AMC CAT MCQ exam preparation · Updated for 2026
Prepare for the Australian Medical Council CAT MCQ examination with practice questions written and reviewed by experienced doctors. Cover every discipline in the AMC blueprint, learn from every explanation and walk into exam day knowing you are ready.
A 58-year-old man has had 90 minutes of central crushing chest pain. His ECG shows ST elevation in leads II, III and aVF. The nearest hospital with a cardiac catheter laboratory is 40 minutes away. What is the most appropriate next step?
This is an inferior STEMI. Primary PCI is the preferred reperfusion strategy when it can be delivered promptly, and a 40-minute transfer allows that. Waiting for troponins or further imaging only delays reperfusion.
Built around the AMC blueprint
The AMC CAT MCQ examination samples questions from six patient groups. Our question bank follows the same structure, with the largest sections in Adult Medicine and Surgery, which together make up half of the real exam. Choose a subject to see what it covers and try sample questions.
How it works
Answer 25 free questions from across the AMC disciplines. See the question style, difficulty and the depth of our explanations before you pay anything.
Pick a plan from one month to one year. Access starts straight away, with no recurring charges. Most candidates choose three months for a complete pass through every subject.
Work subject by subject or in timed mixed blocks. Read every explanation, track your scores against other candidates and repeat your weakest areas until they become strengths.
Why candidates choose us
Learn why the right answer is right and, wherever possible, why each distractor is wrong. This is how you learn clinical reasoning, not just facts.
Questions are written and checked by medical professionals with years of clinical experience, using the Australian practice context the AMC examines.
The real exam gives you 3.5 hours for 150 questions, which is about 84 seconds each. Timed quizzes help you build the pace you need.
See how your scores compare with other candidates, spot your weak subjects early and focus your revision where it counts.
Retake any quiz as many times as you like during your subscription. Repetition is what turns a weak topic into a strong one.
Use it in any browser on your laptop, tablet or phone. Questions are reviewed and updated regularly to reflect current practice.
Plans & pricing
Every plan includes all 1,680 questions, every explanation and unlimited attempts. You pay once, with no automatic renewal.
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Pass guarantee: if you do not pass the AMC MCQ exam, we extend your access free of charge for the same period you paid for.
About the exam
The AMC CAT MCQ examination is the first assessment on the Standard Pathway for international medical graduates (IMGs) who want to practise medicine in Australia. It tests whether your medical knowledge and clinical judgement meet the level expected of a newly qualified Australian doctor beginning supervised practice.
You sit 150 multiple choice questions in 3.5 hours at a Pearson VUE test centre. Each question is a single best answer item with five options (A to E). The exam is a computer adaptive test (CAT): a correct answer is usually followed by a harder question and an incorrect answer by an easier one, so every candidate sees a different set of questions. You must answer every question, you cannot go back to change an answer and there is no negative marking.
Results are reported on a scale from 0 to 500, and the pass mark is 250. Because the exam is adaptive, your score reflects the level of difficulty you can answer reliably, not a simple percentage of questions you got right. For sittings from 2026, the AMC slightly raised the underlying standard needed to reach that 250 score. In practice, the safest preparation is to aim comfortably above the pass line in every discipline.
The AMC blueprint weights the exam across six patient groups: Adult Health – Medicine (30%), Adult Health – Surgery (20%), and Women’s Health, Child Health, Mental Health, and Population Health & Ethics (12.5% each). Questions also test three clinical tasks: data gathering, data interpretation and synthesis, and management.
Study plan
A three-month subscription fits this plan exactly. Adjust the weeks to your own strengths, but keep the order: learn, then test, then repeat.
Weeks 1–4
Half of the exam comes from adult medicine and surgery. Work through these subjects in untimed mode, read every explanation and keep a list of topics you get wrong.
Weeks 5–8
Each of these carries 12.5% of the marks. Cover them all, paying special attention to Australian guidelines for screening, immunisation, ethics and mental health law.
Weeks 9–11
Switch to timed mixed-subject blocks at roughly 84 seconds per question. Re-attempt every question you got wrong the first time.
Week 12
Review your error list and high-yield topics, take one full-length practice session and rest well before exam day.
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FAQ
AMC Question Bank is an online practice question bank for the Australian Medical Council (AMC) CAT MCQ examination. It contains 1,680 exam-style multiple choice questions across all six AMC disciplines, each with a detailed explanation, so you can learn from every answer and measure your progress before exam day.
No. AMC Question Bank is an independent preparation resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Australian Medical Council. For registration, exam dates, venues and fees, always check the official AMC website at amc.org.au.
Every question is written and reviewed by experienced medical professionals. Each one comes with an explanation of why the correct answer is right and, wherever possible, why each of the other options is wrong.
Yes. The free trial gives you 25 sample MCQs from different subject areas, so you can judge the question style, difficulty and explanations before choosing a plan.
Most candidates do best with a three- or four-month study window. It gives you time to complete every question, read the explanations properly and repeat your weakest topics. The three-month plan is our most popular choice.
No. Every plan is a one-time payment with no recurring charges. You get unlimited access and unlimited attempts for the period you choose.
If you do not pass the AMC MCQ examination, we extend your subscription free of charge for the same period you originally paid for, so you can keep preparing for your next attempt.
Yes, you can upgrade at any time. If you upgrade within one week of your purchase, you only pay the difference between the two plans.
The format did not change: it is still a 150-question computer adaptive test lasting 3.5 hours, reported on a 0–500 scale with a pass mark of 250. What changed is the underlying pass standard. For sittings from 2026, the AMC slightly raised the ability level a candidate needs to reach that 250 score. Our exam guide explains what this means for your preparation.
Yes. The question bank works in any modern browser on a laptop, tablet or phone, so you can keep practising wherever you are.
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