Free DHA Prosthetics & Orthotics mock test
12 original exam-style questions from our Prosthetics & Orthotics bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 60% 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 Prosthetics & Orthotics 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 PRO5952 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 Prosthetics & Orthotics licensing exam looks like
Candidates for a Prosthetics & Orthotics licence in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code PRO5952, 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 Anatomy, Biomechanics and Gait, Lower Limb Orthotics, Lower Limb Prosthetics, Clinical Conditions 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 Prosthetics & Orthotics exam: the full blueprint
The published blueprint splits into 8 domains and 48 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, Biomechanics and Gait~16%7 topics
- Clinical Conditions~12%6 topics
- Lower Limb Prosthetics~18%8 topics
- Upper Limb Prosthetics~8%5 topics
- Lower Limb Orthotics~14%6 topics
- Spinal and Upper Limb Orthotics~10%5 topics
- Materials, Casting and Fabrication~12%6 topics
- Assessment, Outcomes, Safety and Ethics~10%5 topics
- Questions
- 150 multiple-choice (DHA PRO5952)
- Duration
- 3 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 Prosthetics & Orthotics 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, Biomechanics and Gait
At a normal self-selected walking speed, about what proportion of the gait cycle is spent in stance?
- A60%Correct
- B40%
- C50%
- D80%
Why: Stance takes about 60% and swing about 40% of the gait cycle at normal speed. As walking speed rises, stance and double-support time shorten.
Source: Perry and Burnfield, Gait Analysis: Normal and Pathological Function, 2nd ed.
Prosthetics & Orthotics sample questions with answers
4 more original exam-style Prosthetics & Orthotics 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, Biomechanics and Gait
In midstance, the tibia advances forward over a foot that is flat on the ground. Which rocker is this?
- ASecond (ankle) rocker
- BFirst (heel) rocker
- CThird (forefoot) rocker
- DFourth (toe) rocker
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Second (ankle) rocker
The second rocker is controlled dorsiflexion at the ankle as the tibia moves forward over the stationary foot, controlled eccentrically by the plantarflexors. The heel rocker occurs at initial contact and loading response.
Reference: Perry and Burnfield, Gait Analysis: Normal and Pathological Function, 2nd ed.
Question 2 · Clinical Conditions
After a stroke, a patient's knee snaps back into hyperextension in midstance because the ankle stays plantarflexed. How should the AFO be set?
- ASlight dorsiflexion with a plantarflexion stop
- BAnkle fixed in 15 degrees of plantarflexion
- CFree ankle motion in both directions
- DKnee joint locked in full extension all day
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Slight dorsiflexion with a plantarflexion stop
Holding the ankle in neutral or slight dorsiflexion with a plantarflexion stop lets the tibia advance and moves the ground reaction force behind the knee, reducing hyperextension. A plantarflexed ankle setting would worsen it.
Reference: Lusardi, Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation, 4th ed.
Question 3 · Lower Limb Orthotics
A thermoplastic AFO is too flexible to control the patient's plantarflexion. Which change to the trim lines would most increase stiffness?
- AMove them well behind the malleoli
- BShorten the footplate to the metatarsals
- CMove them anterior to the malleoli
- DLower the calf band height
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Move them anterior to the malleoli
Trim lines anterior to the malleoli increase the material's resistance to bending at the ankle, making the AFO more rigid. Posterior trim lines, as in a posterior leaf spring, increase flexibility.
Reference: Lusardi, Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation, 4th ed.
Question 4 · Assessment, Outcomes, Safety and Ethics
While fitting a new socket, a technician notices a deep, discharging wound on the patient's residual limb that the team has not recorded. What is the correct action?
- ADress the wound and continue fitting
- BFit the socket and advise rest
- CStop fitting and refer to the clinician
- DIgnore it if the patient has no pain
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Stop fitting and refer to the clinician
A new wound is a contraindication to loading the limb and needs medical assessment; it should be documented and referred within the team. Treating it alone or continuing the fitting is outside safe practice.
Reference: ISPO Education Standards for Prosthetic/Orthotic Occupations 2018
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.