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NCLEX-RN Diagnostic Exam
40 questions drawn from the NCLEX-RN question bank, weighted the way NCSBN weights the real exam. You have 1 hour 20 minutes. When you finish, you get your score, a breakdown by client needs category, and the topics to study first.
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40 questions
80 minutes
8 client needs categories
Free
Before you start
- The clock starts when you press the button and keeps running if you close the tab.
- Answer in any order. Flag a question to come back to it.
- There is no feedback until the end, the same as exam day.
- No calculator or reference is needed. Every question here has one correct answer. The real exam also uses select-all and case-study items, which this set leaves out.
- This set covers all 8 client needs categories.
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Your diagnostic report
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Score by client needs category
Bars show your score in this set. The right column is the share of the real exam that comes from each category.
Study these first
Ranked by how much of the exam the area carries and how far below full marks you landed.
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Review every question
Open any question to see your answer, the correct answer, and the worked solution. One question stays open at a time.
Questions people ask
Is this diagnostic the same length as the NCLEX-RN exam?
No. The real exam is adaptive and runs from 85 to 150 questions in up to 5 hours. This set has 40 questions in 1 hour 20 minutes, which works out to about 2 minutes per question, the pace of a full 150-question sitting.
How are the 40 questions chosen?
They come from the free sample of the PassExams NCLEX-RN bank and follow the NCSBN weights for each client needs category. Areas that carry more questions on the real exam get more questions here.
Does a score here predict whether I will pass?
No single set of 40 questions can. Use it to find the areas that need work, then take it again after a few weeks of practice and compare the two reports.
Do I need an account?
No. Your answers stay in this browser and nothing is uploaded. You can save the report as an image when you finish.