Free Radiographer mock exam
25 real questions from our Radiographer bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 55% pass mark. You will see exactly which of the 10 blueprint domains you are weakest in - free, no sign-up.
Sit 25 real questions at real exam pace
These are 25 genuine questions taken from our Radiographer bank - one from each domain on the official blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real RAD5152 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
- 55%
- 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 Radiographer licensing exam looks like
Radiographers applying to practise in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code RAD5152, delivered through Prometric for DHA, MOHAP and SHA, and through Pearson VUE for DOH Abu Dhabi. The pass mark is 55%, 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 Contrast Media, Pharmacology & Drug Administration, Image Production, Processing & Quality (Operation of Equipment), Specialized Imaging Modalities (CT, MRI, US, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Fluoroscopy/Angiography), Professional Practice, Ethics & Quality Assurance and 6 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 Radiographer exam: the full blueprint
The published blueprint splits into 10 domains and 161 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.
- Radiographic Positioning & Imaging Procedures~25%23 topics
SCFHS Procedure Management = 30% incl. clinical principles
- Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology (Clinical Principles)15 topics
est. ~10% (part of SCFHS Procedure Management 30%)
- Radiation Physics & X-ray Production15 topics
est. ~13% (part of SCFHS Operation of Equipment 25%)
- Image Production, Processing & Quality (Operation of Equipment)~12%18 topics
part of SCFHS Operation of Equipment 25%
- Radiation Protection & Safety~15%16 topics
part of SCFHS Health & Safety 20%
- Patient Care & Management~15%16 topics
SCFHS Patient Management
- Contrast Media, Pharmacology & Drug Administration14 topics
est. ~7% (spans SCFHS Patient Management + Procedure Management)
- Specialized Imaging Modalities (CT, MRI, US, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Fluoroscopy/Angiography)15 topics
est. ~10% (embedded in SCFHS Operation of Equipment & Procedure Management)
- Infection Control & General/Occupational Safety13 topics
est. ~5% (part of SCFHS Health & Safety 20%)
- Professional Practice, Ethics & Quality Assurance~10%16 topics
SCFHS Professional Practice
- Questions
- ~150 (DHA/DOH/MOHAP/QCHP/NHRA/OMSB Prometric); SCFHS/SRTLE uses 200 (2 parts of 100)
- Duration
- ~3 hours (150-180 min) for most Prometric authorities; SCFHS = 120 min per part x2 with a 30-min break
- Pass mark
- ~60% (DHA/DOH/MOHAP generally 60%); SCFHS = scaled score 530 on a 200-800 reporting scale
Single-best-answer MCQs, one correct of four. Logistics vary by authority and must be verified against the current Prometric candidate bulletin and each authority's site: DHA/DOH(HAAD)/MOHAP (UAE) and QCHP(Qatar)/NHRA(Bahrain)/OMSB(Oman) typically run ~150 MCQ, 60% pass, computer-based via Prometric; Saudi SCFHS runs the SRTLE (200 items, up to 10% pilot, scaled pass 530/800). Content overlaps heavily across all GCC authorities because they draw on the same Prometric/CAMRT-derived competency framework. The SCFHS SRTLE blueprint (adapted from CAMRT) is the only GCC authority publishing explicit section weights and is the anchor for the domain weights below.
A worked Radiographer 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.
Contrast Media, Pharmacology & Drug Administration
Which practice best reflects safe injection and aseptic technique when drawing up contrast?
- AReuse the same syringe for multiple patients if the needle is changed
- BLeave the drawn-up syringe uncapped and unlabeled for hours
- CTop up a used syringe from a shared vial for the next patient
- DUse a single-dose vial for one patient only and discard any remainderCorrect
Why: Single-dose vials are intended for one patient and any remainder is discarded, preventing cross-contamination. Reusing syringes across patients (even with a new needle), leaving syringes unlabeled, and topping up from shared vials all breach safe-injection practice and can transmit infection.
Source: CDC Safe Injection Practices / Standard Precautions (2011, updated)
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.