Updated for the 2026 test plan
NCLEX-RN Practice Exams: Full-Length Mock Tests
Full-length NCLEX-RN practice exams on an exam simulator that looks like test day. Each mock exam adapts to your answers like the real NCLEX-RN, runs 85 to 150 questions on the 2026 test plan, and ends with a practice estimate, a score report and a rationale for every question. Practice Exam 1 is free, with no sign-up.
Full-length tests
Choose a full-length NCLEX practice exam
What every exam includes
How each mock exam matches the real NCLEX-RN
- Questions
- 85–150
- Adaptive, as on the real exam
- Case studies
- 3
- 6 questions each
- Time limit
- 5 hours
- Breaks at 2 and 3.5 hours
- Scoring
- Partial credit
- NCSBN's 0/1, +/- and rationale rules
Exam simulator
What the NCLEX exam simulator copies from test day
The practice exam runs full screen with the layout, tools and rules of the real exam, so nothing about the screen is new on test day.
Scoring
How your mock exam is scored
Every question is scored with the rule NCSBN publishes for its format, including partial credit. Your report shows your practice estimate against the practice passing line, and the points you earned as a percentage by client-need area, clinical judgment step and question type.
| Rule | How it scores | Question types |
|---|---|---|
| 0/1 | Each correct response earns 1 point. A wrong response earns 0 and costs nothing. | Multiple Choice, Select N, Matrix Multiple Choice, Drop-Down Cloze, Drop-Down Table, Drag-and-Drop Cloze, Bow-Tie |
| +/- | Each correct selection earns 1 point and each incorrect selection loses 1. The score never goes below 0. | Select All That Apply, Multiple Response Grouping, Matrix Multiple Response, Highlight |
| Rationale | A linked cause-and-effect pair earns its point only when both parts are correct. | Drop-Down Rationale, Drag-and-Drop Rationale |
| All or nothing | The whole answer must be correct to earn the point. | Ordered Response, Dosage Calculation |
Trend questions are scored by the rule for the format they use. The estimate and the percentages show what to study next; they are not a prediction of your NCLEX-RN result.
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Mock exam vs the real CAT NCLEX
Both are computerized adaptive tests (CAT): they stop once they are 95% certain you are clearly above or clearly below a line, at 150 questions, or when time runs out. The difference is the difficulty scale: NCSBN calibrates the real one, while ours is this site's own rating, so our result is a practice estimate, not a prediction.
| Feature | Practice exam here | Real NCLEX-RN |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 85 to 150 questions, set by your answers | 85 to 150 questions, set by your answers |
| How questions are chosen | Adaptive: from your answers so far, keeping each client-need area at its test-plan share | Computerized adaptive: each question is chosen from your earlier answers |
| Question difficulty | This site's own ratings of its questions | Calibrated by NCSBN on large numbers of candidates |
| When it ends | 95% confidence, maximum length or time, against a practice passing line | 95% confidence, maximum length or time, against the passing standard |
| Case studies | 3, with 6 questions each | 3 in a minimum-length exam (18 questions) |
| Unscored pretest questions | None: every question counts | 15 |
| Time limit | 5 hours, breaks included | 5 hours, breaks included |
| Result | A practice estimate against the line, and points by area and question type | Pass or fail |
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