How do I choose a DHA question bank?

Check that the questions are original, that every option is explained, that the bank has questions written for your own title, that it shows review dates and who checked it, and that it makes no promise of a pass. Try a free sample for your title first.

Are real DHA exam questions available to practise?

No legitimate source exists. DHA publishes no sample set that we found, and its Assessment Manual says sharing assessment questions is not allowed and has legal implications. Be careful with anyone selling real or recalled questions.

Can a question bank promise a pass in the DHA exam?

No. A bank can help you practise, find weak areas and learn the format, but the result depends on your own knowledge and on the day. Treat any promise of a pass as a warning sign.

How many questions should a DHA question bank have?

There is no official number. Quality and fit with your title matter more than volume. For a full-length mock you need enough questions written for your title to fill the paper length that DHA lists for it.

Is there a free DHA practice test?

Yes, Meddex has a free ten-question assessment that needs no sign-up. It is a screening aid and a taste of the style, not a prediction of your result.

Which EMREE question bank should I use?

Choose one that follows the official blueprint weights, explains every option and is open about who reviewed it. The organiser publishes the blueprint, so you can check any bank against it.

Checklist

How to choose a DHA or EMREE question bank.

Ten checks you can run on any question bank before you pay, applied to our own product at the end.

Short answer: Check where the questions come from, whether every answer is explained, whether the bank covers your own title, how current it is, who reviewed it and what happens to your data. Avoid anything selling real or recalled DHA questions, because DHA says sharing assessment questions is not allowed. No bank can promise you a pass.

Why a checklist, and what it cannot tell you

Candidates for the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) licensing exam and the Emirates Medical Residency Entrance Examination (EMREE) can choose from many courses, apps, PDFs and question banks. Most of them look alike from the outside. A bank is only useful if its questions are accurate, explained and close to your exam, and you cannot see that from a sales page.

This page lists what to look for and what to ask. It does not rank any product, and it does not name any. The checks apply to us too, and the last section applies them to Meddex, including what we do not have yet.

One limit first. DHA publishes the format, content areas and pass score for each title in its CBT Guideline, but it does not publish sample questions, content weights or past papers. EMREE publishes a blueprint with weights. So no outside bank can show you the real exam, and any bank that says it does should be treated with care.

Ten checks to run before you pay

Read the table as questions to put to the seller or to test in a free trial. A good bank can answer all ten in plain words.

Ten checks for any DHA or EMREE question bank
Check	What to ask or test	Why it matters
1. Where questions come from	Are they original? Who wrote them? Do they claim to be real, recalled or from past papers?	DHA says sharing assessment questions is not allowed. Original questions are the only legitimate kind.
2. Explanations	Is every option explained, not only the right one? Are references shown?	You learn from the wrong options. A bare answer key teaches little.
3. Your own title	How many questions are written for your title? Can you try some free?	DHA exams differ by title in length, content areas and pass score.
4. Fit with the published format	Do the mocks use your title's length and time from the DHA guideline? Do they say where the numbers come from?	Timing practice only helps if it matches the paper you will sit.
5. Dates and review	When was it last reviewed? Does it show a change log or corrections?	Guidelines and manuals change. A bank with no dates cannot show it follows them.
6. Who checked it	Is a named, licensed reviewer shown? If not, does it say so?	Clinical accuracy matters more than volume.
7. Review tools	Can you filter by topic, see weak areas, redo mistakes and review with spaced repetition?	Scores alone do not change what you know. Reviewing mistakes does.
8. Claims about results	Does it quote a pass rate, a percentage of users who pass or a promise of a pass?	DHA publishes no pass rate that we found. A promise of a pass cannot be kept by a third party.
9. Trial and cancellation	Is there a free trial with real questions? Are terms and cancellation shown before you pay?	You should judge quality before paying, and know how to stop.
10. Privacy and device	What is stored, where, and can you delete it? Does it work on your phone and offline?	You will study on shifts and commutes, and your results are personal data.

Walk away from these

Any offer of real, recalled or leaked DHA or EMREE questions.
A promise of a pass, or a licence without verification or without sitting a required exam.
A pass rate with no named source.
Pressure to pay a person, outside the official portals, to book or release anything.
A bank that will not show a free sample for your own title.

Real, recalled and leaked questions

Some sellers offer "real" or "recalled" questions or "past papers". DHA's Assessment Manual (section 4.17) says sharing assessment questions is not allowed and has legal implications. The EMREE organiser says candidates accept a confidentiality agreement on screen and that sharing questions on social media leads to debarment and a report to the health authorities.

So material described this way is either invented, which makes the claim false, or copied from a sitting, which puts you at risk. Neither helps you. A bank that says plainly that its questions are original, written for the published content areas, is describing the only legitimate product.

Coverage for your own title

DHA runs a separate exam for each title. A nurse, a general practitioner, a dentist, a pharmacist and a physiotherapist sit different papers with different lengths and pass scores, and the guideline lists them by title. Ask which titles the bank was written for, and how many questions are written for yours, as opposed to shared clinical questions.

For allied health, the guideline lists many titles and few banks cover them. If a bank says it covers "all DHA exams", ask to see questions for your own title before you pay.

What a fair bank says about itself

Look for the dates and limits that honest products state: when the content was last reviewed, which parts are new, what the product does not cover and who checked the clinical content. Be careful with a pass rate, a "success" percentage or a promise of a pass. DHA publishes no pass rate that we could find, so the figure cannot come from DHA, and one provider cannot know how its users compare with every other candidate.

The page on the pass rate and attempts sets out what DHA does publish.

How Meddex measures up on these checks

Meddex is an independent preparation product, not connected to DHA, Prometric, UAE University or NIHS. Here is what we can say against each check, with the gaps.

Source: every question is original, written by us for the published content areas. We do not use real, recalled or leaked questions, and the methodology page explains how questions are written and checked.
Explanations: every answer option has a rationale, and each question lists references.
Coverage: the nurse and physician banks are the largest, and they are the only ones big enough for full-length mocks today. The dentist and pharmacist banks are first batches. The allied health bank is a first batch that covers five titles (physiotherapy, dietetics, radiography, laboratory and respiratory therapy) and nothing for the other allied titles. The EMREE blueprint uses the official discipline weights, and the coverage report shows where the bank is short.
Review: drafts are checked by an automated fact-check pipeline and web search of public sources. A licensed clinician has not yet reviewed the whole bank and agreed to be named, and we say so on the methodology page. Treat our questions as practice, and check any fact that matters against the official source.
Drafting: AI tools help draft and cross-check questions, and the methodology page says so.
Reviews and results: we show no testimonials, star ratings, user counts or pass rates, because we have none we can prove.
Price: paid plans are not on sale yet, so there is no amount to compare. The pricing page shows what is free.

See the product and judge for yourself: Free assessment, Question bank, Mock exams, Pricing.

DHA documents behind this page. Read them yourself.

Meddex is an independent preparation platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Prometric, UAE University or the National Institute of Health Specialties (NIHS). Always confirm exam details on the official websites. Last reviewed 16 October 2026.

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Question bankOriginal questions with a rationale for every option.Mock examsFull-length timed mocks with a results report.How we write questionsWhere our questions come from and how they are checked.Free assessmentTen questions, no sign-up.DHA exam pass rate and attemptsWhat DHA publishes about results and retakes.DHA sample questions for nursesWhat an honest sample looks like.DHA exam format and pass mark by titleQuestions, time and pass score for every title.

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