DHA Exam Question Bank: Practice Questions for Doctors, Nurses & Pharmacists

DHA licensure exams are run through Prometric on behalf of the Dubai Health Authority, and the question style, subjects and pass mark differ by profession — a Doctor's exam, a Nurse's exam and a Pharmacist's exam are not the same test with different labels. Below is a sample across the three largest applicant groups, in the single-best-answer format Prometric uses.

For Doctors (General Practice)

1. The first-line initial management step for a patient in anaphylactic shock is administration of:

• A) Oral antihistamine
• B) Intramuscular epinephrine ✅
• C) Intravenous fluids alone
• D) Oral corticosteroid

2. Which vital sign parameter is used to calculate the Glasgow Coma Scale?

• A) Blood pressure
• B) Respiratory rate
• C) Eye, verbal and motor response ✅
• D) Oxygen saturation

For Nurses

3. Before administering any medication, a nurse must confirm which of the "rights" of medication administration?

• A) Right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time ✅
• B) Right diagnosis only
• C) Right physician's signature only
• D) Right insurance approval

4. The normal adult respiratory rate range is:

• A) 4–8 breaths/min
• B) 12–20 breaths/min ✅
• C) 30–40 breaths/min
• D) 60–80 breaths/min

For Pharmacists

5. Which class of drug interaction occurs when two drugs compete for the same metabolic enzyme?

• A) Pharmaceutical interaction
• B) Pharmacokinetic interaction ✅
• C) Pharmacodynamic interaction
• D) Physical incompatibility

6. Warfarin's anticoagulant effect is most commonly monitored using which lab test?

• A) aPTT
• B) INR (based on PT) ✅
• C) Bleeding time
• D) Platelet count

Why "Past Papers" Alone Don't Prepare You for a Prometric Exam

Prometric-format licensure exams like DHA's draw from a large rotating item bank, not a fixed annual paper — which is exactly why a static "past papers PDF" (even a real one) has limited value here compared to, say, a university's own annually-set exam. What actually transfers is familiarity with the format and reasoning style across a large volume of explained, profession-specific questions — not memorising a specific year's paper.

If You're Looking for a Downloadable PDF

Worth being upfront about: HighYield doesn't sell a static PDF download. What it gives you instead is a growing, explained question bank for your specific profession — timed practice, an explanation for every answer, and progress tracking by topic, which a flat PDF answer key can't do. See our MCQ books vs a digital QBank comparison for the fuller case either way.

Try the first 20 questions of the DHA question bank free, no sign-in required, from the DHA question bank page. For registration, dates and fees, see our DHA exam registration guide.

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