NCLEX-PN Practice Test with Rationales

The Next Generation NCLEX-PN (NGN) delivers between 85 and 150 items using Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT). This includes 15 unscored pretest items. The maximum test time is 5 hours.

NCSBN uses a logit passing standard (-0.18 logits on the current scale). The exam stops once the computer is 95% certain that your ability is either clearly above or clearly below the passing standard.

If the exam terminates at the minimum of 85 questions, it means the computer has reached 95% statistical certainty about your result. If you were answering challenging questions and performing above the passing standard, an 85-question cutoff typically indicates a pass.

Yes. Every NCLEX-PN candidate receives 3 clinical judgment case studies with 6 questions each (18 items total), testing the 6 cognitive steps: recognize cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, generate solutions, take action, and evaluate outcomes. QuizCram's practice questions are standard four-option multiple choice with rationales; they do not reproduce the case-study item types.

NCSBN requires a minimum 45-day waiting period between exam attempts, though individual state boards of nursing may set additional local retake policies.

Yes. Open the exam simulator and sit a timed mock exam of 20 questions built from the free questions, once, with no signup. Unlocking the exam adds full-length runs of 85 questions in 85 minutes (a practice clock), as many as you like, each a new draw from the whole bank.

It splits the questions across the exam's areas using the weights NCSBN publishes, then picks questions inside each area, favouring ones you missed before and never repeating one within a run. A retake is a new draw, so you will meet different questions. It is a practice mock exam, not an official replica of the real exam.