Free DHA Massage Therapist mock test
12 original exam-style questions from our Massage Therapist bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 50% DHA pass mark. They span 7 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 Massage Therapist bank, spread across 7 of the 8 domains of the published blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real MAS5511 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
- 50%
- 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 Massage Therapist licensing exam looks like
Candidates for a Massage Therapist licence in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code MAS5511, delivered through Prometric for DHA, MOHAP and SHA, and through Pearson VUE for DOH Abu Dhabi. The DHA pass mark is 50% (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 Anatomy and Kinesiology, Contraindications, Cautions and Red Flags, Hygiene, Infection Control and Safety, Massage Techniques and Effects and 3 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 Massage Therapist exam: the full blueprint
The published blueprint splits into 8 domains and 47 testable sub-topics. The diagnostic above samples across them, which is why its breakdown maps onto the structure the real paper is built from.
- Anatomy and Kinesiology~18%7 topics
- Physiology and Pathology~12%6 topics
- Massage Techniques and Effects~16%7 topics
- Client Assessment and Treatment Planning~12%5 topics
- Contraindications, Cautions and Red Flags~16%7 topics
- Special Populations~8%5 topics
- Hygiene, Infection Control and Safety~10%5 topics
- Professional Ethics, Boundaries and Law~8%5 topics
- Questions
- 150 multiple-choice (DHA MAS5511)
- Duration
- 3 hours, including registration
- DHA pass mark
- 50% - 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 Massage 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.
Anatomy and Kinesiology
A client has buttock pain radiating down the back of the thigh. Which muscle lies directly over the sciatic nerve as it leaves the pelvis?
- APiriformisCorrect
- BGluteus medius
- CTensor fasciae latae
- DIliopsoas
Why: The sciatic nerve usually exits the greater sciatic notch just below piriformis, so tension there can irritate the nerve. Gluteus medius lies higher and more lateral, away from the nerve's exit point.
Source: Biel, Trail Guide to the Body, 6th ed.
Massage Therapist sample questions with answers
4 more original exam-style Massage 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 · Anatomy and Kinesiology
Which action is produced by the upper fibres of trapezius?
- ADepression of the scapula
- BProtraction of the scapula
- CElevation of the scapula
- DMedial rotation of the humerus
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Elevation of the scapula
Upper trapezius elevates and upwardly rotates the scapula and extends the neck. Lower trapezius depresses the scapula, and serratus anterior protracts it.
Reference: Biel, Trail Guide to the Body, 6th ed.
Question 2 · Client Assessment and Treatment Planning
A desk worker has a forward head and rounded shoulders. Which pattern of muscle imbalance is typical of upper crossed syndrome?
- AWeak pectorals with a tight lower trapezius muscle
- BTight deep neck flexors with a weak upper trapezius
- CTight hip flexors and weak abdominals
- DTight pectorals and upper trapezius, weak neck flexors
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Tight pectorals and upper trapezius, weak neck flexors
Upper crossed syndrome pairs tight pectorals and upper trapezius/levator scapulae with weak deep neck flexors and lower trapezius/serratus anterior. Tight hip flexors with weak abdominals is the lower crossed pattern.
Reference: Page, Frank and Lardner, Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach
Question 3 · Client Assessment and Treatment Planning
A client's elbow pain is reproduced by resisted wrist extension, while passive wrist movements are pain-free. Which tissue is most likely involved?
- AAn inert tissue such as a ligament
- BThe capsule of the elbow joint
- CA contractile tissue: muscle or tendon
- DA superficial bursa under the skin
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. A contractile tissue: muscle or tendon
Pain on resisted (isometric) testing with painless passive movement points to a contractile lesion, here the wrist extensors. Inert tissues such as ligaments and capsule are stressed mainly by passive movement.
Reference: Cyriax, Textbook of Orthopaedic Medicine, Vol 1
Question 4 · Hygiene, Infection Control and Safety
A client has a red, scaly, itchy rash between the toes, suggestive of athlete's foot. What is the correct approach?
- AMassage the feet using extra oil
- BMassage the feet first, then move to the face
- CAvoid the feet as a local contraindication
- DUse one towel for the whole body
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Avoid the feet as a local contraindication
Fungal skin infection is contagious, so the affected area is avoided and linen is changed and laundered, with referral if needed. Moving from the feet to other areas could spread the infection.
Reference: Werner, A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology, 7th ed.
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.