Verbal Reasoning
Eleven passages × four questions at true exam timing. Reason from the text, not prior knowledge.
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Robert Taylor, a 68-year-old male retired plumber, presents to your rural GP clinic with sudden-onset severe central crushing chest pain radiating to...
Which of the following is the most appropriate initial management?
- A Call 000, give aspirin 300mg chewed, IV normal saline bolus, and arrange...
- B Administer IV metoprolol 5mg to control heart rate and reduce myocardial oxygen...
- C Administer tenecteplase for thrombolysis in the GP clinic
- D Commence IV heparin infusion and monitor ECG in the clinic
- E Prescribe sublingual GTN 400mcg and morphine 5mg IV, then discharge with urgent...
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This patient has an acute inferior STEMI, most commonly caused by right coronary artery (RCA) occlusion. The RCA supplies the AV node in approximately 90% of...
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Plate 01 · Verbal Reasoning
Read the passage, reason from the text alone.
Eleven passages, four questions each, 22 minutes. Practise distinguishing what the text states from what it implies — try selecting an answer on the right.
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11 passages × 4 questions, true exam ratio
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True / False / Can't tell and best-completion items
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Timed at 30 seconds per question
Verbal Reasoning · 11 × 4
Community solar schemes let households without suitable roofs buy a share of a shared array and receive credits on their bills. Proponents argue they widen access to renewable energy; critics note that the credits rarely cover the cost of the share within the panels' warranted lifetime.
— Passage
Based only on the passage, which statement is best supported?
ACommunity solar schemes are open to households that cannot install their own panels.✓
BCommunity solar schemes always save participants money over time.
CMost households prefer community solar to rooftop panels.
DSolar panel warranties are too short to be useful.
Explanation — option A. The passage explicitly states the schemes serve households 'without suitable roofs', supporting option one. The cost criticism makes 'always save money' unsupported; the others are never stated.
Syllogisms
All registrars are doctors. Some doctors are surgeons. No surgeon is a student. Which conclusion follows?
ASome registrars are surgeons.
BNo registrar is a student.
CSome doctors are not students.✓
DAll surgeons are registrars.
Explanation — option C. Since some doctors are surgeons and no surgeon is a student, those surgeon-doctors are not students — so 'some doctors are not students' must hold. The others overreach the premises.
Plate 02 · Decision Making
Syllogisms, puzzles and Venn diagrams.
Thirty-five standalone items across six question types — syllogisms, logical puzzles, interpreting information, recognising assumptions, Venn diagrams and probabilistic reasoning. 37 minutes.
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All 6 Decision Making question types
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Drag-style Venn and syllogism items
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Worked reasoning for every option
Plate 03 · Quantitative Reasoning
GCSE maths, off real data, on the clock.
Thirty-six questions, 26 minutes, reading from charts and tables with an on-screen calculator. The maths is straightforward; the speed and data-handling are the test.
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Charts, tables and ratios under time pressure
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On-screen calculator, just like the real UCAT
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Percentages, rates and unit conversions
Quantitative Reasoning
⌨ on-screen calculator
| Month | Patients |
|---|---|
| March | 240 |
| April | 300 |
A clinic saw 240 patients in March and 300 in April. What was the percentage increase in patients from March to April?
A20%
B25%✓
C60%
D80%
Explanation — option B. The increase is 60 patients on a base of 240. 60 ÷ 240 = 0.25, so a 25% increase. Reading the base from the table and applying the percentage cleanly is the whole skill.
Situational Judgement · appropriateness
Scenario. A medical student notices a classmate has copied another student's reflective portfolio entry word-for-word before submission.
How appropriate is it for the student to speak to the classmate privately first before taking any further action?
AA very appropriate thing to do✓
BAppropriate, but not ideal
CInappropriate, but not awful
DA very inappropriate thing to do
Explanation — "very appropriate". Raising the concern privately first respects the classmate and allows them to correct it, while keeping the option to escalate. This is rated 'very appropriate' on UCAT marking guidance for integrity scenarios.
Plate 04 · Situational Judgement
Appropriateness and importance, no clinical recall.
Sixty-nine questions, 26 minutes. Rate how appropriate or important a response is in a professional scenario. No clinical knowledge required — just judgement.
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Appropriateness and importance scales
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Scenarios on integrity, teamwork and patient focus
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Rationale aligned to professional guidance
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Overall accuracy
284 items · 14-day window
Verbal Reasoning74%
Decision Making69%
Quantitative Reasoning58%
Situational Judgement81%
Focus area · this week
Quantitative Reasoning. Percentages + ratios, 58% over 14 days.
Plate 05 · per-subtest insights
Where you actually stand, by subtest.
Subtest-by-subtest accuracy across every item you've answered, rolling 14-day window. The weakest subtest is highlighted — that's where tomorrow's set starts.
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Real attempts, not estimates
Computed from your actual answers, never a self-rating.
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Subtest-aware
Verbal, Decision Making, Quantitative and Situational tracked separately.
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Picked-for-you focus
The lowest subtest with enough volume becomes tomorrow's recommended drill.
UCAT essentials · card 9 of 24
Decision Making — probabilistic reasoning. A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue tokens. You draw two without replacement. What is the probability that both are red?
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Answer
3/28. P(first red) = 3/8. After removing one red, P(second red) = 2/7. 3/8 × 2/7 = 6/56 = 3/28 ≈ 0.107. • "Without replacement" → the second probability changes • Multiply sequential dependent events
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Plate 06 · flashcards
Spaced repetition, seeded from weak areas.
Cards you nearly miss reappear sooner. Decks seeded from your weakest subtest this week — so the next 15 minutes of revision starts where it matters.
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Default-on spacing
SM-2 schedules each card; no deck construction needed.
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Reasoning, not labels
Cards prompt method + reasoning, not single-word recall.
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Add your own
Anything you struggle with — paste it, tag it, it joins the cadence.
Plate 07 · exam mode
Sit a full subtest. Verbal Reasoning · 44 items, 22 minutes.
Real Pearson VUE timing and shape — no negative marking. Flagging grid, no drip-fed feedback until the clock stops. The debrief afterwards links each miss back to a passage or a card to revisit.
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One subtest, one debrief
No interruptions during. After: one scrollable page linking every miss to what closes the gap.
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Flag & return
The grid tells you what's answered, flagged, and untouched — at a glance.
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Real UCAT timing
44 items at the actual 22-minute clock. Pacing tested honestly.
Verbal Reasoning · Q12 / 44
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Q12 — Based only on the passage, which statement can be reasonably inferred about the author's view of community solar schemes?
AThey are the most cost-effective form of renewable energy.
BThey widen access but may not always save money.
CThey should replace rooftop installations entirely.
DThey are unpopular with most households.
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UCAT Pro is prep for the University Clinical Aptitude Test (ANZ). Work timed Verbal Reasoning passage sets; reason through Decision Making across all six question types — syllogisms, logical puzzles, interpreting information, recognising assumptions, Venn diagrams and probabilistic reasoning; solve Quantitative Reasoning data sets off charts and tables with the on-screen calculator; and judge Situational Judgement scenarios with full rationale. Per-subtest insights tell you where to focus next.
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Timed Verbal Reasoning passage sets. Decision Making across all six question types. Quantitative Reasoning off charts and tables with the on-screen calculator. Situational Judgement scenarios with rationale. Insights that tell you which subtest to revise next.
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Decision Making
All six question types — syllogisms, puzzles, interpreting information, assumptions, Venn diagrams, probability.
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Quantitative Reasoning
GCSE maths off charts and tables, on-screen calculator, under time pressure.
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Situational Judgement
Appropriateness and importance scenarios with rationale aligned to professional guidance.
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Per-subtest insights
Accuracy tracked separately for each subtest so you know where to focus next.
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SM-2 spaced cards seeded from weak areas, plus full timed subtests with debrief.
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