Cupping Practice 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 660 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 Hijama (Cupping) Therapist exam: the full blueprint

The published blueprint splits into 7 domains and 41 testable sub-topics. The diagnostic above samples across them, which is why its breakdown maps onto the structure the real paper is built from.

Foundations of Cupping Practice~10%5 topics
Applied Anatomy and Physiology~12%5 topics
Client Assessment and Contraindications~18%7 topics
Procedure Technique~15%6 topics
Infection Prevention and Control~18%7 topics
Complications and First Aid~15%6 topics
Ethics, Consent and Scope of Practice~12%5 topics

Questions: 100 multiple-choice (DHA HIJ5862)
Duration: 2 hours, including registration
DHA pass mark: 60% - 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 Hijama (Cupping) Therapist 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.

Applied Anatomy and Physiology

Which is the correct order of skin layers from the surface inward?

ADermis, epidermis, hypodermis
BHypodermis, dermis, epidermis
CEpidermis, dermis, hypodermisCorrect
DEpidermis, hypodermis, dermis

Why: The epidermis is outermost, then the dermis, then the subcutaneous hypodermis. Hijama incisions must remain superficial in the outer skin layers.

Source: Tortora and Derrickson, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 16th ed.

Hijama (Cupping) Therapist sample questions with answers

4 more original exam-style Hijama (Cupping) Therapist 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 · Applied Anatomy and Physiology
Which bony landmark is usually the most prominent at the base of the neck when the head is flexed?
1. ASpinous process of C2
2. BSpine of the scapula
3. CSpinous process of T12
4. DSpinous process of C7
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Spinous process of C7
The C7 spinous process (vertebra prominens) is the most prominent at the base of the neck and is used to orient upper back sites. C2 is high in the neck and not easily felt.
Reference: Tortora and Derrickson, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 16th ed.
Question 2 · Client Assessment and Contraindications
A client with new back pain also reports fever, night sweats, weight loss and a past history of cancer. What is the correct action?
1. ARefer for urgent medical assessment before any cupping
2. BTreat the painful area with wet cupping straight away
3. CUse dry cupping only and review weekly
4. DAdvise rest and offer wet cupping again in a month
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Refer for urgent medical assessment before any cupping
Fever, weight loss and previous cancer are red flags for serious causes such as infection or metastasis that need medical assessment. Treating with cupping could delay diagnosis.
Reference: NICE Guideline NG59: Low Back Pain and Sciatica in Over 16s
Question 3 · Complications and First Aid
A practitioner cuts a finger on a blade used on a client. What is the correct immediate response?
1. ASqueeze the wound hard and apply bleach to it
2. BWash with soap and water, report it, seek PEP advice
3. CIgnore it if the client looks healthy
4. DWait to see whether any symptoms appear over the next weeks
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Wash with soap and water, report it, seek PEP advice
The wound is washed and the injury reported immediately so that source testing and post-exposure prophylaxis can be considered, ideally within hours. Bleach and squeezing are not recommended, and appearance does not exclude bloodborne infection.
Reference: Updated USPHS Guidelines for Occupational Exposure to HIV 2013
Question 4 · Client Assessment and Contraindications
While waiting for treatment, a 58-year-old client develops central chest pain spreading to the left arm with sweating. What should the practitioner do?
1. AStop and call emergency medical services
2. BApply cups to the chest to relieve pain
3. CAsk him to rest and continue in 30 minutes
4. DGive hijama between the shoulder blades
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Stop and call emergency medical services
Chest pain radiating to the arm with sweating suggests acute coronary syndrome, a medical emergency needing immediate emergency services. Delaying or continuing treatment risks death.
Reference: AHA Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care 2020

Last reviewed September 2026. About these questions: every item is original, written to the published blueprint, with a rationale and a reference, and no recalled or leaked exam content is used. How we write our questions.

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.

Frequently asked questions

Is this Hijama (Cupping) Therapist mock exam really free?

Yes. All 12 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 450 questions.

Are these real Hijama (Cupping) Therapist exam questions?

No. They are original questions written to the official Hijama (Cupping) Therapist blueprint and drawn from our full bank - not leaked or recalled items, which would breach exam security and are frequently out of date. They follow the exam's format and domain weighting.

What is the pass mark for the Hijama (Cupping) Therapist exam?

60% for the DHA Hijama (Cupping) Therapist exam (HIJ5862), as published in the DHA CBT Guideline, Sep 2026. Other authorities set their own pass marks, so confirm yours before booking. DHA reports only pass or fail - your actual score is never released to you, which is why a diagnostic like this is useful for seeing where you stand.

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

No, and we will not claim otherwise. 12 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 660.

What topics does the Hijama (Cupping) Therapist exam cover?

The published blueprint splits into 7 domains covering 41 testable sub-topics: Foundations of Cupping Practice, Applied Anatomy and Physiology, Client Assessment and Contraindications, Procedure Technique, Infection Prevention and Control, Complications and First Aid, Ethics, Consent and Scope of Practice. The full weighting table is on this page.

How long is the Hijama (Cupping) Therapist exam and how many questions?

The DHA Hijama (Cupping) Therapist exam (HIJ5862) is 100 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours, including registration and the introduction, as published in the DHA CBT Guideline, Sep 2026. Other authorities set their own length and timing, so confirm theirs in 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.