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NPTE mock exams built the way the NPTE-PT is built

Four full-length mocks — 225 questions, five sections of 45, five hours, breaks that work like the real ones — and a score report laid out like FSBPT's, with a scale score, retake range and on-track-to-pass by work activity and body system.

4full-length mocks, 225 questions each
180scored + 45 unscored, as on the exam
5 hon the clock, five sections of 45
14subject-wise quizzes, unlimited attempts

What the mocks reproduce

Four NPTE full mocks listed on the portal

The five-section day

Begin the exam and the five-hour clock starts. Sections of 45; Previous, Next, Mark and Review; a review grid of completed, marked and incomplete; an End Section warning if anything is unanswered; and no going back once a section ends — exactly the NPTE's rule.

How it helps youCandidates lose marks on the NPTE by ending a section with questions unanswered, or by pacing section 1 for 45 minutes and section 5 for 20. You learn the rhythm of five equal sections here, where it costs nothing.

Breaks that behave like the real ones

Optional short breaks after sections 1, 3 and 4 with the exam clock still running, and the scheduled 15-minute break after section 2 with the clock paused and a countdown; if you're late back, the exam clock restarts by itself.

How it helps youKnowing when to actually leave the chair, and when leaving costs you time, is a decision to make in a mock, not with 180 scored items on the line.
Score report by work activity and body system

A report in FSBPT's layout

When section 5 ends: a scale score on the 200–800 scale with 600 as the pass mark, then your results by work activity (examination, foundational sciences, interventions and other activities), by body system and by section, each with a retake range and how many more you'd need right to be on track. Then every question, with the correct answer, the full explanation and the reference — filterable to the ones you got wrong.

How it helps youFSBPT's real report is the same shape. Reading four of ours means the real one is instantly legible — and a section score that falls from 1 to 5 tells you the problem was fatigue, not knowledge.
NPTE topic quizzes on the portal

Topic quizzes underneath

Fourteen subject-wise quizzes — shoulder and elbow, lower extremity, gait, peripheral nerve and spine, cardiovascular, pulmonary, integumentary, dressings and ulcers, GI, diabetes, modalities, safety, non-systems and more — timed at NPTE pace, unlimited attempts, explanations on finish, best score kept. No question appears in both a quiz and a mock.

How it helps youStart with the quizzes for your weakest areas, then sit a full mock under real conditions, then use the report to choose the next quizzes. That loop, repeated a week or two apart, is how a 570 becomes a 620.

All four mocks are part of the NPTE Course

$499USD · one payment · 12 months
  • 4 full-length 225-question mocks with FSBPT-style reports
  • 14 subject-wise quizzes
  • 60+ live lectures across the FSBPT blueprint, recorded
  • Strategy lectures, study manual, 3D anatomy, mentorship by email

Want mocks only? Email us and we'll tell you what's available.

Questions about the mocks

How closely do the mocks match the NPTE-PT?

Same shape: 225 questions in five sections of 45, a five-hour clock that keeps running through the optional breaks after sections 1, 3 and 4, and a scheduled 15-minute break with the clock paused after section 2. Within a section you can move, mark and review; once you end a section you cannot return to it. 180 items are scored and 45 unscored, and you're not told which.

Is the scale score the same as FSBPT's?

It's a PT StudyBuddy estimate on the same 200–800 scale with 600 as the pass mark, worked out the way FSBPT describes; FSBPT's actual conversion uses statistics it doesn't publish. Read it as a strong guide, not an official score.

Can I retake a full mock?

Each full mock has one attempt so it means something, and your report stays open afterwards. The topic quizzes have unlimited attempts.

Are the mocks aligned to the current FSBPT content outline?

Yes — the 180 scored items follow the FSBPT test content outline effective January 2024: the right proportions of musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary, integumentary, other-systems and non-system items.

Can I buy the mocks without the course?

The four mocks and the topic quizzes are part of the NPTE Course. Email us about mocks only and we'll tell you what's available.