Frequently asked questions

Create an account and verify your email. You do not need a card. The free plan gives you 10 new questions every day.

There is no time-limited trial to run out. Every account gets 10 new questions a day, permanently, and anything you have already opened stays readable.

Full access takes the daily limit off and opens up the timed two-part mocks. It is £9.90 for 99 days or £19.90 for 199 days — 10p a day either way. The longer plan also includes Gems and OSCE simulator attempts. You pay once and it stops at the end. Nothing renews.

Three hours in total for 115 questions, sat in one appointment. Part A is 15 numeracy questions in 30 minutes and Part B is 100 clinical questions in two and a half hours. The two parts are timed separately and passed separately.

The NMC does not publish one. They set the standard statistically and keep it steady across versions of the test, so it is not a fixed percentage. You are told pass or fail for each part and nothing else.

No. One mark a question, no partial credit, and nothing taken off for a wrong answer. There is no reason to leave anything blank, so guess rather than skip.

Yes, on screen, for the numeracy part. You also get an erasable note board and a marker, though you must not write on it until the tutorial has finished.

You only resit that part. You get up to three attempts on one application with at least ten days between them, and a new version of the paper each time. If all three go, the application closes and there is a six-month wait.

No. Generating a mock leaves out every question you have already seen, in practice or in an earlier mock.

Yes. Practice keeps your answer and marks against each question, and a submitted mock is fully reviewable with the explanations shown.

No, and you should be wary of anyone claiming otherwise. Exam content is confidential and candidates agree not to share it. Ours are written from the published blueprint and test specification.

Because the NMC weights them that way. The test specification sets how many questions come from each area, and we hold the bank and the mocks to those numbers.

No. Each plan is a single payment for a fixed stretch of access. Nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel.

You drop back to the free plan rather than losing your account, so your progress and flagged questions are still there. You keep 10 new questions a day.

Yes. Buying while you still have time left adds to the end of it rather than starting from the day you pay, so you lose nothing by renewing early.

Condensed revision cards with your own notes on each page. They come with the 199-day plan.

No. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. They do not approve preparation providers.

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