NCLEX Practice Exam
Frequently Asked Questions

Your score on the NCLEX Practice Exam is not a predictor of whether you will pass or fail the NCLEX. The NCLEX Practice Exam provides a look and feel of the actual NCLEX.

The clock for each practice exam starts when you begin the exam, and continues uninterrupted for 5 hours. After the clock runs out, the exam is no longer accessible. This product is designed to provide a look and feel of the NCLEX, and as such, cannot be paused or halted.

If you experience technical issues during the administration of your NCLEX Practice Exam, please contact Pearson Vue at pearsonvue.com/contact.

Each exam is available for a one-time use within 45 days from the date of purchase. When you start your exam the clock begins and the exam will run continually for 5 hours. After the clock runs out, the exam is no longer accessible. Each exam can only be started once.

The NCLEX Practice Exam provides the look and feel of the NCLEX. The CAT-like experience requires you to answer every question in the order it is presented and will not allow you to go back to previous questions.

The NCLEX Practice Exam is non-refundable. The practice exam provides the look and feel of the actual NCLEX but is not intended as a nursing content study tool.

It is important to note that the NCLEX Practice Exam will not be scored in the same way as the actual NCLEX exam. The score reports for the Practice Exam are informational only; they provide you with the percentage of questions you answered correctly from the total number of questions on the form. (If you were unable to answer all 125 questions on the form, your score is the percentage of correct questions based on the total number of questions.)

The practice exam provides a look and feel of the actual NCLEX. It is not intended as a nursing content study tool. For information about NCLEX content and distribution please consult the NCLEX Test Plan.

It is encouraged to use the NCLEX Practice Exam on a computer, as the goal is to replicate the look and feel of the actual NCLEX experience.

If you have purchased the wrong type of exam, please contact Pearson Vue at pearsonvue.com/contact.

Yes, visit the voucher store website for the NCLEX Practice Exam here. Complete and submit the form. Once the order is completed, the voucher store will email you with the voucher numbers.  You can then distribute the voucher numbers to your students to use. Each voucher is good for one purchase.

The NCLEX tutorial is available here for candidates to help familiarize themselves with the different NCLEX item types and the computer software.