Is this Ophthalmology mock exam really free?

Yes. All 25 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 434 questions.

Are these real Ophthalmology exam questions?

They are original questions written to the official Ophthalmology blueprint and drawn from our full bank - not leaked or recalled items, which would breach exam security and are frequently out of date. They match the real exam's format, difficulty and domain weighting.

What is the pass mark for the Ophthalmology exam?

60%, for DHA exam OPH5841. The authority reports only pass or fail - your actual score is never released to you, which is why a diagnostic like this is the only way to see where you stand.

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

No, and we will not claim otherwise. 25 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 1,030.

What topics does the Ophthalmology exam cover?

The published blueprint splits into 12 domains covering 217 testable sub-topics: Optics, Refraction and Visual Function, Cornea, External Disease and Ocular Surface, Cataract and Lens Surgery, Glaucoma, Medical and Surgical Retina, Vitreous, Uveitis, Ocular Immunology and Ocular Infection, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Orbit and Lacrimal System, Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Ocular Trauma and Ophthalmic Emergencies, Ocular Oncology, Pathology and Systemic Disease, Patient Safety, Professionalism, Ethics and Practice in the GCC. The full weighting table is on this page.

How long is the Ophthalmology exam and how many questions?

~150. Duration: 3 hours. Question count, duration and pass mark vary by authority and must be confirmed against 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.

Free Ophthalmology mock exam

25 real questions from our Ophthalmology bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 60% pass mark. You will see exactly which of the 12 blueprint domains you are weakest in - free, no sign-up.

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Sit 25 real questions at real exam pace

These are 25 genuine questions taken from our Ophthalmology bank - one from each domain on the official blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real OPH5841 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
60%: 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 Ophthalmology licensing exam looks like

Ophthalmologys applying to practise in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code OPH5841, delivered through Prometric for DHA, MOHAP and SHA, and through Pearson VUE for DOH Abu Dhabi. The pass mark is 60%, 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 Cornea, External Disease and Ocular Surface, Uveitis, Ocular Immunology and Ocular Infection, Medical and Surgical Retina, Vitreous, Oculoplastics, Orbit and Lacrimal System and 8 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 1,030 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 Ophthalmology exam: the full blueprint

The published blueprint splits into 12 domains and 217 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.

Optics, Refraction and Visual Function~7%16 topics
est.
Cornea, External Disease and Ocular Surface~10%18 topics
est.
Cataract and Lens Surgery~10%18 topics
est.
Glaucoma~11%19 topics
est.
Medical and Surgical Retina, Vitreous~13%19 topics
est.
Uveitis, Ocular Immunology and Ocular Infection~8%16 topics
est.
Neuro-Ophthalmology~9%19 topics
est.
Oculoplastics, Orbit and Lacrimal System~8%20 topics
est.
Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus~9%19 topics
est.
Ocular Trauma and Ophthalmic Emergencies~6%17 topics
est.
Ocular Oncology, Pathology and Systemic Disease~5%17 topics
est.
Patient Safety, Professionalism, Ethics and Practice in the GCC~4%19 topics
est.

Questions: ~150
Duration: 3 hours
Pass mark: 65%

DHA Specialist Ophthalmology (OPH5841) is the reference spec: 150 questions, 3 hours, 65% pass, USD 280. DHA CONSULTANT Ophthalmology (COP6072) differs materially - 100 questions, 3 hours, 70% pass, USD 280 - a shorter but higher-bar paper, so consultant-level items must be written to a tougher discrimination standard. Other authorities vary: MOHAP/QCHP/OMSB commonly ~150 MCQs / 3 hrs, with cut scores of 60% (MOHAP, OMSB, QCHP GP) or 65% (QCHP specialty papers, unverified for ophthalmology); SCFHS ~100-150 SBA items; NHRA NSE 3 hours seating time. DHA states exam duration is inclusive of registration and process introduction, so effective testing time is less than the stated 3 hours. Format is single-best-answer MCQ with 4 options throughout; negative marking is not used. Results are reported Pass/Fail only at DHA - the numeric score is not shared with the applicant. DHA-declared references for both ophthalmology papers: AAO Basic and Clinical Science Course (BCSC) Residency Print Set; Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology (Bowling); Yanoff & Duker Ophthalmology; Duane's Clinical Ophthalmology; SCFHS Professionalism and Ethics Handbook for Residents; SCFHS Essentials of Patient Safety.

A worked Ophthalmology 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.

Cornea, External Disease and Ocular Surface

A 22-year-old man is referred by neurology with tremor, dysarthria and abnormal liver function tests. Which corneal finding would support the suspected diagnosis, and where is the deposited material located?

ACentral stromal crystals composed of cholesterol
BA golden-brown ring at the peripheral cornea representing copper deposition in Descemet membrane, best detected early by gonioscopy at the superior angleCorrect
CDiffuse epithelial cystine crystals
DA grey-white arcus due to lipid in the anterior stroma, diagnostic of the disease

Why: The Kayser-Fleischer ring of Wilson disease is copper deposited in Descemet membrane at the corneal periphery; it appears first superiorly and inferiorly and is detected earliest with gonioscopy before it becomes visible at the slit lamp. Cystine crystals in the cornea indicate cystinosis, not Wilson disease. Corneal arcus is a lipid deposition that is age-related or associated with dyslipidaemia and is non-specific, and cholesterol crystals are not a feature of Wilson disease.

Source: AAO BCSC Section 8 (2023-2024); EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Wilson's disease, Journal of Hepatology 2012

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.